New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Do You Use Recruiters?

Ask HN: Do You Use Recruiters?
4 by lopatin | 9 comments on Hacker News.
In my experience, while never using them in the past, deciding to use a recruiter to find a new job was incredibly helpful. Pros: - Lots of interviews, quickly. - Great network of high quality companies. No need to network for yourself. - Negotiates one offer vs. another one for you, often increasing the initial offer by like 10k. No need to get out of your comfort zone and do this yourself. Cons: - Asked me to be exclusive. If I had branched out and used 3 at once, it would have probably gotten out, and don't know if I would have been dropped. - Takes a percentage of your salary. Which for me isn't bad, because in my mind I wouldn't have gotten the negotiated salary bump, or even the opportunity in the first place, if it wasn't for her. I just wanted to learn other peoples experience. Fwiw I'm in Chicago now, where I used the recruiter for finance type jobs. Before, I was in SF and just relied on my own network.

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