I have never found anyone trying to convince me to take whatever job they have available. First, it's not hard to find the right person for the job in this market. Second, any bad employee is going to reflect badly on them, no matter whether the employee is simply incompetent, or if the employee just isn't interested in doing the job.

I hesitate to recommend anyone I've worked with, though, for reasons other than the getting-me-a-job portion of the equation. (Mostly stuff like ending up working as a contractor and them having lousy benefits and so on.)