are these males hitting on me, or respectable enterprise contacts?
A reader writes:
Up to now yr or two, fairly a couple of individuals (usually middle-aged males) have been reaching out to me through LinkedIn (I’m a 20-something girl) attempting to recruit me. Whereas I do have quite a lot of expertise, I’m questioning if it’s odd that a few of these professionals are reaching out to me, as I’m underneath the impression it ought to be the opposite method round. They’re those with the expertise and connections whereas I’m the one constructing my community. My settings are set to the “not looking for a job” setting, and it’s clear on my profile that I’m at present employed, and but I nonetheless obtain these pretty common messages.
After connecting with them, they usually message me with skilled questions, like what I’m finding out or what my profession objectives are, that flip into the place I dwell, how outdated I’m, what I love to do for enjoyable, and many others. Whereas none have them have been outright creepy, many are positively heading in that route and my spider senses inform me to close it down earlier than it will get too far.
I have a tendency to answer the messages I get as a result of they usually ask about my curiosity in a possible job or business and I don’t need to flip down a future alternative. However how can I inform when somebody is mostly occupied with my expertise or simply in the truth that I’m younger and a lady? This can be a downside a lot of my pals have additionally skilled, too.
I reply this query over at Inc. at present, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and generally updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
