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Re:Ask HN: Do I have to go through recruiters nowadays, how ... by mmanfrin on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:24PM (#11678431)
I also feel that the recruiting industry leeches off of developers -- if companies are paying recruiting firms $30k per developer (with some companies I've seen having about a 1year turnover rate), then that's 30k that is essentially coming out of my salary.
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Re:Ask HN: Do I have to go through recruiters nowadays, how ... by rev_bird on Thursday May 12, 2016 @09:22AM (#11683168)
That sounds right on first glance, but I wonder how much money companies would spend internally doing the same work the recruiter is doing. If it was THAT much cheaper, I'd think the recruiting industry would be in trouble. I think that $30k might be gone either way.
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Re:Ask HN: Do I have to go through recruiters nowadays, how ... by laxatives on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:59PM (#11678727)
Agreed. I'd happily take 20k of that and do the negotiation myself. Win-win, right?
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