[drakonka]

I stumbled across a great technical recruiter in Australia. Contacted them saying I was considering becoming a web development contractor. Got a response the same day asking to come in for an introductory interview. Went over my skills and experience, recruiter got the ball rolling on a position they had open that sounded suitable. Position got delayed by a couple of months by the client but recruiter kept me updated and then contacted me when they were ready.

They handled all payslips from client to myself, superannuation payments, tax, etc on their end. Threw a Christmas party for all of their contractors every year.

The things I enjoyed most was reach-ability, them fighting for a higher hourly rate for me when renewals came up (at one point agreeing to forego their usual fee in my rate increase to make sure I got the entire increase to myself), and overall professionalism.