You burn the bridge because you want a moat between yourself and these people. Having humility when your job is in demand is good, but most of the practices in

You burn the bridge because you want a moat between yourself and these people. Having humility when your job is in demand is good, but most of the practices indicated in the article indicate recruiters that are either unhelpful or actively harmful. For example - there are recruiting firms who will submit your resume without telling you where, and play it off like it's common practice (which it is, but only among assholes.) This puts you in a bind where if a company recieves your resume through another source, they may have conflicting legal obligations attached to both sources, causing your resume to go in the garbage. Many recruiters do this, but plenty do not. Only work with the second kind. The other checkboxes indicate carelessness, trawling, spamming, and other less than great features. Take it or leave it, but ask yourself if that's the kind of person you want to work with.