Contacted by recruiter by email. I sent over my resume and was submitted to client. Then nothing. No follow-up and didn't respond to emails requesting an update. About three weeks later, I received a client interview request. Upon scheduling the interview, Aplha contacted my references. I explicitly stated references were only to be contact upon a pending offer. Interviewed with client and attempted to follow up afterwards and never heard from Alpha again. Did the client fill the position? Cancel it? Very unprofessional of Alpha not to follow up with their applicants.