Sounds like a recruiter to me but I just had a call with one now myself (was made redundant recently) and he seemed quite a reasonable sort of guy.

I don't normally have much time for recruiters. In my previous experiences they are almost universally hopeless.

One thing I've noted with the advent of LinkedIn where you often see the actual recruiters CV is that they frequently have short employment periods of 1-2 years.

As far as I am concerned, getting a new job for me is more about who I know.

HR on the other hand... useless...