Requests to Connect: Who Are These People?

Yeah, fine. This is it. I'm finally done with accepting requests to connect, thinking: well, hm, dunno, but... Let it be. Since this exact moment I won't let it just be.

The reason? I had had some kind of gap using LinkedIn, and now there're more than 55 requests in my inbox. I accepted the first one, because it was the girl I know from school - in person, - and then I went through the next five or six, wondering, who those people might be.

I almost certainly know, why they are here in my inbox, because there are only three actual reasons strangers wish to get connected with me:

A)they want me to help them find a job

B)they are looking for the closer access to my contacts

And, finally,

C)they want to sell something to me.

(The list omits people looking for a business opportunity or seeking my professional services, - it is so for a reason. Those people always crystal clear about both their intentions and background, so, when a request of that sort comes up, - there's no need to perform additional digging wondering what kind of person this guy is.)

I almost learned some ways to detect the C-category; those ones are ignored and/or unfriended immediately; and sometimes even banned.

At the same time, I don't have any problems with the other two. As a matter of fact, I welcome job-seekers coming to me and usually put some effort in assisting them free of charge; and I don't mind fellow recruiters peering into my contact list like, at all, but you know what people?

Next time ask nicely.

And by nicely I mean - make your profile informative. I'm really tired of two-lines long executive bios with non-clickable nonames as employers, especially in mixed Russian-English. I think this is extremely disrespectful to anyone reading your profile, trying to get the slightest idea of who the hell you are.

There are tons of well-cooked articles on how to make your profile better, including the LinkedIn advice popping up most of the time you're in; so I won't be repeating any of them here. Please use some of advice before you send me a request to connect.