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Help the Hacker Dojo by sending them your recruiter spam
- alain94040 14y agoNot sure it will make any money for the Dojo, but if they say it might, I'll do it.
- michaelangelo 14y agogot enuff of it thx!
- MrDunham 14y agoJust did this myself - if nothing else it feels really good to respam a spamming recruiter.
- languagehacker 14y agoThis just adds even more work for me. I already had to open my mail for no reason. And here I thought the hacker dojo was maybe undertaking a project to keep that stuff from my mailbox.
- jaredsohn 14y agoThe naming of the sponsorships (based on how much the recruiters or their organizations give to the dojo) is quite appropriate: ninja, guru, and rockstar.
- puls 14y agoI would have gone guru, ninja, rockstar and put them in increasing order of annoying, but that's just me.
- Zonker 14y agoThe Reverse Job Fairs at the Dojo have been great for all involved. I think it would be nice to know which recruiters have a vested interest in our community.
- gregcohn 14y agoIf only HackerDojo would auto-add these spams to an email list we can set as the reply-to....
- Lukeas14 14y agoI've been using recruiter spam as an opportunity to promote my own project just by replying and asking them to check it out. While the total number of responses are small, I've gotten some decent feedback and made a few interesting contacts through this tactic. I'll be adding Hacker Dojo's note to the end from now on.
- chetan51 14y agoSounds like an interesting idea! How do you phrase the reply email?
- Lukeas14 14y agoVery similar to Hacker Dojo's example. [recruiter name], Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, I'm not looking for a new position as I'm focused on my latest project, http://iwaat.com http://iwaat.com. I'll keep you in mind when I begin hiring. In the meantime, if you have any feedback...
- iamleppert 14y agoRecruiters love to recruit PASSIVE candidates. They DO NOT want active candidates. All this is going to do is waste people's time. If you're not interested in some recruiter, just don't reply.
- bluehat 14y agoThe Dojo is inviting them to work with passive candidates who are members of the Dojo in a positive framework: ie, by sponsoring the Dojo and getting attention that way instead of by spamming people.
- salemh 14y agoMulti-billion $ industry ripe for disruption. I have (will and continue too) take much shit with my current and past firm(s) (leaving out current employment as I must take a "this is my own opinion etc." stance), on posting to corp Yammer or Chatter pages: Please do not spam 4,000 candidates cross-state with "Django" somewhere in a profile via mass-mailing. It hurts the brand, angers candidates I work with (sometimes for a few years, or who are already working on a project), etc." All pushed through mass Chatter or Yammer, hence visible to higher ups, going "who is this Recruiter with some smattering of negativity?". /stirs the pot. Perhaps I'm missing something with what this accomplishes (trying to understand as a Tech Recruiter (not for long however)). Majority of spams of course = a cruddy Boolean string (or worse, 1-2 key words), selecting a few hundred people and template spamming messages. Without reviewing notes or even resumes. I imagine this is local :) It is effective "throw crap at wall" until 2 candidates fit for a hire. Blah!
- xntrk 14y agoHow do I forward linkedin requests. lol