> When someone writes back "thanks but no thanks," be sure to respond with the ask that they pass the details of your open positions to their friends and collea

> When someone writes back "thanks but no thanks," be sure to respond with the ask that they pass the details of your open positions to their friends and colleagues. I don't get enough recruiter spam to be really bothered about it, so I respond with a polite "no thanks" to any reasonable messages. It's common courtesy, and as a bonus helps to avoid the "hey, did you read our previous email?" followups also recommended in this article. This strategy used to work fine, but recently there have been a few cases where the followup then is either a request to pass the job posting along, or (even worse) for me to refer people to them. "Not interested" means I'm not interested, it's not some kind of a sign of engagement for you to exploit. I really hope this doesn't become a trend.