Would this be frowned upon regarding a job application?

[rosewasthevillain]

So I’m trying to get a new in a well known company and whilst I work in the role they are advertising I work in a different sector. I’m more corporate and that’s retail so it’s working against me.

I’ve found one of their recruiters on LinkedIn and I feel like messaging her my cv and just saying is it worth me applying for jobs at X? Worded better obviously.

In which case it's probably ok

Total over reaction there to a reasonable reply. Do you always over react & bite someone's head off when you don't like what they say

I am an inhouse recruiter and get most of my best candidates from CV's sent to me via messages on Linkedin. 100% go ahead and message them.

Just to be clear then - you think that someone committing the criminal offence of stalking would be accurately described as "might come across a bit stalker-ish"?

Or did you in fact realise that the phrase doesn't apply to that but decided to post an arsey comment anyway?

no one said its a criminal offence. if you're going to be that snappy not sure why your asking anyones advice as looks like you're just here to critique anyone who tried to help you and answer your question. go ahead and message the person if you're so set on it and see what happens

And you could have said that instead of your snipy little message

You are on here complaining about others not having compassion and being patronising but honestly the only person on here being rude is you

If you are going to ask for opinions, or help, as you did, it's polite to at least listen to the opinions instead of lashing out at everyone you dont agree with. Otherwise just dont ask, that way you wont waste peoples time who have gone to the effort of given their opinion as requested.

As a hiring manager for a specific job role I frequently get messages from people asking for advice on CVs etc on LinkedIn.
As long as the role they're applying for isn't one in my direct team (ie me making the decision) I'm always happy to look. It's also really common in my industry to reach out to others in the company to discuss culture and area etc prior to application.
Never have I ever thought someone was 'stalker-ish'. Recruiters whole job is to recruit people, LinkedIn is a massive part of that in my experience. The person might not be able to tell you yes/no but as long as you're polite it's always looked favourably on in my experience...maybe different in different industries apparently!

That's literally the point of LinkedIn. I've actually got 2 jobs doing just this previously, as we all know most recruiters are pretty lazy and you need to actually poke them sometimes.

Ignore the grumpy recruiters. If someone takes offence to you being proactive then that says a lot more about them than you.

Is this not what cover letters are for?

Yes, and we also have someone getting arsey with experienced recruiters who seem to be doing ok because they don’t like their approach.

Weird thread.

Why will Mumsnet not let me comment or start a post?

Ok it worked. Why did this thread just stop it was so funny

That's what LinkedIn is for! Of course it's ok to contact the recruiter. The roles looked after in my team are incredibly niche so if anyone wants to contact us direct, bring it on!

I don't think it would do any harm but you'd need to position it well to hit the right note.