[PaulHoule]

Happens plenty in the US too.

There are some good recruiters but their are also a lot of dolts.

The main good thing I can say about recruiters is that if a company has bothered to hire a recruiter they are serious about hiring someone. The largest employer in my town (and state it turns out) is notorious for listing positions that go unfilled for years, refusing to interview qualified candidates (who would inevitably be overqualified) and interviewing and rejecting C- and D-players as if tire kicking was a national sport.