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Dude, I get where you are coming from but seriously, the word No doesn't get processed by a salesperson the way normal people process it. My Linkedin profile e

by eshvk 13y ago

Dude, I get where you are coming from but seriously, the word No doesn't get processed by a salesperson the way normal people process it. My Linkedin profile explicitly says "No third party recruiters". I have explicitly responded to multiple third party recruiters telling them I do not want my resume in their hand, I don't want to be considered for any position from whatever shitty stealth startup they are working with. Nope. Nothing. I still get emails; GUESS WHAT? THEY ARE FROM THE SAME FUCKING RECRUITER(S).

Peroni 13y ago
I agree with your second paragraph entirely. There's nothing to indicate that OP had a similar disclosure on his LinkedIn and he implicitly states that at no point did he tell her to stop prior to this email. If he had and she ignored that request then his response would have been entirely justified. Most agency recruiters are terrible. Most couldn't care less what you think of them. Most of them are entirely deluded and believe they are the greatest sales people to walk the earth. Most. Not all. Recruiter bashing is easy however remaining professional is more appropriate.
markyc 13y ago
"the word No doesn't get processed by a salesperson the way normal people process it" how true. don't all self professed sales gurus teach that you need to get through 7 "No"-s to get a "Yes"
christoph 13y ago
THIS. We put a job advert up on LinkedIn recently. It said in big bold capital letters at the very top "Absolutely no agencies/recruiters" Guess what? We got 50+ calls from job agencies in under 1 week. Some, multiple times, even after we politely told them we were not interested and not to contact us again. My only guess is that people working in recruitment have targets to hit in terms of number of calls to make each day and they'll try and hit that target anyway possible.
- Peroni 13y ago
  My only guess is that people working in recruitment have targets to hit in terms of number of calls to make each day and they'll try and hit that target anyway possible A guess that happens to be 100% accurate. Recruiters are targeted on a huge number of factors, primarily the number of jobs they fill obviously but also the number of new clients acquired, number of clients contacted, candidate contacts, client visits, etc. It's a long list.

by eshvk 13y ago

Peroni 13y ago

I agree with your second paragraph entirely. There's nothing to indicate that OP had a similar disclosure on his LinkedIn and he implicitly states that at no point did he tell her to stop prior to this email. If he had and she ignored that request then his response would have been entirely justified. Most agency recruiters are terrible. Most couldn't care less what you think of them. Most of them are entirely deluded and believe they are the greatest sales people to walk the earth. Most. Not all. Recruiter bashing is easy however remaining professional is more appropriate.

markyc 13y ago

"the word No doesn't get processed by a salesperson the way normal people process it" how true. don't all self professed sales gurus teach that you need to get through 7 "No"-s to get a "Yes"

christoph 13y ago

THIS. We put a job advert up on LinkedIn recently. It said in big bold capital letters at the very top "Absolutely no agencies/recruiters" Guess what? We got 50+ calls from job agencies in under 1 week. Some, multiple times, even after we politely told them we were not interested and not to contact us again. My only guess is that people working in recruitment have targets to hit in terms of number of calls to make each day and they'll try and hit that target anyway possible.

Peroni 13y ago
My only guess is that people working in recruitment have targets to hit in terms of number of calls to make each day and they'll try and hit that target anyway possible A guess that happens to be 100% accurate. Recruiters are targeted on a huge number of factors, primarily the number of jobs they fill obviously but also the number of new clients acquired, number of clients contacted, candidate contacts, client visits, etc. It's a long list.