Why would staffing firms work on “reduced fee” placements?
• Leveraging their candidate database. Many firms won’t do deep-dive searches at reduced rates, but many will quickly match a candidate that they are aware of to an open requirement – if they only need to make an introduction of someone they know is readily available, and not being considered for any other positions. These are what we call “off the rack” placements where they can just pull a resume off their resume rack and submit them. • They earn more money and place more candidates. Recruiters know the market is changing quickly, and the old days of only working on “full-fee placements” isn’t the only way to be a successful recruiter. Thousands of HotGigs recruiters are home based recruiters with full access to all the job boards, along with a rich rolodex of candidates that they have access to, giving you access to a large network of recruiters.
