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| Apr 30, 2015 at 12:20 | comment | added | Marv Mills | @dyesdyes I don't know how it works where you are, but in the UK I can tell you that recruiters are given a salary band for a prospective hire and they always, without fail, seek the highest value within that band for the candidates they propose. If they sense the employer is sandbagging they will push for just that little bit higher if they think they can get away with it. Their reputation depends on getting the "right" candidate (skills and cost) in front of the employer as quickly as possible. Recruiters who push people seeking wildly different salaries are seen as poor recruiters. | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 11:55 | comment | added | thanby | @dyesdyes True, but that doesn't mean they won't try. If a ten minute phonecall will net them an extra hundred dollars/pounds/euros they will always try it. If it's harder than that, the company probably just won't pay it anyways. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 16:27 | comment | added | Eric Lippert | I think the term you're looking for is "contingency recruiter" for your second business model. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 14:56 | comment | added | dyesdyes | Although they have an incentive to sell you for higher, it's not in their interest to spend more time negociating for you to get 5-10% more. Because at the end, they will get only maybe 10 % of your 5% increase, which is almost nothing. What matters for them is to place you. Full stop. An analogy with real estate agents from freakonomics comes to my mind (can't find a link, but it was in the book). So basically, if it doesn't cost them much, they will try to get you a higher salary, but honestly it's not worth the effort. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:58 | comment | added | thanby | Amen, though you can definitely run across good ones occasionally that will actually have your best interest in mind and will be straight with you about the process and what they think. I was fortunate enough to meet one of them early on so I got an education in how the business works. Also, welcome to the site :) | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:47 | comment | added | Marv Mills | I joined the site specifically to upvote this answer which is exactly what I was considering posting myself. Remember, you are not negotiating your salary, you are negotiating with a third party agency to determine if it will be mutually beneficial for them to submit you to the employer for consideration. Recruiters are, for the most part, an annoyance- Vital, yes, but definitely annoying. You have to deal with them, they are your prospective employers' agents. Developing your radar for the terrible ones takes time, though sadly there are many out there. | |
| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:37 | history | edited | thanby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2015 at 12:30 | history | answered | thanby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |