On Mar 10, 2009, at 17:07, Dirk Koopman <d...@tobit.co.uk> wrote:
Jonathan Stowe wrote:
It's the recruiter doing it - the poor sap candidates are probably
getting 300 or less and will have been told that is the most that the
client is going to pay. The recruiter doesn't care, they might start
introducing a differential depending on whether they can drive the
candidates down any more if the client starts to hedge. They want to
keep their figure in straight up monetary terms - they don't want to
take the same percent of a smaller rate.
£300? Don't be daft. A lot of recruiters wouldn't get out of bed for
~25%, they will be looking for at least %50 (and in the bad old day
s 100%). I would not be surprised if the saps are being offered £200
"in these difficult times".
Or have we all forgotten how much we hate these people?
I don't know what the contract market is like, but on the permis side
recruiters used to get up to 50% in the bad old days.
Now i've seen them beaten down to 10% 4 times. Once down to 7.5% each
when two people were hired together.
I spoke to a friend who is a recruiter a few mins ago, and they're in
quite a panic. Not because there isn't work (there's quite a bit
around apparently). Just that there are so few good candidates on the
market.
I don't mean to slight anyone on this list who can't work right now.
You're a diamond in a lot of rough.
