Recruiters remove your contact information from resumes they pass along to prevent companies from contacting you directly.<p>I didn&#x27;t mean that I trust the recruiter, I meant a common (and incorrect) assumption, especially among developers, is that they can negotiate a small salary increase <i>because</i> they don&#x27;t come with a $20k+ price tag for a recruiter. This is not accurate for any company who can afford to have you on for more than six months.