> They also have a thing for stripping your name and contact details out This makes some amount of sense because they want to avoid the company bypassing the r

> They also have a thing for stripping your name and contact details out This makes some amount of sense because they want to avoid the company bypassing the recruiter and their commission. I was once hired like this (although I didn't know it until much later, when the owner told me). I think it's a realistic and reasonable fear. I have a "redacted" version of my CV for this purpose which removes the personal information, but I can't recall I ever actually used it since I haven't really used recruiters for a decade.