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LinkedIn is a cesspool of shit. I spent a bunch of time and removed literally everything from my profile except for my current job, which only has minimal information. That had the effect of actually increasing the number of Amazon headhunters writing me weekly.

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I explicitly have on my profile that I am not interested in Amazon, but their recruiters still contact me. Recruiters still not read profile, it's basically spray and pray.

That said, it's been a couple of weeks since I have heard from Amazon. There truly must be a hiring freeze going on

Every time an Amazon recruiter emails me, I reply back CC'ing every previous Amazon recruiter. I say "Thanks <new person name> but I'm not interested in working for Amazon. <Previous recruiters>: I previously asked to be taken off the mailing list- what happened?"

I got to 4 people on my list before the emails stopped coming.

At what point does that become harassment?

Truthfully, I know some of those recruiters personally. I don't hold it against them. They're paid terribly and their job is at risk if they don't get candidates.

I just be as polite as I can, but I hold them to their word.

I don't mean harassment by the recruiters, especially if it's the first contact. But surely the recruiting division has a database of people they've contacted and who asked not to be contacted again?

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