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How do you share your availability for work with prospects & recruiters?
I’ve been contracting for the last 2 years as a user researcher in London. One of the things I find more annoying & time consuming is having to deal with loads of LinkedIn emails, phone calls, etc from recruiters asking for my current availability whilst already working on a contract. Then the conversation moves to when I'll be available for new projects etc. Feels like a waste of time for both sides.
I've looked for online solutions, widgets that I could embed on my LinkedIn profile so recruiters and prospects would have visibility to my "available for work" calendar (ala Airbnb) so we could avoid unnecessary calls & emails. So far, I haven't found anything. Any tips? Would appreciate to hear from others who have found a good way to manage this?
I've looked for online solutions, widgets that I could embed on my LinkedIn profile so recruiters and prospects would have visibility to my "available for work" calendar (ala Airbnb) so we could avoid unnecessary calls & emails. So far, I haven't found anything. Any tips? Would appreciate to hear from others who have found a good way to manage this?
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Lupita
Messages count : 207Likes count : 6Registration : 2 November 2006A lawyer I know has an availability table/box on the bottom of his email signature; specifying the approximate hours he's going to be available and on which days, normally for the next week or 10 days to come. If you click the box/table, it takes you to a page on his website displaying a fuller breakdown - months ahead - of his availability. Prob doesn't 100% answer your question but food for thought maybe! - Contact in PM
Judo
Messages count : 2Likes count : 0Registration : 16 November 2015That is a really good way of doing it! As you said, it doesn't cover all the use cases, as displaying it in Linkedin, but surely helps managing the recruiters & clients I'm already in touch with via email. Thanks for sharing 🙂