Legitimacy of Headhunter Firms on LinkedIn

I've been getting a lot of random messages from headhunting agencies on LinkedIn (such as Options Group, Alexander Chapman, etc.), but I'm not sure how sketchy these are or if these are legitimate and it's worth getting on a call with them. They seem to all be in the quant research/trading space and claim to have information on opportunities at places like Citadel GQS, Tower, WorldQuant. Anyone else getting similar messages/have any idea?

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