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JusticeJackson wrote:It's probably unethical. They'd also probably blow up the deal later if they found out you went around them, potentially jeopardizing your employment.

Once a recruiter sent me a firm name in an unsolicited mass e-mail. I politely declined, and for some reason explained "also, I know [person X] head of [department y, which the firm was soliciting for] very wall, and since he didn't call me directly, I doubt I'm what they're looking for." I was really just trying to be nice about turning the position down by letting her know that submitting me would be a waste of her time. She interpreted my e-mail to mean that I would be going behind her back and calling my contact, and she sent me a typo-ridden e-mail telling me I am unethical and she’d blow up the deal if I tried to go behind her back. Ha.