My first accounting job was through Accountemps, as a 2 week assignment. I was hired on full time, and promoted twice in 3 years. Now that I think of it, I always use a recruiter of some type.
My bad turned good experience:
When I was hired on through a placement agency the agent I worked with told me the hiring manager was not willing to budge on salary. I respectfully declined the job offer. The next day the manager contacted me directly to ask why I declined (she was not allowed to hire me direct because of the placement agency contract) she was genuinely curious.
So I told her, and she was not happy with the agent, as she was, in fact, willing to negotiate salary.
We ended up agreeing on the max salary the agent told me about, plus a sign on bonus to get me where I wanted to be. With the offer guaranteeing I would be at or above the salary plus bonus in 1 year.
It was a perfect negotiation, we all got what we wanted.
The agent missed out though, had she been willing to push and try to negotiate, she would have had a higher commission. Commissions don't include sign on bonuses.
I've kept that in mind any time working with an recruiter. If I it gets to salary negotiations, I let me manager know I am willing to sign on at a lower salary in order to save the company commissions expense 🙂 it has proven successful!
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