Why are you sending me inMail, offering opportunities and never bother to follow up???

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December 5,2023 at 3:14PM UTC

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Why are you sending me inMail, offering opportunities and never bother to follow up???

Again today the same thing happening. A few days ago I received an inmail from a recruiter in a company that they have several opportunities, that my background looks good and can we meet? We exchange available time and then... nothing. Complete ghosting. As if they never contacted me! I almost feel I want to contact their boss and tell them what a bad opinion now I have about their company. And it is a very well known one. Why? Where is the professionalism, the common courtesy? So frustrated.

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AnonymousDecember 5,2023 at 4:02PM UTC
So sorry this is happening to you. I can offer a little insight into this.
As a part of sourcing for talent acquisition, some companies require their recruiters to send a certain amount of inMails to "prove" they are doing their part in finding applicants. Normally it is a weekly amount although I have heard it can be daily too.
My most recent employer required the recruiters to send 150 inMails a week to applicants they found on LinkedIn. I was told by them, they did not respond back to each and every individual who replied due to time constraints. The recruiters did not like it because they could not respond timely but knew it was part of a metric they had to meet.
It's not fun to be ghosted but I feel like this is more the norm than not.
Good luck in your search!
AnonymousDecember 5,2023 at 4:11PM UTC
Did you research the company with the interview offer to see if it is real? I have gotten several emails and InMail messages from completely bogus companies. Most of the time, they are for skills and positions that have nothing to do with my skillsets or experience. If they are unsolicited (i.e., you didn't apply there), you need to do significant research on the company. Those I have gotten all turned out to be scams from companies that had duped people out of a lot of money after getting their banking information (presumably for direct deposit) and then deposited money that ended up bouncing after the person removed some or all of it to purchase equipment or supplies. A legitimate recruiter will identify the company and provide a complete job description, not "we have several opportunities ..." What you describe sounds like some of the scams I got. One I just deleted this morning.
A good way to check legitimacy, if it seems like a real opportunity from a real company, is to check the sender's email first. The message I deleted this morning was from a domain outside the US (a something.dk, I think), The other is to check the company's "careers" or "job opportunities" page on their website to see if the jobs the person is describing appear there.
Anne KrookDecember 5,2023 at 4:54PM UTC
Unfortunately this may be because the part of the org sending the mails may be automated and separate from the people who have to follow up. It's very often the case that the people who are assigned to get prospects and those assigned to recruit them to actual jobs are not the same and don't communicate well; both functions are often understaffed. Above all don't take it personally.
AnonymousDecember 5,2023 at 6:34PM UTC
Because they're a scam!
AnonymousDecember 5,2023 at 6:39PM UTC
They get a credit for searching. It's a scam