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Time to modify your name to Not For Hire.
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There is a reason that many recruiters will want to Skype you though what you had sounds like one of the 'recruitment' companies that gets people and then finds jobs rather than has jobs and then finds people.
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Quote: sounds like one of the 'recruitment' companies that gets people and then finds jobs rather than has jobs and then finds people
I believe you just described all recruiters. At least all recruiters I had the misfortune to meet over the decades.
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No, most recruitment companies have jobs that need people. So an 'agent' will spend a lot of their time cold-calling businesses to get jobs on the books. They then try to find poor professionals like us to fill those jobs so always keep in mind that the agent works for the employer, not you.
There are, however, agencies that work the other way around. They try to get people and then find a job to put them in. There are a couple I know of here and, once I figured out what they were up to, won't talk to them. The reason being is that they will blanket call as many businesses as they can and try to push you in. So if you just happen to apply to that job through Dice or whatever, they may already know about you and you may find you have to go through that agent if you want to pursue it because they will send your resume without asking (as many do anyway). These 'agents' will still err on the side of the employer since, in every case, the employer is the one that pays them.
And yes, I am cynical about the whole business but it's just the way it works. 
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You obviously dislike recruiters and all the BS that comes with them - why not avoid them and find a job on your own?
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: why not avoid them and find a job on your own?
A sensible response. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Because many companies only recruit through these agencies. Often times you don't know the name of the company - only a job description and recruiter contact info.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Coder For Hire wrote: Because many companies only recruit through these agencies.
I wouldn't want to work for a company like this anyway if that was a policy of theirs.
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Then you don't like working, because probably 80% of the companies posting to Indeed, Dice, Craigslist, etc, all use recruiters.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Coder For Hire wrote: Then you don't like working,
Well, put it this way, I'm 42 and I've never been out of work since I graduated from college.
I also don't have LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter accounts.
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My experience of jobs through recruiters is that the jobs I end up liking the most are the ones they are not keen on me going for.
In the past I have ended up in jobs where the recruiter makes the job sound like working as a suntan lotion massager on a beach exclusively populated by members of the opposite gender under 30 years of age.
While the job ends up being one of having to give Jabba The Hut a foot and toes massage with my tongue all day long 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 14-Apr-15 14:29pm.
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So, pretty much like this[^], then?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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GuyThiebaut wrote: n the past I have ended up in jobs where the recruiter makes the job sound like working as a suntan lotion massager on a beach exclusively populated by members of the opposite gender under 30 years of age.
While the job ends up being one of having to give Jabba The Hut a foot and toes massage with my tongue all day long
You should learn programming, then you'll never have to do that kind of work again.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I feel like I'm watching this on NetFlix. I've caught up on all 4 episodes in one day.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Trouble is, there's another 13 seasons to go. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Don't worry, when the economy goes to crap they will be less of a problem.
Rage against the narrative.
"To Build a Fire" - A dystopian novel about project management, and I am the dog.
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Just got this from another recruiter:
"Thank you for your inquiry. I have reviewed your information, and do not feel that your project history contains the kinds of high volume, transactional application experience that my client is looking for . So, you would not be a strong candidate for this role. Best wishes in your search."
I replied "What does "high volume, transactional application experience" mean?
So basically SHE looked at it and decided I wasn't a fit, not the COMPANY.
Cut off at the pass again by another idiot recruiter.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Welcome to the world. Agents lie, cheat, make sh*t up and screw you around. It is rare to meet one with any sense at all. Most are straight out of nursery and are barely able to dress themselves. One of the problems is that recruitment is a high churn business and the recruiters, who are charged with finding the employer the best match, do not understand what that means. They have no technical background so try to interpret, literally, the requirement.
Responding to them is a waste of time unless they do have a job you are interested in and, even then, you will need to push and prod to get anywhere. The very second they fill the role you are history to them.
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Karel Čapek wrote: Responding to them is a waste of time unless they do have a job you are interested in
These days you can't find a direct hire job. Most companies use recruiters for all the staffing needs.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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They go here[^] for the latest tech. terms.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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There are transaction specialists (it's a lot more complicated than you might think).
If you've never worked in transactions, you're unlikely to be considered for a position that needs an experienced transactions guy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ask her why the client doesn't simply ask for a COBOL-programmer.
Is it because the clients' software is, perchance, written in VB6?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Coder For Hire wrote: So basically SHE looked at it and decided I wasn't a fit, not the COMPANY.
That's their job!
The reason company's use recruiters is to vet the potential employees, and present them with only those that would be a good fit.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Some years ago I was in the same situation and dealing with idiots. The last one I had a run in with started by promising me an interview "by the end of the week". She then started backtracking, trying to bring up reasons why the interview could not go ahead until I had filled in some forms of theirs "because we are regulated", and eventually saying that the client's manager had gone on holiday. I wrote a final email after those wasted weeks saying I was disgusted by her lying. Strangely she never replied.
A management consultant friend of mine said that you should always start a relationship with a recruitment agency by interviewing them, to see if they satisfy your requirements.
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