Wow! LinkedIn says a recruiter looked at my profile, should I jump with joy? Does the job description of a recruiter carry more weight than the average LinkedIn user? Should I be grateful? If anything I find this titbit of information annoying more than useful. Ok so a recruiter looked at my profile, but they never reached out. They did not inmail me or like a post that I had written. Nothing happened. Other than LinkedIn thought it useful to flag the fact that a recruiter looked at my profile.
Maybe they think that we want to know when we are getting noticed by recruiters? I don’t. I can’t recall any one time that a recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn and it lead to a job, or even something useful. In fact I’ve found people asking “Is it still available?” on Facebook Marketplace more useful. No. A recruiter looking at my profile on LinkedIn is as interesting as someone looking at my for sale items on eBay and not bidding. Unless there is action on their part, it’s of little use.