So this may be the wrong place to ask, but I’m curious if anyone has ever heard of headhunters that work for a candidate? Almost every recruiter and firm that I’ve seen only works on behalf of a company, or only cares if you match a role that they’re searching for.

I’ve always wondered if there are services were people will search on your behalf. Paid is fine as it is a pain now with everything being distilled down with AI.

  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    I only have a single direct experience with a headhunter agency, and they were actually quite nice.

    In the end I basically just gave them my resume, told them what jobs they forwarded sounded interesting (a handfull each week) and then went to the interviews that came up.

    They also managed to negotiate a higher salary for me (due to their fee being based on my first year salary).

    So at least in that case they did work “for me”