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I’m not on the market but I have noticed my recruiter email spam has shrunk from multiple emails a day to maybe once a week at most. Quite a turn around.

ineedausername 4y ago
I'm still getting spammed at a fair rate, but it's possible that there is some general hiring freeze going on.
rjh29 4y ago
I get about one recruiter mail a year, I wonder what I am doing wrong... (or right)
- ineedausername 4y ago
  What are you an esoteric language engineer or something :).
  - anacrolix 4y ago
    Hello, we love your profile, you should join our high energy PHP team!
- vdfs 4y ago
  You shouldn't keep your emails too private.
- paganel 4y ago
  Age, maybe? I'm a computer programmer in my early 40s and I've started seeing a decrease in unsolicited LinkedIn emails once I got to 35, give or take a year or two.
  - freedom2099 4y ago
    37yo here and still have to fence recruiters off
- the_only_law 4y ago
  I get plenty, but only when I set my LinkedIn account to open for jobs, and they’re usually crappy jobs.
7speter 4y ago
Maybe that means all the recruiters are being laid off
icedchai 4y ago
Same here. The recruiter email and LinkedIn spam has definitely declined.
pclmulqdq 4y ago
I went from one a day and 200+ views/month on my LinkedIn profile to one every couple of weeks and ~50. I did just announce that I was running a startup, though, so I just assumed that the sharks will start circling in a couple of months hoping I fail and need a new job.
ZeroSolstice 4y ago
Part of it may be due to the recent layoff's as well. For recruiters, that's a much warmer lead to work as the individuals have come from well known companies and maybe in a position to accept a lower salary range given the circumstance. Happened with the startup I worked at once. When recruiters find out the company is closing down, which is known prior to the public announcement, they start reaching out to place you elsewhere within the industry.

ineedausername 4y ago

I'm still getting spammed at a fair rate, but it's possible that there is some general hiring freeze going on.

rjh29 4y ago

I get about one recruiter mail a year, I wonder what I am doing wrong... (or right)

ineedausername 4y ago
What are you an esoteric language engineer or something :).
- anacrolix 4y ago
  Hello, we love your profile, you should join our high energy PHP team!
vdfs 4y ago
You shouldn't keep your emails too private.
paganel 4y ago
Age, maybe? I'm a computer programmer in my early 40s and I've started seeing a decrease in unsolicited LinkedIn emails once I got to 35, give or take a year or two.
- freedom2099 4y ago
  37yo here and still have to fence recruiters off
the_only_law 4y ago
I get plenty, but only when I set my LinkedIn account to open for jobs, and they’re usually crappy jobs.

7speter 4y ago

Maybe that means all the recruiters are being laid off

icedchai 4y ago

Same here. The recruiter email and LinkedIn spam has definitely declined.

pclmulqdq 4y ago

I went from one a day and 200+ views/month on my LinkedIn profile to one every couple of weeks and ~50. I did just announce that I was running a startup, though, so I just assumed that the sharks will start circling in a couple of months hoping I fail and need a new job.

ZeroSolstice 4y ago

Part of it may be due to the recent layoff's as well. For recruiters, that's a much warmer lead to work as the individuals have come from well known companies and maybe in a position to accept a lower salary range given the circumstance. Happened with the startup I worked at once. When recruiters find out the company is closing down, which is known prior to the public announcement, they start reaching out to place you elsewhere within the industry.