On Friday, December 09, 2011 at 02:23:22 AM, Avleen Vig wrote: > > Indeed. My impression of NaP was also that they're very good. Given that I > know people there and have only heard good things (you know a company is > good when people don't want to leave). > So if you're a) good, and b) lucky and c) NaP understands the recruiter > might have screwed you both, talk to them directly. >
I emailed both NaP and Eliassen. Eliassen called me to confirm my understanding. I have not heard anything from NaP. I have contact information for Eliassen. Email me off list if you would like it. My understanding is that NAP had a very hard time finding people in the US---I know I passed their posts by before. I had serious concerns after talking to them, and the recruiter kept me from jumping 3 or 4 times during the process explaining, "They don't understand the US market". I estimate that commission for my position alone would have probably be around 54K, but I think it was probably worth it from what I saw of NAP recruitment. > At least here in the US, bypassing recruiters is the much preferred method. > I don't know why they're still so heavily relied on in the UK. > I suspect that is because it adds about 30% to the cost of hiring someone; however, if you can't attract people.... -r