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

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.