I believe that job hiring is picking up the pace, based on anecdotal evidence from my LinkedIn account. I’m getting 2-3 InMails from recruiters a week from LinkedIn and there’s nothing in my profile to suggest that I’m looking for a new job. I’ve spoken to colleagues and they’re getting the same increased attention from recruiters. Let’s hope that these data points are true across a wide swath of professionals and lead to an improvement in the economy.
How about you? How many recruiters are reaching out to you from LinkedIn InMail?
And a small pet peeve. Why are recruiters sending me invitations to connect as a friend as an enticement to review their job posting? First, I prefer to connect to people I know. Second, my colleagues and boss are my LinkedIn connections. So when they get that LinkedIn update email that says I’m now connected to several recruiters all of a sudden, they’ll all assume I’m looking.
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