On 08/21/2009 07:44 AM, Josh Coates wrote: > > however, recruiters are aligned in one way with the candidate - they want > your salary to be huge. a typical recruiting fee is about 20% of the first > year compensation of a candidate, so they are motivated to convince the > employer that you are worth a lot of money so they get a bigger payday from > the placement. in places where equity is understood and valued (not so much > in utah, but this getting better i think) recruiters often ask for stock > equal to 20% of the first year vesting of the candidate. >
As I understand it the recruiter only gets his payment after you have been there a certain amount of time. So if you make it clear to the recruiter you won't stay if you are unhappy it becomes in his best interest to place you somewhere where you will stay. Kyle /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
