Seems like recruiting has the same basic problem as every other human-to-human matchmaking in that it is possible to identify potential, but not to predict the future.<p>There are some advantages to employee-employer matchmaking in that the relationship is primarily based on money and there's a one-to-many pattern that repeats frequently.<p>I didn't know that the spammy recruiters were literally stealing your identity to apply on your behalf. No wonder they're hated. Still, I wonder how low the response rate would have to drop before spam is no longer profitable. Seems like that industry runs reasonably well on extremely low response rates.
<i>"Since they get paid based on your starting salary, they are inclined to help you negotiate as high a starting salary as possible."</i><p>It isn't quite that simple. They get paid nothing if you don't get hired and thus aren't going to negotiate very hard for you and risk losing the placement. It's like the real estate situation where brokers won't keep a house on the market as long for a client as they will if selling there own house.<p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17jO_w6f8Ck" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17jO_w6f8Ck</a>
Recruiters, real estate agents, car salespeople, etc, in general seem to be people that have no actual skills and get by in life as a warm body that's generally accepted as a required party when two other parties have a supply/demand situation.