u/Additional_Room5829

I am thinking of charging a pipeline building service fee - 50-100 candidates at $2500

and another conversion fee at $8000.

Anyone in here provide this service? Is this realistic?

So the head of our company asked me to bring on a few agencies to help with recruiting because we need to speed things up for our hard to fill roles. He interviewed a candidate yesterday from an agency and really loved him. Good right? No, he was flabbergasted that this candidate will cost us $80k (25% placement fee). It's difficult to find someone like him.

With that said, I am happy he is aware of how "invaluable" I am to the company as I am finding these top candidates throughout the year and getting paid less than one placement fee.

Question: have you ever successfully negotiate a rate after signing a contract with an agency and about to make an offer to the candidate?