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Gazpacho posted:A recruiter contact is only a first step and doesn't necessarily reflect the company's hiring intentions. The larger companies do relocate people to the bay, of course, but it's expensive for startups to do so. Like I said, I've been contacted directly by friends from college who are hiring managers at firms in the area. They're desperate for hires.
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Sarcophallus posted:Having just been turned down from two interviews because 'they were only interested in local applicants', I can say that distance is certainly a factor in an application. Why? Because the expense of relocating an employee is peanuts compared to the total comp package for a half-decent dev. Paying 20-30K for a relocation package is on the level of a headhunter's fee anyway so I'm not sure what the fuss is about...
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Xguard86 posted:Headhunters get a flat $ per person, so their incentive is to throw warm bodies at the wall as fast as possible without regard for much else. Not really, most headhunters actually get paid a percentage of the candidate's annual salary by the employer. As a hiring manager, I've seen it being between 20-40%. I've used a headhunter in the past and they were very effective in cutting through HR/application bullshit and picking up interesting positions. The coolest thing was seeing an employer offer me a 25% pay increase over my previous job, and the headhunter telling me to ask for 50% more - which worked. It's in the interest of half-competent headhunters to build a life-long relationship with good candidates from the perspective of a) they have a better portfolio of candidates to display to employers, and b) they will make more money long-term by placing candidates through their career.
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