For actual emails (real, or through linkedin mail) I'll always try to respond with a polite "thanks but no thanks".
What absolutely drives me crazy is the linkedin invite spam were they indicate that you worked together at "Recruiting Services LLC". No. We didn't. You're lying; why would I want to start a professional relationship on a lie?
The tragedy there is it lowers the value of all of linkedin for me.
I rarely get LinkedIn invite spam like that. I've gotten messages from (maritime) recruiters, but they seem a little more professional from what I'm reading about tech recruiters, although they still follow the same gimmicks about being vague, etc.
The times I do get spam, I mark it as such. I haven't had to do it in a while, but I think LinkedIn has an option "I don't know this person" for connection requests.
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For actual emails (real, or through linkedin mail) I'll always try to respond with a polite "thanks but no thanks".
What absolutely drives me crazy is the linkedin invite spam were they indicate that you worked together at "Recruiting Services LLC". No. We didn't. You're lying; why would I want to start a professional relationship on a lie?
The tragedy there is it lowers the value of all of linkedin for me.
I rarely get LinkedIn invite spam like that. I've gotten messages from (maritime) recruiters, but they seem a little more professional from what I'm reading about tech recruiters, although they still follow the same gimmicks about being vague, etc.
The times I do get spam, I mark it as such. I haven't had to do it in a while, but I think LinkedIn has an option "I don't know this person" for connection requests.