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At this point I'm always going to fall into one of two boats: 1) I don't need a job. You'll pay me what I want or no deal. In those cases things like what this
by jghn 10y ago
At this point I'm always going to fall into one of two boats:
1) I don't need a job. You'll pay me what I want or no deal. In those cases things like what this recruiter pulled won't work.
2) I need a job. In this case it doesn't really matter to me.
- praneshp 10y agoI have always been in (1) or (2), but can think of (3) I'd love to be at this job (because of company mission, etc) . Maybe it is a subcase of (2)?
- Fej 10y agoI think that would be a subcase of (1). Would be "give me what I want" which would be other reasons than "pay me what I want".
- jghn 10y agoAbsolutely, I should have phrased it that way from the start. I don't view salary as the end all be all, however I'll be the one to choose what I'm willing to take a discount for, not them.
- tomtang0514 10y agoI've been in both situation. I first encountered (2) when I was looking for my first fulltime job back in college. I had little idea of how much I'm supposed to get paid so I told the recruiter: "I had no idea how much I worth, but one day I'll find out. And if I realized I'm low-balled, I'll left for another company immediately and all the resource your company spend on training me will go nowhere." It worked for me. But I guess it won't work for those really sketchy recruiters since all they care is take their commission.
- deagler 10y agoLittle ballsy, Raises a good point as well. I'll need to keep that in mind when I go for my first FT job
- alttab 10y agoInterestingly enough, recruiters get paid a % of the salary as a commission most of the time. This means they actually have an incentive to get you higher pay. But they also can't keep bringing in people above a company's ask. It's a balance that has to be managed.
- csa 10y agoThe biggest gap for the recruiter is between no and yes. The tiny increase they get for themselves for negotiating hard on behalf of their placement rounds to zero in most cases. If it costs them a placement, the opportunity cost is huge.