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Re:Never accept a counter-offer by xenadu02 on Sunday October 02, 2016 @07:06PM (#12624741)
Eh it's like selling houses in San Francisco. You only do a few a year so the high commissions need to sustain you. Plus the market goes up and down and you need to save enough from commission to cover market downturns.

All that said really good recruiters are well paid.

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Re:Never accept a counter-offer by MisterBastahrd on Sunday October 02, 2016 @08:38PM (#12624989)
... most recruiters who are just decent can place 3-5 candidates a month.
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Re:Never accept a counter-offer by withdavidli on Sunday October 02, 2016 @09:44PM (#12625169)
This is too generalized. When I recruited for finance/pharmacy easily get 10+/mn, at top tech company averaging 1-2/mn. It really depends on roles, for head hunters doing executive level positions they probably only fill a few a year because the search for one takes a long time.
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Re:Never accept a counter-offer by fecak on Sunday October 02, 2016 @09:51PM (#12625194)
3-5 a month is pretty optimistic. I wouldn't want people to think this and leave their jobs. If you do two a month you're probably doing quite well, especially if you're independent, but it's not easy as an independent to do volume.
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