I've met exactly one recruiter out of literally hundreds that I've interacted with who was worth a crap. I looked him up and found out he had participated in t

I've met exactly one recruiter out of literally hundreds that I've interacted with who was worth a crap. I looked him up and found out he had participated in the International Obfuscated C Code Contest. The problem is that there is no barrier to entry to becoming a tech recruiter. Or maybe there is, but that barrier to entry is previously selling cell phones or something -- I'm not sure. I don't talk to 3rd party recruiters basically ever anymore. Briefly skimming your previous comments, it looks like you're a former developer and based in the UK, so those are things that I don't have a lot of experience with in recruiters.