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by wpietri 5409 days ago
> Sounds like you have a bad recruiter. (2) is a situation that should never happen, as they get paid by a percentage of your base salary.

You sure? Situations like that are ripe for recruiters lowballing the hires. Why? Because the recruiter can get many commissions from a steady client, but only gets one commission from the employee. As long as they can make it up on volume, there's a real incentive to be a slack negotiator.
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bostonpete 5409 days ago
Even if the recruiter never plans to do business with the employer again, his interest aren't fully aligned with the job seeker. The recruiter has a strong incentive to the the seeker hired -- regardless of salary -- because if he gets ends up taking a different position, the recruiter may get nothing.
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salemh 5408 days ago
Yes, 90 day guarantee's and all that. But, its true, the incentive is to CLOSE the deal vs closing at the most optimal for the candidate (a % of the fee vs 0% of the fee).
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