I know several recruiters. They make absurdly good money. Two recruiters I know earn more than $200,000 a year, and another made $400,000 last year.
It’s unreal that the job market for bullshit office work has gotten so bad that an entire industry has spawned to navigate the completely unnecessary, self imposed maze. Businesses that refuse to offer raises will gladly pay upwards of 20% of a new hires first year salary to a recruiter for their “assistance” finding candidates. Take a step back and think about it. Recruiting shouldn’t be a thing. The fact it exists is proof our economy is stupidly constructed.
We compensate teachers with peanuts and treat them like shit. We more nurses than ever but we chase far too many away from the profession. Social workers that make an actual difference in people’s lives can barely scrape by. Paramedics do so much but are rewarded with too little. Our forests are constantly on fire, and we only see fit to pay the men and women who risk their lives to fight them $15/hour.
It’s all backwards. We are doomed as a society. What a waste.