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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
My impression was that they only want to know people who have a job already. Perhaps that is cynical of me, but in your third version who pays them if they find you a job they weren't already hired to fill.
If you give them a resume and they start shopping you around are they calling prospective employers and saying I have a great candidate for you. Give me $25k and I will tell you his name and contact info?
I know they will keep your name on file in case something comes up but I was thinking about someone who is unemployed and looking to work right away.
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The company always pays. As killer pointed out, it's illegal to charge the candidate.
The recruiter will call a company and if the company is interested, they end up meeting the candidate. Prior to this an agreement is signed between the recruiter and the company, that basically says if you hire anyone we send you, then you will pay us a commission based on the fee schedule. I get one of these calls or emails about once per week.
Last week I got one, and it included a portion of the resume, with the name and companies changed to be generic. After looking through the resume, I knew who it was. I had tried hiring her a few months ago when I was looking for a Controller. She said she was happy where she was, so I hired someone else. Now she changed her mind.
When I moved cities I went to a recruiter and she went and found me a job. It was a job that was being advertised, so she didn't create one for me. They are similar to realtors.