Timeline for answer to Is it ethical to apply directly for a job after a recruiter declines to submit you for the role? by ThaRobster
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| Nov 25, 2023 at 17:50 | comment | added | Edwin Buck | The main reasons recruiting companies exist is because they keep the idea alive that you are being more efficient by outsourcing a recruiting effort. The main reason they can't succeed is because the company is aware that they will eventually offer up poor candidates so the company retains its hiring screening process. Thus, you get the costs of recruiters coupled with the costs of still maintaining an independent screening process. | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 7:56 | comment | added | fgysin | +1, especially about the recruiting fees. People who are not faced with these processes don't realise how high these fees can be... In my area of work a senior role from a recruiter can host you some 30% of a years salary or more. | |
| Sep 29, 2023 at 12:07 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | Fundamentally, if the job is listed on the employer's site, then the recruiter doesn't have any kind of exclusivity agreement with the employer. Maybe they'd have to accept a lower fee to get that, or maybe the employer absolutely doesn't want to give them exclusivity. So, why should you give them exclusivity that the employer won't? Personally I think the no-reply by recruiter A was already full justification to go around them. Maybe tell the employer at some point that this is where you heard about the job. | |
| Sep 29, 2023 at 9:29 | history | answered | ThaRobster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |