Recruiters - Spam Can Harm Your Reputation

The following message was sent to members of a technical user group that I’m a part of.  The setup is simple, a recruiter spammed people ASKING for them the do the work required to invite the recruiter to connect with her (the recruiter).  It isn’t just recruiters engaging in this really lazy person’s effort to grow their Linkedin network, it is a lot of open linkers too.  I’m an open linker and I’ll still be the first to put report a message from someone sending a message like this as spam. 

The fact that the recruiter did this and had it come back to bight her is a great example of why recruiters should tread lightly.  The people and communities that they are engaging are more than just job board resumes asking for attention.   

Here is the email that was sent around to the discussion group by one of its members along with the message sent by the recruiter. 

“Have others who have posted to the group also gotten this email?

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Many of you have expressed an interest in connecting with me on LinkedIn.  Here is the link  http://www.linkedin.com/inviteFromProfile?from=profile&key=*******&firstName=********&lastName= ******** - where you can use any method you wish to of connecting with me - you may need to enter my email address ******@****.com - and I will be only too happy to hit the “accept” button on your invitation.
If you received this message my mistake, please disregard.

Thanks and have a great day.
 
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Technical Recruiter”