Recruiters normally get paid a % of your hourly wage. So, they are interested in a higher salary and longer term contracts.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Aaron Toponce <aaron.topo...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 09:29:17AM -0600, Eric Jacobs wrote: > > Does anyone here have experience with recruiters? I posted my resume on > > Monster yesterday because I'm looking for sys-admin work, and I got a > call > > from a recruiter today for contract to hire work. I'm not quite sure what > to > > think about this. I'm supposed to go meet with him tomorrow. Anybody have > a > > good experience with a recruiter? > > I generally try to avoid them. They're not interested, usually, in > maximizing your salary, and they're never interested in whether or not the > job turns out to be a permanent one for you. They're only interested in the > bonuses they receive on a successful hire. > > With that said, sometimes they're the only route to take, when all else > fails, and their help on getting you a job is certainly better than > nothing, and they do all the heavy lifting on the job search. > > -- > . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . > . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o > o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o > > > /* > 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. */
