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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by throwaway6532 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @05:51PM (#30170740)
>On the other hand, because of commission, it is in the recruiter's interest to get you as much money as possible so you might get a better offer via them than you would if you went direct.

It's in the recruiters best interest to maximize their throughput in placing candidates, and they're commission is skimming money off the top of the salary you could have collected if you'd gone direct.

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Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter by cercatrova on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @01:09AM (#30174369)
> they're commission is skimming money off the top of the salary you could have collected if you'd gone direct.

No, the company would pay you your salary and keep the commission itself, it would not have given you that commission simply because you went directly with them.

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