Why do all recruiters start their messages with “Hope you are well”?
It's not as if there aren't other ways to express a similar sentiment, but I'd say 80% of my recruiter emails on Linked In start with some variation of "Hope you're well" or "Hope all is well". Is there a massive training program out there for recruiters that tells them to do that or some template in recruiting software that uses that phrase?
They're alluding to a nonexistent preexisting relationship so they can pretend they didn't illicitly obtain your contact information and retain it indefinitely to spam you.
"Hope you are well" is code for "Hey, I need something from you."
It's an expression most people open with when reaching out to someone they
haven't talked to in a while.
Can't tell if this is a sarcastic question, but I'll bite anyway.
The simple answer is politeness. When you work as a recruiter you're talking to 10s (maybe 100s) of folks a day. Creating a connection and breaking the ice when talking to someone you've never met before is just human nature.
I haven’t seen that too often, but I do get a lot of slight variations on my “impressive background” compelling them to reach out