> Chances are that recruiters just ignore your resume without even thinking about it. That's why should always try to avoid recruiters and apply direct if poss

> Chances are that recruiters just ignore your resume without even thinking about it. That's why should always try to avoid recruiters and apply direct if possible! > Especially if there are other candidates who do have that much experience in a specific language. True. But the context of this discussion is that there are not very many candidates with the (nominally) required experience (i.e. several years of professional Rust experience). And that's often the case as job specs often have unreasonable requirements.