If you get an email about an interesting position from a headhunter that doesn't seem to be very knowledgable, you can often google parts of the job description

If you get an email about an interesting position from a headhunter that doesn't seem to be very knowledgable, you can often google parts of the job description and find the direct posting from the client. You don't have any agreement with the recruiter, so you're free to take whatever path to application that you choose. It's the same thing with searching listings on Dice or wherever, especially if you see multiple organizations posting for the same job. I simply don't see any value add to 99% of the recruiters out there. So many of them just keyword match and are unqualified to actually vet the candidates, and give the clients terrible lists. A company's own HR department can post the listings onto Dice or do LinkedIn searches just like the headhunters do, for FAR lower cost than going through an organization. I have zero problem with bypassing the headhunters via a bit more web searching.