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thesecretsauce

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Executive
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Absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of LinkedIn messages ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ˜…

i know we are all being inundated by recruitersย 

i don't even have open to work on my profileย 

do you all respond to them all or ignore them or what?ย 
๐ŸŽฏ Career Development
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๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป LinkedIn
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Kinonez
Celebrated Contributor
8
War Room Enthusiast
I am honest, I let them know how flattered and uninterested I am in their request. I always leave the door open though, you never know!
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
7
sales
im eating a chiptole sandwhich and sniffling my fucking brains out. i can smell my BO. i can feel the tingle on my forehead and tongue. holy shit its hot.

this is the time i respond to li messages.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
7
๐ŸฆŠ
Grizz. You make me happy. That's all.
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
3
sales
its killing me. my nose is stuffy & runny at the same time.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
2
SaaS Eater
The worst. Go guzzle some sriracha to clear things out
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
3
sales
no thank you on hipster ketchup.ย 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
5
SaaS Eater
I think I have 25397235 unread LI messages for this reason
CaneWolf
Politicker
5
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
Set up a standard response of "Hey, what's the OTE before we get into it?" and sort based on the response in an email folder. Search from there once a week.
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
3
Rolling 20's all day
Gotta get that out of the way first. I hate wasting time with recruiters who won't tell you.
dwightyouignorantsale
Politicker
2
Account Executive
genius. it pisses me off when they refuse to tell you until the phone call. if thatโ€™s the case, I will always pass/not respond.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
4
๐ŸฆŠ
I respond in kindness. If they don't get the hint I block em.
ragnarlothbrok
Politicker
2
Key account manager
I would tell them your not interested, unless there really are that many coming through, then perhaps just ignoreย 
Diablo
Politicker
2
Sr. AE
I don't get much but if the recruiter is from the company that I might want to work with (in the future) I ask them politely if I can message them back in the future when I'm ready.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
1
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Agreed to this one.ย  ย 

When I have time, I politely respond to recruiters.ย  To the ones who are asking me to join them as a developer or something else totally ludicrous (BDR?ย  Really?) I ignore.ย  They're idiots.
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
Depends what country they're from. I have one certain demographic that's especially obnoxious and rude and I don't respond to them. And no, I'm not a xenophobe, I just have noticed an extremely obvious pattern.
GeneralCorp
Notable Contributor
2
General of The War Room
Soooo... that's what it's like to be a prospect on linkedin....
thesecretsauce
Politicker
0
Business Development
You took the words right out of my mouth
LordBusiness
Politicker
1
Chief Revenue Officer
I for the most part ignore them....but some days its harder and harder.ย  This week alone I've had 4 executive search firms reach out to me.ย 
TheRealPezDog
Notable Contributor
1
Account Manager
Gotta leave that door open... Someone brilliant once said ABC is dead but ABLFSE (Always be looking for something else) will never die!!!
Cyberjarre
Politicker
0
BDR
Do you work at Oracle? Are you thinking of it? What's the color of your car?

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