Got a call from a recruiter that was looking for an oddly specific combination of skills. Me, so it’s Company X? He was flabbergasted. I gave 3 months notice. I was literally the only person in the world with that combination of skills. So I asked how much, went to bosses, I’ll stay on longer if you pay me that rate.

Good money for a few months.

I suppose that speaks positively of the recruiter's ability to find the right person for the job!

This. I got headhunted for a very very specific skill in my city. Asked them if it was company X? “How did you know??” “I wrote that rec”. I then proceeded to work directly with the recruiter to find a candidate and got an easy $1000 for about 4 hours of total work.

I'm curious about what the combination of skills was ?

Obscure mainframe tech and ruby, VB. About 15 years ago.

> The company should work to impress you as much as you work to impress them.

This becomes more true the further in your career you go. But for entry level positions it's really just a numbers game.