Job Seekers Use Holiday Cheer to Spam Recruiters with Thinly Veiled Bribes
KEY POINTS
- •Career expert Amanda Augustine advised using holiday messages as a subtle job networking strategy.
- •Peter Duris, CEO of Kickresume, highlighted that holiday contact can differentiate candidates in January's fierce market.
- •Holiday parties provide informal opportunities for job seekers to practice networking without official event pressures.
Forget decking the halls—Amanda Augustine from TopResume recommends decking inboxes instead, advising job seekers to quietly slide into recruiters' DMs with a tasteful 'happy holidays' while casually updating on upskilling courses and subtly begging for jobs. Despite the end-of-year silence signaled by out-of-office replies, apparently recruiters might actually be less stressed and even 'generous' (we're still suspicious). Peter Duris, CEO of Kickresume, claims holiday networking seeds can outpace New Year job competition, citing a candidate's near-Christmas call pickup as 'hard worker' proof. So, next time your family preaches patience, just remember, holiday parties are the covert new networking HQ. Ho ho hopeless job market!
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Nothing says ‘professional networking’ like disguising a job pitch inside a ‘season's greetings’ email while recruiters pretend to be offline. #HolidayHustle
Sending holiday emails to recruiters is like sliding into DMs with a fruitcake—awkward, unwanted, but oddly hopeful.
This season, when recruiters hit ‘out of office,’ job seekers hit ‘out of filter’ with desperate holiday updates.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/26/2025 | Author: Tim Paradis
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