Bell4my

[Poll] LinkedIn Recruiters

I constantly have these people in my DMs with 90% of them all using the same bullshit intro. How do we feel about this as sales people ourselves?

How do you feel about LinkedIn Recruiters?

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Soldmysoultoselltech

Praised Answer

Account Executive

They're reaching out to you to see if you would be interested in a job. I have zero issue with it.

I am also that guy who is sending the Linkedin Inmails

Bell4my

Contributor

Thanks for the insight.

Out of curiosity, do you customize each LI message?

Soldmysoultoselltech

Praised Answer

Account Executive

In my earlier years I didn't, I mass mailed more often because I was full amateur.

The more niche the role, the more customization required. Nowadays I get my team to customize for the most part because I dont want to waste time talking to people that arent good fits. It doesn't affect me whether you accept it or decline it. I get my InMail back and keep on trucking along.

If you are receiving LinkedIn recruiter InMail they're probably hiring for AEs and mass mailing the hell out of their connections/search strings

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

I'm in a similar boat. Used to just toss shit at the wall and hope something stuck. My first recruiting role prioritized quantity over quality and that's a terrible way of doing things and damages credibility.

I cater every message now, and only to people I actually want to talk to. First boss told me, "don't read resumes, just see if the job title lines up and message them." What awful, time-wasting advice is that??

Soldmysoultoselltech

Praised Answer

Account Executive

I feel you there! the training provided in recruiting is disgraceful. I remember I was told to message every single person who came up in my strings. Was instructed to not even look at resumes, just mass.

Incredible waste of time.

BigCheese

Notorious Answer

Agency Recruiter

Some of those big recruiting firms don't give a rat's ass and it shows. For recruiting you have blind subs, no reference checks, spray and pray sourcing, hands-off onboarding, etc., and then internally you have threadbare comp plans, revolving door turnover rates, and almost 0 upwards movement.

After working at one, it's wild to me how some of these companies have any sort of reputation.

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

I'm fine with them as long as they're not spamming me with totally irrelevant roles. I don't need a 100% personalized novel, but if you don't even take the time to look at my profile and see what roles I'm likely qualified for, you'll be ignored.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

Same @funcoupons. It's annoying to see the canned message about how my background is perfect only to see that the job description requires 5 years more EXP than I have. One thing that does drive me crazy is when they won't give you the company name. I wanted to see where the office was once and the amount of pushback I got from the recruiter was unbelievable.

Incognito

WR Officer

Master of Disaster

I don't mind if they're at least in the ballpark of my current role.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

If they are really reaching out to me in a customized manner then I will respond.

If it's a copy/paste job where I see they haven't read my profile closely I politely respond that I'm not interested.

Incognito

WR Officer

Master of Disaster

nice of you to respond at all TBH

BillyHoyle

Tycoon

Senior Account Executive

I don't think I've ever engaged with the spray and pray technique used by many recruiters. But if someone comes at me with a boilerplate message that at least gives me critical information like name/industry company is in, size of company/sales team then I'm completely fine with it and have even jumped into interview processes for these.

stratman

Politicker

Sales Engineer

I don't mind the recruiters as I think I get more out of them than they get out of me. Every recruiter connection means one more network that gets to see my posts.

MMMGood

Celebrated Contributor

Senior Account Executive

I will always listen to the pitch...90% of the time, it's an easy "no thank you" but 1/10 have something that at least perks my ears up to take a call.

NoSuperhero

Politicker

BDR LEAD

Don't mind it at all, I like to ask what's being offered to my roles.

ReadTheScript

Politicker

Sales Manager

Zero issues with it. Having recruited in the past it can be a great tool when done correctly. What is astounding to me is the people who truly treat it as a pure numbers game and don't customize/put any thought or energy into the message or going past that to try and connect.

My career has been all full-cycle sales until management and I still get messages for SDR roles to this day

TheRealPezDog

Notable Contributor

Account Manager

They are salesfolk just like the rest of us, they just have something everyone already wants (a better job) or so we think....

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Any salesperson that has a problem with LinkedIn recruiters reaching out should really check themselves. We reach out to prospects everyday cold to try to get their interest up and sell them something. That’s what these recruiters are doing and we’re the product. Doesn’t mean you have to respond but nice to know you are desirable at least

MaSaaSter

Opinionated

US BD Lead

I got my most recent job through a LinkedIn message. But they also reached out to me at the optimal time (company just changed territory alignment and the promotion process). With everything that happened, I was open to chat, and they offered me more money than I would've gotten at my last company anyway.

I will say, I recently had someone reach out to me from a local recruitment firm (they only operate within my city), with a basic spam message about job opportunities. What this new recruiter didn't realize, was I was already in their CRM, and I am friends with the head of the entire company, so that honestly annoyed me.

In conclusion, I respect LinkedIn recruiters who do their research, and actually look at someones career progression/the industry they work in, and bring relevant roles.

Chep

WR Officer

Bitcoin Adoption Specialist

Yea I like them especially if they're personalized. I always tell them I'm happy in my role because more leverage. Truthfully, I am happy in my role but even if I wasn't I would still tell them this🤝🤝

TheRealPezDog

Notable Contributor

Account Manager

And let me just add this: Can we change the phrase "salespeople" to "salesfolk" ?

Salespreuner

Big Shot

Regional Sales Director

Don't have,much of an issue✌️

PutThatCoffeeDown

Lead Recruiter

I’m a full desk recruiter at a large firm. To be honest I rarely customize my messages unless the role is particularly niche. Boiler plate info (industry, product, size, funding, commission structure, etc) usually gets the job done. I get some of my best response from sales people, they get the hustle. Every once in a while I’ll get a particular nasty message from a sales person, but we all know those sales guys 😊

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

If they dont constantly message me I dont mind, if its the same recruiter with the same message, it bothers me

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