Why You Shouldn’t Spam For Customers

Some people will never get it, and those people are usually the same ones who try to sell their services by spamming the job listings of recruiters.  There is absolutely no value proposition to a corporate recruiter or HR professional or hiring team member to be found in a spam message that follows a job posting intended only for qualified job seekers.  In fact, job seekers do a really good job of spamming job postings so when a staffing agency follows up with spam they pretty much guarantee two things: 1) that their message and profile (in this case their Facebook profile) will be flagged as spam, and 2) that they will be blacklisted by the hiring team (HR, Recruiter, hiring manager, etc.).  If you are sending messages and are not sure what these sorts of spammy communications look like then feast on this one:

“Good Afternoon-

Our company is ”<generic name> Technical Staffing” and we are located in downtown Bethesda Maryland. We are a small technical staffing firm with over 30 years IT experience in house for your technical staffing needs. Since we are a smaller firm we provide an extra emphasis on service and treat each client like they are our only one. We are simple and streamlined to work with and have staffed people in long term contracts with in hours. We have a pool of candidates ready to staff, and have constant access to fresh candidates that do not post their resumes on job hub sites.

Our rates and contract length are as follows:

• $75-85/hr depending on the candidate and position, if this candidate does not work to your specifications we will replace them with no fee.

• If you decide to keep this candidate after a 2-6/month temp contract, then we would let this person assimilate into your company for no fee.

• If you are looking for a perm placement right away, we ask for a 20% placement fee (of the annual salary) that can be paid in full up front or a payment plan can be put in place for your convenience.

If you have any other questions, comments, or want to see our candidates please check out our website at www.hire-power.net or you can give me a call directly at 301.***.****.

Sincerely,”

If you need help selling your services then perhaps you should a) hire a sales rep who has a track record or b) get another job.