Do recruiters read cold emails from job seekers? I email companies I'm interested in, but hardly anyone responds. It's been a decade since I last looked for work, and it was the same deal back then. Is it because there are just too many emails to answer, or just a bad way to reach out? I avoid calling since most job ads usually say they'll reach out if interested, but I want to stand out somehow.

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I could be way off base, but I highly doubt it. The likelihood of a cold email even making it into their primary inbox instead of winding up in spam is slim. The chances of them reading it and acting on it have to be even slimmer. If you want to try cold outreach, I'd do it via LinkedIn instead. Not saying it'll drastically improve your chances, but I do think it's more normal to do so in a DM than by email.

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