I've found that working with multiple recruiters can be a nightmare if they are all working the same geographic market.
Due to my current situation, I tend to only deal with recruiters who are local to where I live; unless the job opening allows for telecommuting, or it is a "too good to pass up" situation (I have yet to see one) - I will generally pass it up.
Instead, I currently only work with a couple of local recruiters. I have told both what I expect for interviewing (I prefer a practical interview with tests - not a whiteboard pressure interview), and I keep both informed what interviews the other has sent me on, so they aren't both submitting me to the same position opening.
Going beyond 2-3 recruiters in such a situation can and will lead to a tracking nightmare, to keep all of them in synch and not submitting you to the same opening - either at the same time, or worse, after you have already been interviewed once and weren't successful.
I do however, try to review the contacts I do get from recruiters, and if I feel they might be useful in the future, I tell them so, and keep a contact with them (even if it is just a LinkedIn or email contact) - and let them know I am interested in the future. That'll usually be enough for them to keep me in their DB for future potential offers to come up.
Due to my current situation, I tend to only deal with recruiters who are local to where I live; unless the job opening allows for telecommuting, or it is a "too good to pass up" situation (I have yet to see one) - I will generally pass it up.
Instead, I currently only work with a couple of local recruiters. I have told both what I expect for interviewing (I prefer a practical interview with tests - not a whiteboard pressure interview), and I keep both informed what interviews the other has sent me on, so they aren't both submitting me to the same position opening.
Going beyond 2-3 recruiters in such a situation can and will lead to a tracking nightmare, to keep all of them in synch and not submitting you to the same opening - either at the same time, or worse, after you have already been interviewed once and weren't successful.
I do however, try to review the contacts I do get from recruiters, and if I feel they might be useful in the future, I tell them so, and keep a contact with them (even if it is just a LinkedIn or email contact) - and let them know I am interested in the future. That'll usually be enough for them to keep me in their DB for future potential offers to come up.