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Without divulging too much information about this company's hiring process, here's a little more information. The jobs are abroad, so the company looks to hire
by wednesday 18y ago
Without divulging too much information about this company's hiring process, here's a little more information. The jobs are abroad, so the company looks to hire people in pairs in order to ease the relocation process. We have different recruiters, but our recruiters knew we were both applying for these jobs as a pair.
This might be naive of me, but if I were one of the recruiters, I'd probably assume that the two people being hired would discuss and compare their offers before making a decision.
- modoc 18y agoI'd switch to his recruiter:)
- gaius 18y agoRecruiters are usually paid a percentage of your starting salary as a commission - it's in their interest to negotiate hard on your behalf. Tho' that your recruiter is screwing himself too is not much comfort...
- banned_man 18y agoShitty recruiters try to underplace clients because it's faster. If you can sell 3 times as many widgets at 75% the price...
- rs 18y agoThat's true.. but they're only given a tiny percentage of your salary. So, a monthly increase of $200 may go a long way for the OP during the initial stages of starting out in life, but that $200 might only materialise to (say) $20 increase in commission for the recruiter - a deal not worth chasing from the recruiters perspective.
- pierrefar 18y agoThe hiring in pairs could be your key leverage: if you negotiate hard on this point, they might fear you walking away and thus your friend walking way (thus them losing both of you). So find a way to exploit this weakness in their system very politely.