Ask HN: Would you exchange job leads with others?

[ginkoutest]

I get a lot of emails and LinkedIn messages from recruiters, startup founders, headhunters, etc. trying to sell me on working for XYZ companies. I tend to ignore most of them.

The job market is tough right now though, and every now and then a friend reaches out for a referral or if I know of any good opportunities.

If there was an easy way to share leads with others, would you use it? And if yes, would you mostly use it to share excess inbound leads, or to search for leads yourself?

[ttymck]

SMS is easy enough. Sharing with strangers isn't my job.

[hinata08]

Yes

You can totally share with friends and former coworkers you know.

I've heard of some sharing the company ads with a few acquaintances or PPL who looked for job on LinkedIn to get the bonus if they are hired.

But receiving ads and sharing them to the world is the job of recruitment companies (or websites like indeed). So no need to do it for free.

(Also, that's time consuming, like full time job)

[ginkoutest]

It's not so much it isn't your job, but wouldn't you want to help someone in desperate need for a job, especially if you would benefit (in some form of incentive) from it too?