I'm Louise Fletcher. As President of 
Looking for a job these days is a lot like Internet dating. You expose yourself to the masses, screaming "I am available," and then spend most of your time fending off the weirdoes sniffing around for their next piece of meat. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against recruiters as a class of people. There are a few good ones out there with nice manners, who are well connected and will treat you nicely. But many of them are either knuckle-draggers looking to club you over the head and drag you to their cave, or sweaty gigolos with fancy titles and bad pick-up lines. If you get caught up with these guys you'll find out they are all compliments and promises in the beginning, but if they can't "place" you by the end of the day, they'll dump you. But, you are still desperate for a job so you chase after them and the cycle continues with more compliments, promises and disappointments. They're the people my parents warned me about.
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