I concur. All my roles have either come from my network or working with recruiters. As a hiring manager now, I hate, hate, hate the spray and pray applicants.

I concur. All my roles have either come from my network or working with recruiters. As a hiring manager now, I hate, hate, hate the spray and pray applicants. Wastes a vast amount of my time weeding them out. And I'm probably rejecting actually good candidates now, as I just immediately reject anyone who doesn't seem to have thought even a little about the position they're applying for.