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I don't understand. If recruiters are leeches, why do employers work with them ? perhaps, it's because they provide a service, no?

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Because everyone is really bad at recruitment. Companies hire recruiters because they think it'll help dampen the badness of their own recruiting abilities, but really it just makes it harder, as recruiters scare away decent candidates.

I don't get it. If a recruiter calls you, you are either interested or not. So, what's the harm ?

The problem is Google doesn't yet have a spam filter for my phone like they do for my email

(I mean, in practice I just don't answer any calls I am not expecting - but not everyone can do that)

What I would really like is, when someone calls me, a voice menu saying "You've reached David's phone. If this is an emergency or he's expecting your call, press 1 to ring through. Otherwise, press 3 to set up a time to call, or 7 to leave a message."

If your API receives 1 spam request a day its no biggie.

If it receives a few million (eg. via LOIC or whatever), its disabling.

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