Recruiter Spam Complaints

Cluster focuses on frustrations with unsolicited, automated, and irrelevant emails from recruiters, including poor job matches, spammy practices, and advice on handling them.

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natly Jun 20, 2022 View on HN

Recruiters reaching out barely means anything, they're usually just automated

dieselgate Sep 13, 2022 View on HN

Wow have never seen one like this. Maybe recruiters just have “fun” after a while because their job seems like mostly fruitless cold calling. Probably not though, I wouldn’t respond or would ask to be removed from further communications

2OEH8eoCRo0 Jun 17, 2022 View on HN

Is that why I get recruiter emails almost daily?

platevoltage Apr 28, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like the lesson here is to bypass the recruiter huh?

X-Istence Nov 3, 2022 View on HN

Someone should tell the two recruiters in my inbox...

gohrt Feb 5, 2016 View on HN

If you were an outsider in need of a job, you'd appreciate the recruiter spam.

explorigin Jul 31, 2024 View on HN

Same for me. The only recruiter messages I get seem desperate because they don't even match my profile skill-set.

Jemaclus Jun 3, 2014 View on HN

I'm somewhat curious as to why you blurred out the recruiters name. Seems like a good ol' fashioned public shaming would be useful.Also, unless you Photoshopped that image, it looks like all of those emails came to you as well. Do you automatically get CC'd in employee emails?Finally, what are your opinions on recruiters in general? You mentioned Oli as being a good one, but in my experience, there aren't very many good ones at all. I tend to get bombarded by recruiters

scrapcode Dec 11, 2021 View on HN

It's the recruiter's automated shotgun, in my experience.

rg81 Feb 6, 2012 View on HN

The recruiter that got back to me was more direct and less spammy than other random recruiting emails I get from those who see my profile on linkedin etc. I'm wondering if this is an accident or a change in the way the recruiter views these postings.