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I do not understand this. Who/What are these recruiters and in which fields are they relevant? I work in tech, and when I'm looking for work somewhere I don't

by SCHiM 12y ago

I do not understand this. Who/What are these recruiters and in which fields are they relevant? I work in tech, and when I'm looking for work somewhere I don't have any contacts yet I'll just send them my cv directly. No need for a middle man or escrow service or things like that. Edit: Perhaps my comments seems rude, sarcastic or condescending. That's not how I meant it. I'm genuinely curious about how this all works, since I've never seen or been contacted by a recruiter. Nor have I heard such things from colleagues. I do not live the the states, perhaps this is not a common practice in Europe?

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seanflyon 12y ago
These recruiters act as matchmakers. The basic idea is that you don't know about all the companies that might want to hire you, so you can't send them your cv. You talk to one (or a few) recruiters and they do the leg work to talk to lots of companies to find the few that you would be interested in. If you accept an offer, the recruiter gets a substantial payout from the company that hired you. If the recruiter is good they save time for both the candidate and the hiring company. If the recruiter is bad they waste you time by trying to get you to talk to lots of companies when randomly sending out your cv would have worked just as well.