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That explains why all the recruiters on LinkedIn are trying to low-ball me so much. The actual rate they charge is double!
by kova12 6y ago
That explains why all the recruiters on LinkedIn are trying to low-ball me so much. The actual rate they charge is double!
- johnward 6y agoUsually more than double.
- justaguyhere 6y agoThis makes me soooooooo mad. Instead of LAMP, I spelled out Linux/Apache... etc in my resume. One recruiter spent 10 minutes arguing with me that LAMP is not the same as Linux... Why do they deserve 50% of the billing rate (they can't even bother spending 30 seconds to google and note down what these terms mean)? Is their service that valuable? Heck, compared to them even the freelance websites that take 20% (Fiverr etc) seem like saints. Another recruiter changed my resume without my knowledge. I found out during the interview. All kinds of shady stuff going on with these people.
- jen20 6y agoEvery time I encounter a shady recruitment agency (or their practices) I'm reminded of this blog post [1], although this is an archived version rather than the original. In the UK, everyone even close to tech-adjacent has similar stories. [1]: https://gist.github.com/CumpsD/696599d1bd4cd472a0565869672933da https://gist.github.com/CumpsD/696599d1bd4cd472a056586967293...
- sokoloff 6y ago> One recruiter spent 10 minutes arguing with me that LAMP is not the same as Linux 8 of those minutes are partly/mostly on you. (I’d give ‘em 1-2 minutes and then just hang up.)
- cvhashim 6y agoI’m a software consultant at a large software firm. I make a reasonable amount of money per hour for my region and is around the going rate of a developer of 2-3 years of experience (Im only 2 years out of school). But my firm charges clients around 4x what they pay me hourly.