Agreed. The worst ones harm all three parts of the triangle - the client company, the candidate, and their own recruiting firm. Here's an example from last week

Agreed. The worst ones harm all three parts of the triangle - the client company, the candidate, and their own recruiting firm. Here's an example from last week: junior recruiter contacts me for an ERP PM role because she won the first round of key word bingo in my generic CareerBuilder resume. That's primarily an instructional resume in which I tout my ERP training experience, although I'm a certified PMP as well. Dolly the Bimbo asks me to update my resume for PM - done. Dolly the Bimbo then asks me to draw out my manufacturing ERP experience - done, along with addendum with details. (two resumes, three days) Wisely, I've learned to demand review of my info as it will be submitted to the client. Amazingly, she only used the original CareerBuilder resume, with wrong job title and scant mention of ERP, rather than the well-written, targeted resume that she herself solicited. Certain outcome: the client company rejects application ("What the heck?! This isn't even a PM resume!"), so they suffer without a good candidate. Client company also downgrades their estimation of recruiting company, so that's a hit. And, of course, my name is on the client reject list, so the candidate is burned as well. Dolly can't read.