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I honestly don't understand why everyone hates recruiters so much. Yes, you say they're a "good problem" to have but how are they a problem at all? How much ef

I honestly don't understand why everyone hates recruiters so much. Yes, you say they're a "good problem" to have but how are they a problem at all? How much effort does it take to delete an email/message, especially if you automate it? I just don't understand the fuss. If anything, I enjoy the little ego boost every time I log in to LinkedIn and see another recruiter knocking. It's nice to be wanted.

k__ 13y ago
Most of them just seem kinda dumb. They write mails to me where they tell me stuff about how they read my profile and think I'm the perfect fit for the position they want to fill, because of reasons that aren't in my profile. I put stuff about ux-design, software engineering and JavaScript in and get mails about embedded systems...
michaelt 13y ago
People who are old enough will remember the same argument about e-mail spam; it only takes a second to delete, so what's the problem? Me, I still don't like spam.
- morgante 13y ago
  > People who are old enough will remember the same argument about e-mail spam I think that supports my point. Because when was the last time you actually saw spam in your inbox?
  - TeMPOraL 13y ago
    Your point will be supported if we ever get automated recruiter-filters with 99.9% accuracy.
  - tekalon 13y ago
    Yesterday, actually. Somehow it passed through the span filter (of course I marked it as spam but still).
reidrac 13y ago
You're probably right but I can't help thinking that when the time comes and I need a new job they're not going to be THAT useful because most of them are really inefficient/incompetent. I've been collecting a list of "good recruiters" that really look like they know what they're doing and "get" my interests (OSS + Python ideally), and so far the list is depressingly short. TL;DR: recruiting attention is OK, but quantity without quality is just annoying and useless.

k__ 13y ago

Most of them just seem kinda dumb. They write mails to me where they tell me stuff about how they read my profile and think I'm the perfect fit for the position they want to fill, because of reasons that aren't in my profile. I put stuff about ux-design, software engineering and JavaScript in and get mails about embedded systems...

michaelt 13y ago

People who are old enough will remember the same argument about e-mail spam; it only takes a second to delete, so what's the problem? Me, I still don't like spam.

morgante 13y ago
> People who are old enough will remember the same argument about e-mail spam I think that supports my point. Because when was the last time you actually saw spam in your inbox?
- TeMPOraL 13y ago
  Your point will be supported if we ever get automated recruiter-filters with 99.9% accuracy.
- tekalon 13y ago
  Yesterday, actually. Somehow it passed through the span filter (of course I marked it as spam but still).

reidrac 13y ago

You're probably right but I can't help thinking that when the time comes and I need a new job they're not going to be THAT useful because most of them are really inefficient/incompetent. I've been collecting a list of "good recruiters" that really look like they know what they're doing and "get" my interests (OSS + Python ideally), and so far the list is depressingly short. TL;DR: recruiting attention is OK, but quantity without quality is just annoying and useless.