I've found 2 recruiters who seem to be good; one enabled an interview while the other never did obtain me an interview. On the bad side; I've had recruiters tr

I've found 2 recruiters who seem to be good; one enabled an interview while the other never did obtain me an interview. On the bad side; I've had recruiters try to intimidate me to acquire information, contact me at work despite my limiting information to prevent this and best of all 'we need your resume in a specific format before we can help you.' Not to mention my favorite, this job promises this and when you interview you find out that it doesn't. A good recruiter will have contacts that can help you but it probably helps you more to develop the marketing skills yourself. Know how to format your resume to obtain the interview along with writing a good cover letter. Develop your professional contacts. Several friends, a.k.a. professional colleagues, and I have concluded that very rarely will recruiters add value to the job search process for the candidate but they do help HR folks who have no idea how to find people.