You can't hire a recruiter to find you a job. That's not how it works. Instead, we work for the employers who hire us to find people with specific skills and qualifications, because, for a variety of reasons, it’s easier for them to pay us than to try to find those people themselves. An employer doesn’t call us and say, “Find me an account executive.” She’ll say, “Find me a full-time account executive with an MBA and at least three years’ experience in advertising—oh, and it’d be great if they speak German or French.” Or: “Find me a certified project manager with Basecamp experience, who can work on-site in Brooklyn 20 hours a week, on a contract-to-hire basis.” Why so specific? Because hiring costs money and training can cost far more than that. The better you fit the position—and the less training you need—the faster you’ll make a positive contribution to a company’s bottom line. So employers don’t hire us to send them a bunch of people who “sort of” fit their request or who could do the job if given the chance. They hire us to send them the 3 or 4 people who fit as specifically as possible.