Once your credentials are presented, the recruiter communicates with the corporate offices, encouraging them to, at least, perform a telephone interview for the applicants the recruiter submitted. The recruiter will then communicate with those applicants to prepare them for the interviews. Your time will come if you're a qualified applicant. However, even as recruiters, we would not tell you to rely solely on the recruiter to find you a job. You need to follow your other leads as well and perform a complete job search.
Recruiters are highly motivated to place individuals in jobs.
A placement generates a commission which is usually the only pay a recruiter receives. They are also cognizant that they must keep their corporate clients happy in order to continue placing candidates with the company. We recently had a highly qualified computer professional personally interview at our offices. He had all the technical qualifications we were looking for, including a Masters degree, and a winning personality that would pass any corporate interview. He named several companies he wanted to work for, many of which we had recruiting contracts.