Nothing is more frustrating to a recruiter than to find a
qualified job candidate on LinkedIn, but have no way to contact the candidate outside of LinkedIn, since responding to InMail is usually very slow and recruiters are always in a hurry.
If you cannot be easily reached, people move on. Opportunities will evaporate, and you will never know. A terrible waste which is not necessary. In this article, Job-Hunt’s editor Susan P. Joyce describes how to publish contact information, including a phone number, while still protecting your privacy.
