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Assuming they could stomach doing it, how much money cold a technical person with good interviewing skills make as a head hunter? Perhaps after a year when they

• byrneseyeview 16y ago
  You would do better as an in-house recruiter at a technical company. That way, you're in more direct contact with hiring managers. Build your rep there, and go out on your own. My first real job was working for a recruiter who used to be a programmer. He didn't really need to use his programming knowledge, though, because recruiting means sending candidates who won't make the hiring manager look like an idiot if they don't work out. If your choices are a) brilliant dropout, or b) someone who went to Princeton but is really lazy, your incentive is to send b). If a) works out, you get no direct benefit; if b) doesn't work out, well, who could have predicted that?
• zavulon 16y ago
  Recruiters who come from technical backgrounds are the best ones. One of my good friends has a CS degree and been working as recruiter here in NYC, he's making over 300K/year. Despite having a CS degree, he's not a typical geek though - very personable, open and extraverted, great social skills. For a recruiter, I'd say that's a #1 skill. If you don't have that, don't even bother, you're gonna hate it. I did it for 6 months to help pay bills, and I hated it with passion.