"Since they get paid based on your starting salary, they are inclined to help you negotiate as high a starting salary as possible." It isn't quite that simple.

"Since they get paid based on your starting salary, they are inclined to help you negotiate as high a starting salary as possible." It isn't quite that simple. They get paid nothing if you don't get hired and thus aren't going to negotiate very hard for you and risk losing the placement. It's like the real estate situation where brokers won't keep a house on the market as long for a client as they will if selling there own house. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17jO_w6f8Ck https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17jO_w6f8Ck