IP and recruitment consultants

I was chatting to a legal recruitment consultant (head-hunter?) this morning, who surprised me by telling me that his work brought him into contact with firms of all sizes and not just mega-firms. He -- like many others in the field, I suspect -- has noticed that intellectual property still has more movement in it than most other fields of practice. Do readers of this blog, as sole/small practitioners, have any recent good/bad experiences of dealing with recruitment consultants, either when looking for a suitable appointee or when trying to place themselves with another practice?