 Fixing the recruiter industry
jbooth: Funny thing about recruiters, is going through a recruiter I've generally wound up with higher pay than doing things the other way around.  They'll be their typical aggressive recruiter selves, sell me, bid me up and insist that I can't possibly work for less than X without making me seem like the prima donna..  I still get to be the mild mannered guy who's primarily motivated by the quality of work.  They've also gotten me into places faster.. last couple of times I was looking for work, the companies with a recruiter had me into final interview stage before other companies (some of whom I was actually interested enough in to seek out and contact) even got back to me from my first "here's my resume" email.So..  they actually do work.  You'd think that if the company wasn't forking over 25% of my salary to a recruiter, they'd be more enthusiastic to speak to me and would be willing to pay me more, but it hasn't worked out that way in practice.  YMMV.