If you get an email about an interesting position from a headhunter that doesn&#x27;t seem to be very knowledgable, you can often google parts of the job description and find the direct posting from the client.  You don&#x27;t have any agreement with the recruiter, so you&#x27;re free to take whatever path to application that you choose.<p>It&#x27;s the same thing with searching listings on Dice or wherever, especially if you see multiple organizations posting for the same job.<p>I simply don&#x27;t see any value add to 99% of the recruiters out there.  So many of them just keyword match and are unqualified to actually vet the candidates, and give the clients terrible lists.  A company&#x27;s own HR department can post the listings onto Dice or do LinkedIn searches just like the headhunters do, for FAR lower cost than going through an organization.<p>I have zero problem with bypassing the headhunters via a bit more web searching.