I am a tech recruiter and have been doing this in Utah since 1996. You have to trust your recruiter to some degree because part of your decision is based on his/her advice. So if you think of your recruiter as a used car salesman then why are you working with them? But at the same time the recruiter does work for the Client and not for you. So you do have to do your homework. Find out more about the company. Google them. See if you are connected to anyone on Linkedin who has worked there and get their opinion. A recruiter will show you the opportunity, you have to decided if it's right for you.
As for the recruiter trying to get you as much as they can to get a higher fee. That is not exactly true. What I try to do is find a nice match where the Client is happy, and the Engineer is happy. I would not try to get someone a salary I thought was higher then the value of the employee. That leads to unrealistic expectation from my Client. I also try not to get a salary lower then the market for that person because I know another recruiter will just call and pull them out in a year or so. Just my 2 Cents. Jim Wright Technology Recruiter Prince, Perelson & Associates (801)365-0407 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Coates Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:45 AM To: Provo Linux Users Group Subject: Re: idea to help each other out >If you can trust your recruiter lol. >(like a realtor or banker) rofl. like many people in the service industry recruiters (and realtors, investment bankers) are typically referred to as "coin-operated whores" for a reason, and they usually don't know jack about the company they are working for except for the boilerplate marketing spiel and talking points that they briefed on. 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. but yeah, checking up on a company is a great idea and posting to a random list like plug and asking for offlist replies is probably a safe thing to do, but if your job search is on the down low, then maybe not. disclaimer - i've used recruiters in the past, and will continue to use them in the future because they can often be an important part of an overall strategy to build a good team. :-p /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
