Met with a recruiter to discuss roles CC were recruiting for. Interview was good. Recruiter was cool. Provided all of my references, employment forms (W4, I-9), etc, as he provided high hopes of placing me into a role within 2 weeks.
He "registered" me into their recruiting system and told me that if I see any role that I would be good for, to email him as well as responding to the job post. I would do that and not hear anything from him or any other recruiter.
Thats when I realized that this agency calls you up, gets your hopes up, sometimes requires information from you so that they can reach out to previous employers and sell their services to them without any intention of hiring you for any role.
No consideration for contractor's time.