I was curious if a nonsense LinkedIn account would get job offers. It does!

There is a huge difference between head hunter solicitations and a job offer. Hilarious thread either way.

I've got a picture of my cat, that looks like a professional headshot. I've been thinking about making her a linked in profile. I never thought about using it to troll recruiters though. I thinking more along the lines to she how many people would accept the connection invite.

These aren't offers. These are letters of inquiry. They tend to be automated and based on key words. So you have key words that generated interest.

Note to self: ask LinkedIn to give us metrics about how many solicitations we receive as a ratio over the null account (Sea Bream will suffice as a null account).

I have personally set up a linkedin account (of basically me in 20 years), I use it to look up people when I dont want to know I am looking them up. I have personally had about 30 invitations to speak at conferences, job offers or people asking for career advice. I find it hilarious everytime, and often consider seeing how far I could go with accepting to speak at a conference, and the demands I could make.

I’ve been employed by a clearly fake company name for years (wont mention it here, but its clearly to deflect recruiters and a bit of an experiment).

I’ve had a number of “colleagues” approach me and try to add me to their network. Seems highly unlikely these would be real people or people with some kind of genuinely innocent intent.

When a recruiter sends you unsolicited job postings it's not a job offer, it's advertising for the supply side of their business. This response is not surprising.

People do unsolicited job offers on LinkedIn? Or is that part of the joke?