What makes a good recruiter?

Honesty and willingness to work with the applicant to help them achieve their goals. I am working with a civilian recruiter now. They are doing an excellent job so far. You can tell by the second conversation if the recruiter is going to represent you well to the employer or is in it just for the money. The latter you want to avoid. The same is pretty much true of Army Recruiters as well. Typically you can tell by the second conversation if they are in it to fill a quota or are interested in getting you the best position they can.

Capt Tom Brown , thanks.
For those who don't know, I have been selected as a CANREC recruiter and hopefully will be getting orders sometime soon.

It's about trust; knowing that you should tell your potential recruit, you future shipmate, the no-bullshit side, with respect to your branch of service. If I was in the person's shoes, I would want to know what is a possibility for me when I first get to boot camp, A-school and my first command. I want to know what it's like on a ship, small or big. I would want a real answer because this is a career choice I'm making and I need to be 100% sure of what I'm getting into. That's how my recruiter was, direct yet wasn't rude or overselling me anything. He told me what opportunities I had with the job I wanted to have, tips and guidelines to follow while at boot camp. I want to be that recruiter who pointed a person in the right direction. I want to be that recruiter to where when I walk away and I'm back on a ship, I run into that recruit and they are a 2nd, 1st, Chief or even officer. Even without them talking to me, knowing that they were able to excel in their career is enough of a "thank you".

PO1 (Join to see) might have some good insights into this question..