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Hilarity Ensues After Recruiter Mass Emails Hundreds Of Lawyers And Forgets To Use BCC Function

Much to the amusement of everyone involved, one of the lawyers who received this email fail snarked it up for all to see.

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Biglaw bonus season is just about over, and if you’re an associate looking to make a move, you may be receiving some unsolicited emails from local recruiters who hope to add you to their roster. If you’re uninterested in leaving your firm, it’s pretty easy to just ignore and delete those bulk-BCC emails and move on with your billable life. But when you receive one of these emails and you can plainly see that it’s addressed to you and hundreds of other attorneys, you know that someone has made a major error in email etiquette.

Something like this happened last week, and much to the amusement of everyone involved (except the recruiter), one of the lawyers who received this not-quite BCC, entitled “Top Tier Firms Seeking Top Tier Attorneys,” snarked it up for all to see.

Here’s the email that a recruiter sent to about 200 lawyers in the Minneapolis area:

I’m an attorney recruiter with extensive experience recruiting for top-tier national law firms, and I’m reaching out to see if you might be considering the market at this time. Based on what I know about your background and experience, you may be of interest to a number of my clients in the Minneapolis area.

Having practiced law for more than 20 years, as an associate attorney, partner, and managing partner, I’ve acquired unique insights and knowledge into the lateral hiring process, which serves as a vital resource to my candidates. I’ve developed invaluable contacts over the years, not only with recruiting managers, but also with department chairs and managing partners, affording me direct access to the people with ultimate decision-making authority.

I’d love to schedule a time to speak this week (even if you’re not considering a move right now) and learn more about you! Please let me know your availability.

I hope to hear back from you soon.

Best regards,

[Recruiter]

This recruiter did hear back from someone soon, but not in the way that was expected:

I’m an associate attorney with extensive experience using the bcc function, and I’m reaching out to see if you might be considering learning how to use the bcc function at this time. Based on what I know about your background and experience, you may be interested in learning how to use the bcc function while prospecting in the Minneapolis area.

Having practiced law for more than 2 years as an associate attorney, I’ve acquired unique insights and knowledge into the bcc process, which serves as a vital resource to my colleagues and clients. I’ve developed invaluable contacts over the years, though they are unaware of one another’s identities due to my ultimate bcc knowledge.

I’d love to schedule a time to speak this week (even if you’re not considering using the bcc function right now) and learn more about you! Please let me know your availability.

I hope to hear back from you soon.

Best regards,

[Associate]

“My apologies, it was an inadvertent mistake,” said the recruiter after his email fail was called out in front of hundreds of would-be clients. Perhaps this recruiter will more careful the next time he tries to solicit business from “top tier attorneys.”

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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