How to automate handling tech recruiter spam?

Question

If you're like me, and somehow your email now exists in tech recruiting databases (probably due to resumes you handed out at job fairs X years ago), how do you automate handling all of the inbound emails from every startup in the world? What's the best way to minimize the # of minutes and overall noise this creates in one's daily email life?

chad_strategic · Accepted Answer

I have been collecting emails. I then use a filter that sends them a template emails says &ldquo;This sounds like a great job! Here is resume link&rdquo; The link has a splash page where there are google ads. Then takes them to my resume. Once I hear them once never again, there domain is in the trap.The key thing for me is that At at least I&rsquo;m getting google ad impressions.

nicbou · Answer

I have a similar issue with spam related to running a website. as a rule of thumb, if it contains certain keywords or a very generic greeting ("Dear website.com team") and comes from a Gmail address, I can safely delete it. I have a filter for that.
If something slips through, I block the sender instead of just marking the message as spam. This means I don't get any of the followup emails.
Filters alone almost completely stopped those emails, and never had a false positive.
I delete any and all recruitment emails, because my LinkedIn profile is plastered with "I am not looking for work, do not contact me about contracts or job offers". In fact I just don't visit LinkedIn at all.
All of this works well. My inbox is very focused. Most emails I get were written by a human who wishes to talk to me, and machines I want to hear from.

seattle_spring · Answer

Ugh, this has gotten so bad lately. The most recent trend is for them to send 5 or 6 followup emails.

gus_massa · Answer

Are you using Gmail? Just click the spam button. (And look in the spam folder from time to time...)

gregjor · Answer

Unsubscribe. Spam button. Humble bragging on HN won&rsquo;t help.