A Recruiter’s job is to find the “best person” for a position. Recruiters in general or specialty agencies are better known as Headhunters and specialize in matching a candidate’s skills, experience and personality to a particular job. Companies who want pre-qualified matches for their critical openings hire Recruiters to assist them in finding the best people.
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There are two basic types of Recruiters. A Retained Recruiter is a Recruiter who has a contract with a client to find qualified candidates and gets paid whether or not their candidates get hired. Usually Retained Recruiters have specific industry expertise and a proven track record in their profession before a company is willing to hire and pay them a quaranteed fee. The more common choice by agency users is to operate on contingency arrangement. The Contingency Recruiter only receives payment if one of their referred candidates is actually hired by the company. This model is often preferred by most employers because they can utilize multiple Recruiters, creating competition and speeds up the process, but they only have to pay the successful Recruiter who produces the person they want to hire.
In 2008 approx. 35% of all medical companies used paid recruuiters with contingency leading the way at 85%.
