When I'm contacted by a recruiter, I still have to go through that system; I've never run into an exception to that, at least not in the last decade. Also, I d

When I'm contacted by a recruiter, I still have to go through that system; I've never run into an exception to that, at least not in the last decade. Also, I did get a job once by applying directly to $BIGCORP and entering data in an applicant tracking system, without being first found by a recruiter. It did not turn out to be the most wonderful place to work though.