NotJobs: Be a Stalker

Martin Burns recruits for ZoomInfo, and blogs about our art at the Good to Know blog. A while back, Martin posted a great observation about what happens when Persistent Job Hunting turns into Stalking:

Seriously. There’s a line between getting noticed, and getting blocked. If you’re right for the job, and you do the right things to get your resume/ blog/ whatever in front of the right person, they’ll call you. If you know they’ve seen your information, and you don’t get the call – well, all the repetitive e-mailing/ insisting on “networking over coffee”/ yada-yada isn’t going to change the fact that you’re not right for the job.

What it will do is burn you into the memory of the people you’ve harassed – in a bad way. If/ when a job comes up that you’d actually be a fit for, you won’t get called. You might get slapped with a restraining order, but you won’t get called…

See all of the essay Burns wrote here: Don’t Be a Stalker

Believe me – the stalking happens. Before I started with my current employer, my team had to get a restraining order against one obnoxious applicant who continually showed up. Mr. Candidate was rude and abrasive to the people trying to help him, and eventually turned obscene. That is one applicant we won’t be calling.