Great advice, in my opinion. The incentives for recruiters are clear; to get you hired. They cannot however force a hire and there's a threshold for submitting

Great advice, in my opinion. The incentives for recruiters are clear; to get you hired. They cannot however force a hire and there's a threshold for submitting duds -- their clients will stop working with them. I look at recruiters as a helping hand in the hiring process. That said I've had a couple that have wasted my time, so there's that. Typically, unless you're getting flooded, it takes almost nothing to engage with them temporarily. I like the approach the author recommends. Recruiters are folks that are trying to make a living too, there's no need to be nasty.