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They serve no purpose. Now we also have besides these parasitical firms the shell 'job boards' that send the job seekers on n hops to finally get to an application form. These are truly worthy of scorn as they "earn" their living by wasting the time of those who are earnestly looking for means of livelihood.

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I mean, companies must see some value in them (even if it's not true), else they wouldn't keep using them. I guess they see recruiters as a "filter" that they don't have to do then? I don't know.

To be clear, I don't love recruiters. I even asked on HN awhile ago what recruiters actually do [1], because it doesn't appear like a lot, at least from an outside observer.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38285507

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