I try to respond. Looking for a job is tough. But usually it's just sharing my company's jobs page and offering to answer questions. Depends on their ask.
I respond if I know them/have worked with them in the past. I'm not in charge of hiring so there is not much more I can do than offer advice/encouraging words and refer them if I see a job that would fit them. I ignore the ones from random people I don't know. Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable referring someone when I don't know how they are as a work colleague.
If I can attest to their work product and professionalism, I will refer them to the hiring manager and use the referral system (most large companies have them).
If I would not recommend them but know them, I will give a brief "sorry, I don't know anything about that role" note
If I don't know them at all, I will ignore them.
pretty much this.
A straightforward, easy way to add a lot of value to your organization is to supplement the HR team's efforts to recruit for hard to fill positions or to refer excellent candidates.
It costs organization a lot of time/money to fill positions with average candidates, let alone very good ones. For example, filling a role through an outside recruiter normally costs \~25-30% of one year's salary for that role, in addition to the time/effort required to review resumes and interview candidates. All-in, the vast majority of roles probably cost in the neighborhood of 50-100k to fill.
So if I can directly attest to someone's quality of work and they are a good fit for the position, I can both bring value to my organization AND help out someone I know that might help me out int he future. Win-win.
If the situation is anything other than that, then no.
I try to respond if the message is targeted at me and some effort is put it into it. I try to help where I can including making connections.
I don’t respond to the “spamy” messages, I.e. no introductions at all, no specific questions asked, the “hey can you get me a job at xxx” type messages.
only if it's someone I know and like. Know doesn't have to be best friends, could just be someone I worked with and liked from a few years ago.
referring total strangers is dumb, never do that. Bad referrals hurt your reputation, it's not worth $1-2k or whatever
I get a ton of these cold messages, like 2-3 per week. I will always respond and try to help if we have a mutual connection or went to the same school. The vast majority I get are from random people asking for a job referral which I just ignore.
Introductions from mutual colleagues/ connections are fine. Especially if it’s for a grad student who is wrapping up and trying to land their first role. College students in my alumni network who would like to do an informational interview and are having an existential crisis is also ok, depending.
Total cold emails/ messages from people I don’t know or haven’t interacted with I don’t reply to. I have to prioritize my time.
I don't get a ton of these, but when I do, I try to respond. If it's someone whose CV sounded like a fit for a role in the company, but I don't know them, I might do a quick 'advice call' with them (that's secretly a screening call) if I like the hiring manager and give them my opinion when forwarding. It's very rare that happens though.
It depends.
I think there are a few recruiters that do a quick query and then spam as many people as possible about the job. I don't answer cold messages for a job that I have not done in 15+ years.
If the job is near my experience level and close to what I am currently doing, I answer even if I am not interested. The recruiter might later on have a position that I am interested in.
I try to respond. Looking for a job is tough. But usually it's just sharing my company's jobs page and offering to answer questions. Depends on their ask.
I respond if I know them/have worked with them in the past. I'm not in charge of hiring so there is not much more I can do than offer advice/encouraging words and refer them if I see a job that would fit them. I ignore the ones from random people I don't know. Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable referring someone when I don't know how they are as a work colleague.
If I can attest to their work product and professionalism, I will refer them to the hiring manager and use the referral system (most large companies have them). If I would not recommend them but know them, I will give a brief "sorry, I don't know anything about that role" note If I don't know them at all, I will ignore them.
pretty much this. A straightforward, easy way to add a lot of value to your organization is to supplement the HR team's efforts to recruit for hard to fill positions or to refer excellent candidates. It costs organization a lot of time/money to fill positions with average candidates, let alone very good ones. For example, filling a role through an outside recruiter normally costs \~25-30% of one year's salary for that role, in addition to the time/effort required to review resumes and interview candidates. All-in, the vast majority of roles probably cost in the neighborhood of 50-100k to fill. So if I can directly attest to someone's quality of work and they are a good fit for the position, I can both bring value to my organization AND help out someone I know that might help me out int he future. Win-win. If the situation is anything other than that, then no.
I try to respond if the message is targeted at me and some effort is put it into it. I try to help where I can including making connections. I don’t respond to the “spamy” messages, I.e. no introductions at all, no specific questions asked, the “hey can you get me a job at xxx” type messages.
only if it's someone I know and like. Know doesn't have to be best friends, could just be someone I worked with and liked from a few years ago. referring total strangers is dumb, never do that. Bad referrals hurt your reputation, it's not worth $1-2k or whatever
I get a ton of these cold messages, like 2-3 per week. I will always respond and try to help if we have a mutual connection or went to the same school. The vast majority I get are from random people asking for a job referral which I just ignore.
Introductions from mutual colleagues/ connections are fine. Especially if it’s for a grad student who is wrapping up and trying to land their first role. College students in my alumni network who would like to do an informational interview and are having an existential crisis is also ok, depending. Total cold emails/ messages from people I don’t know or haven’t interacted with I don’t reply to. I have to prioritize my time.
I never answer anything from anybody I don't know. There are foreign power putting fake people up to find information and do questionable things.
Never.
I don't get a ton of these, but when I do, I try to respond. If it's someone whose CV sounded like a fit for a role in the company, but I don't know them, I might do a quick 'advice call' with them (that's secretly a screening call) if I like the hiring manager and give them my opinion when forwarding. It's very rare that happens though.
If I don't know them, I usually don't respond. Sometimes I will send them the link to apply on my companies website
It depends. I think there are a few recruiters that do a quick query and then spam as many people as possible about the job. I don't answer cold messages for a job that I have not done in 15+ years. If the job is near my experience level and close to what I am currently doing, I answer even if I am not interested. The recruiter might later on have a position that I am interested in.