It is my sad duty to report that after 20+ years I have yet to meet an agent that had a clue. While my personal perspective is not a lot of data to make a good judgement call... it does say a lot

The data that follows is from only a couple of weeks after I posted my resume to a collection of site. My resume states my skills, the technologies that I know and that I am only looking for a position within Nwe York City.

Here are some examples of what I have experienced just in the past few weeks.

• Turned down a position, only to have the recruiter reply back telling me the location and rate. Obviously he did not even read my response.
• Email address is "noreply@companyname" - This one made me laugh at it's stupidity.
• Yelled at for not taking the interview for a position that I was not qualified.
• Told to lie and fabricate items on resume.
• Met with one agent who was proud to inform me that he had never owned a computer. Obviously tech recruiters do not need to know anything about computers, software, etc. /sarcasm
• Have had multiple agents argue with me that C# ONLY means web development.
• I have seen specifications that say; "Web Developer" without any mention of the technologies necessary for the position.
• One of my favorites: "Please check your Spam folder to see if you got this"
• Once had a recruiter, who had just placed me at my current job a few weeks prior, call and ask if I was looking for a new position. Really? Do agencies EVER use a database or keep notes? Seems not.
• A recrutier called and said; "I have a position, are you interested?" I guess that is all the information I need to make an informed choice.
• (23) Calls after hours
• (12) Obvious scams
• Unqualified for position based on technology
• (4) C++
• (14) Java
• (8) PHP
• Unqualified for position
• (27) Sales
• (24) Insurance
• (9) QA / Tester
• Delivery Driver (Amazon, really?)
• Applebees
• Investment Assistant
• Customer Service
• International Mobility Administrator (Rather sure this too is a scam)
• Receptionist (Really?)
• Graphic Designer
• Project Manager (ok, I have done some of this… however it's not on my resume)
• Outside NYC
• (2) Omaha, NE
• Hagerstown, MD
• Atlanta, GA
• Ontario, Canada
• Boston, MA
• (2) California
• Chicago
• (2) Colorado
• Long Island, NY (and no, this is not NYC)
• White Plains, NY (neither is this one)
• Harrison, NY
• Woodbury, NY
• Schenectady, NY 
• (2) Edgewood, NY
• (2) Detroit, MI
• Troy, MI
• Milwaukee, WI
• (10) New Jersey
• Cleveland, OH
• Columbus, OH
• Texas
• Washington, DC
• Kirkland, WA
• Renton, WA
• Oak Brook, IL
• Connecticut
• Charlotte, NC

Again, this is data collected only in the past few weeks. I could spend all day talking about the bad, rude and just plain awful recruiters I have had deal with, which makes me worry about companies that use these agencies.

For additional "wtf" check out this subreddit: reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/