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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

While this is clever, I have one major objection: this is all but eliminating the human element from making connections. When you know nothing about the people you're connecting with, they become merely tools to be used.

"But I'm going to be talking with them personally afterwards," you may object.

Maybe so, but you didn't spend any time finding out who they were first. You're using a bot to send a stock message instead of selecting and connecting with them individually. That may save time, but it doesn't build relationship...and relationship is everything in networking. How would you feel if someone called your phone number and started with a pre-recorded message before taking over the conversation personally, not because they're interested in a real professional relationship with you, but because they want something you have? (That's not even remotely fictional of course; I just described robo-calling.)

On that note, coworkers talk. If your bot sends similar messages to two people at the same company, and they compare notes, you're in trouble. If three people compare notes, you're likely going to be summarily ignored, blocked, and possibly blackballed from working there.

Long story short, while this may be a fast way to build a network that you can use to get a particular job, it easily comes across as disingenuous usury bordering on spam, although I'm certain you did not mean it like that.

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Dave Parr • Edited

The worst thing about LinkedIn IMHO is the amount of people I don't know or have never met asking to connect with me. Tbh, unless they are a recruiter who seems to understand data science, or a recent grad who is obviously looking for their first job, it's usually a 'reject: I don't know this person' combo.

Still, good luck with your job search @mariiio , I'm in the same boat.

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Donatas Å vilpa

A human element is already eliminated in linkedin, facebook and other platforms. Do not fool yourself, these are sales and marketing tools. And sales - is a numbers game! That is why recruitment industry works, yet - there is no human element found :)

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

I'm sorry that's your experience. I am blessed to have many good real-life professional friends who I've connected with through LinkedIn and Twitter. One of these real-life connections lead to my getting my current job.

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