[untog]

Look, if my LinkedIn profile shows I just started a job three months ago, I am almost certainly not looking to move jobs right now.

I noticed that last time I changed jobs I got a flood of e-mails just after I changed my LinkedIn profiles. It was deliberate, too - they'd start "I noticed you just started at X - if it isn't what you had hoped...", which is actually relatively smart in recruiter terms.

My pet peeve: calling me on my work phone number. I don't even know what my work phone number is, but presumably recruiters call the front desk and asked to be put through to me. It's shockingly unprofessional - as if I'm going to discuss an opportunity while I sit near my co-workers and boss.

[paddyforan]

"Yeah, not really enjoying this new job, my coworkers are total douche-canoes. Actually, could you hang on a second? -- Steve, can you keep your typing down? I'm on the phone with a recruiter. Thanks. -- So yeah, hate this job..."

[timjahn]

"I don't even know what my work phone number is, but recruiters call the front desk and asked to be put through to me (presumably)"

I've had this happen to me in the past and my jaw almost dropped. Like, REALLY?

Goes to show that these recruiters are all about spray and play, and have no real logical strategies.

[rmc]

My pet peeve: calling me on my work phone number.

I once had a recruiter phone our office number (it's a small ~5 person tech company), ask to speak to me about a "personal matter" and give a false name. Once I got on the phone, I loudly, so everyone in the office could hear me told them to cop on.

[gedrap]

That's nothing compared to recruiters offering me senior jobs although I haven't even graduated. I literally have no idea who would hire those recruiters in the first place.

I feel bad for the decent recruiters because of the image thanks to spammers.

[smtddr]

Same here!

Once they called the frontdesk and left a message for me to get back to them(cuz I have no work number).

They also called the frontdesk for a coworker and lied that they were someone that played tennis with him months ago. When the coworker called back, the recruiter admitted he lied because he thought the frontdesk wouldn't relay the message if he said the truth... o_O;

Another thing, is I really wish they'd stop emailing me at work.... or maybe my company should give us the option to stop routing [e-mail] from external sources. It's terrible to get that "Exciting Job opportunity" email pop-up when other coworkers are looking at my screen. I've disabled that notification-alert in my email client(Thunderbird) because of that. My LinkedIn contact-info says not to contact me with any other medium besides LinkedIn's InMail. It also says the office must be walkable from a BART station and organic food locations must be nearby for lunch(I know, I'm a spoiled bayarea techie).

Nobody reads my LinkedIn conact-info since I always get stuff that misses these requirements. If anyone from LinkedIn is reading this, you should give the option to make the contact-info section very conspicuous. I want mine to be freaking glowing bright red. In fact, just let us have custom CSS like the hatenablog platform.

[untog]

You're aiming way too high with requirements stating organic food locations. My LinkedIn requirements stated "no recruiters", yet lo and behold...