> ... but only opportunities that match their specific, mostly unspoken, criteria. As someone on the sending side of a cold email, you're generally not privy to

> ... but only opportunities that match their specific, mostly unspoken, criteria. As someone on the sending side of a cold email, you're generally not privy to this criteria You are thinking about the above average recruiters. My resume and linkedin have a clear "note to recruiters" at the top where I try to articulate the criteria and explain why. For example I say small companies/startups. Yet 95% of the recruiter emails I get show they haven't looked at the note at all. Fortunately having such a note makes it easy for me determine if the recruiter has done any work.