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Best advice I ever saw about dealing with recruiters, from someone on this site, though I don't remember who you are; sorry, internet-friend: Hi $recruiter
by greggyb 10y ago
Best advice I ever saw about dealing with recruiters, from someone on this site, though I don't remember who you are; sorry, internet-friend:
Hi $recruiter,
I appreciate you taking the time to reach
out about this opportunity. Luckily, I am
quite happy at $current_employer and not
currently pursuing other options. I do
have one question for you, though. Right
now, what would a typical salary range
look like for someone with my background
and level of experience for a position
like this?
Thanks,
greggyb
I'd say anecdotally that I get an answer more than half the time with a salary range, sometimes based on the position they're hiring for, and sometimes their ballpark based on my profile.
It's not scientific, but it is helpful to keep a pulse on the types of opportunities and compensation available.
- fecak 10y agoThis is great advice. I'm a recruiter known for being critical of recruiter behavior, and when people claim that recruiters are mostly worthless to them, I encourage them to simply use recruiters for this kind of information. An experienced recruiter, specifically an agency recruiter with a wide variety of clients, should be able to give you a fairly solid expectation on your marketability and market value. Instead of wasting the opportunity, a reply like this can be quite useful. If the recruiter doesn't reply, don't respond to them again.