Ask HN: Tips and hacks for dealing with LinkedIn recruiters

[FourSigma]

Anyone have some tried and true tips/hacks when dealing the deluge of recruiters reaching out to you on LinkedIn?

It would be nice to have an auto reply script that makes them fill out a Google form with relevant information for you to review later. I don't think this is unreasonable for someone who asks you to put 15min-30min on their calendar.

[kevinsky]

I am constantly contacted by recruiters who just want to talk about their latest thing. An email won't do, it has to be some of my valuable time. You cannot deal with them unless you know what your priorities are. I have three criteria for work: how much it pays, is it remote, can I do it.

Few recruiters will lead with how much it pays so I just tell them what my hourly range is for that type of work. Very few ever follow up and the ones that do are more likely to represent real work.

[jstx1]

> It would be nice to have an auto reply script that makes them fill out a Google form with relevant information for you to review later.

No, that's weird. Ask them questions in the chat instead of redirecting them to a form. It's much more friendly and personal.