Why do recruiters contact you instead of the companies themselves? [closed]

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Published on 2012-04-12T20:41:57Z Indexed on 2012/04/12 23:43 UTC
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When posting my resume, I get hounded by recruiters who try to sell me on a job. Why don't the actual company HR employees contact me directly? My information is available for them to find. Wouldn't they save money by bypassing the recruiter fees? Out of the hundreds of recruiter phone calls, only 2 actual companies contacted me directly (and 2-3 other non-company individuals). Should the HR employees be let go if they are so irrelevant?

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