[laddng]

I kind of like to look at these kinds of posts as if it were a very attractive person complaining that so many people are hitting on them. There are a lot of people who would do anything to be in your position having recruiters constantly offering them interviews.

[tankenmate]

When in fact it is a nuisance, this isn't really the kind of problem you want. You can only have one full time employment or contract at once (this is what recruiters want 99.99% of the time); ipso facto if you get these offers constantly you will turn down almost all of them. For me I've always relied on personal connections to guide me on whether I want to take an offer (for interview or job), regardless of whether I have had recruiters chasing me or not. If you are relying on personal connections to gather this information and/or offers then the recruiter adds very little value.

[antisthenes]

This problem you mention is easily solvable by having a dedicated email address for a job process, period.

That way you can safely forget about the existence of said email once you find a job.

[taken_username]

To be clear I, the writer of the post, got my current job through a recruiter, and politely respond to all recruiters that I am not interested. But, if the same company keeps spamming me, and I keep asking them to add me to their blacklist, that another story.

[parennoob]

To refine your analogy a bit, it's like a very attractive married person who has explicitly stated "I'm not interested" complaining about a lot of people hitting on them.

It's not something that the person being hit on necessarily wants.

[otakucode]

Being hit on by people who very well might say "oh, actually, you're kind of ugly" if they were to reply with some interest to boot.