Once a recruiter decides that you're of no use to them, they'll stop answering your emails and phone calls. I've seen this happen to others with astonishing reg

Once a recruiter decides that you're of no use to them, they'll stop answering your emails and phone calls. I've seen this happen to others with astonishing regularity, and had it happen to me some years ago. The initial contact is cordial, there is even some hopeful talk about a position that allegedly exists. And then suddenly, contact is cut off. Just as bad is the common practice of advertising a phoney job position just to get a pile of resumes and contacts. I suspect that this might even be some kind of fraud, legally-speaking, but I don't know if these people are ever pursued for it.