how do head hunters work...

do they get a % of <the person they finda job for's> salary from the employer if the employee works there for a certain amount of time?

Are they on the employee's side or the employers side?

a coworker of mine is using one and she swears the head hunter screwed her by not accepting an offer from a potential employer because the offer was too low (meanwhile, she told him to accept it if they don't go any higher than a certain amt and he didn't).

TIA!

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Do you know if it was a permanent position or consulting/temporary??

Message edited 5/30/2007 9:33:43 AM.

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The employer pays them so it's in their best interest to find someone a job at the best salary. That being said, I think they still need to act in the interest of the applicant.

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Usually the agency has a contract with the employer/client stipulating the % they will charge.

So if they have a 20% fee and the client offered your friend $60,000.00 the agency would make $12,000.00.

The recruiter gets a piece of that according to their commission structure. Say 10%. The recruiter would make $1,200.00.

It's certainly possible that the recruiter is doing something shady but I'd find it weird that they would pass up any commission. Usually you just want to fill your open positions!

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