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Startups Overpay for Recruiters Who Just Keyword-Spam

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A former recruiter reveals that agencies charging 25-30% of a hire's salary often do little more than LinkedIn keyword searches. For a $180,000 senior AI engineer, that's a $54,000 fee for minimal vetting. The author recommends flat-fee platforms at 15% to protect startup runway.

Meridian48 take
The critique is valid but self-serving: the author now runs a flat-fee platform, so take the 15% solution with a grain of salt.
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