Recruiters Have Been Playing a Losing Game on LinkedIn

Recruiters have been playing a losing game on LinkedIn for years — wasting hours firing out connection requests, crafting outreach messages, and sitting around waiting for a response that never comes. And come on: most recruiters are still relying on the same generic cookie-cutter templates that get recognized from a mile away by candidates.

The Ugly Truth: Only Personalized Outreach Works

The ugly truth nobody wants to face: only one thing works — personalized outreach.

And yet, few recruiters bother to tailor their messages because it’s dull, time-consuming, and — let’s face it — difficult to scale. So what happens instead? Candidates ignore your messages, your InMail response rates plummet, and soon LinkedIn feels like a graveyard of uncontacted outreach.

The LinkedIn Black Hole

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