Recruiter after asking them to stop contacting me by email or phone continues to email me, tries to link to me on linked in, and calls at night. Avoid this recruiter they will most likely gather your contacts on LinkedIn and spam them also. My experience with recruiters is they will submit you and many other applicants to the same employer, you will be buried in a huge pool of applicants. Apply direct to the companies unless they have exclusive hiring rights to the offering it's not to your advantage to disclose salary either past or desired nor be submitted by a headhunter.

I had a disappointing experience with a Robert Half recruiter regarding a $23/hr contract software development role that required relocation to an expensive city. During our conversation, he criticized remote workers as “lazy” and claimed hybrid essentially meant one day remote. The tone felt unprofessional and dismissive of candidate priorities. Recruiter conversations should focus on alignment, not personal opinions about work models.