I'm registered with websites like INDEED, and the send emails with jobs that "match" my qualifications, or what I'm looking for.

They sent me an email for a few jobs for a software engineer, short-term, in Texas.

The problem is I'm looking for long-term, I'm not a software engineer, and I don't live anywhere near Texas.

I also like the recruiters who post a fake job opening. When you contact them, they say the job was filled, but they've got lots of other opportunities. No, they do not.

But my favorites are the recruiters who never bother to read my resume, so they'll call with something that is based on a keyword search or something, yet the job has nothing at all to do with what I do.

Most of my past success came about when I got an opportunity to speak with someone direction, such as a Director of the department I'd be joining, or an owner. There are too many filters out there.