As a contractor who has to jump ship every 6 months or so, I find it quite convenient to let the recruiters do the heavy lifting.

I literally have to do nothing - I just get offers in my inbox and just have to say “interested” to secure an interview and usually get the gig the next week.

Maybe past a certain level of experience you can easily secure gigs without it, but I’ve never really been interested at “networking” and if I can let LinkedIn do the job for me then all the better.

Granted, the platform itself is shit (and the iOS app is an absolute crime) but the idea isn’t that bad.

Some recruiters are slimey, but most I’ve dealt with in my ten year career are not.