[BigglesZX]

Thanks. I wonder that too! I am not a fan of recruiters at all, so I have a massive bias there I'm afraid, but it seems that all the companies I want to work for (i.e. midsize, startup or post-startup, cool work for hip clients) eschew recruiters completely and only advertise directly.

I just find it SO annoying when searching for companies that they're all "leading <city> digital agency" and I have no idea who that actually is. Same gripe for "competitive salary"!

I'm only familiar with tech jobs, but experiences of friends in other industries seem to tell the same story - i.e. a carpet-bombing approach to any poor candidate who will listen!