I get contacted by recruiters all the time, often through LinkedIn, for positions that are below my experience level. I had one recruiter come to me with a job that was actually lower than my experience level but the pay was really high. When she asked me what my salary expectation was, and I named the high range of the salary range she had given to me for the job, she asked me why they should pay me that much when it's a huge jump from what I'm currently making. I wanted to yell at her, you coaxed me into this job interview by telling me this job paid that much. Why would I accept something lower than what you told me the range was? Also, my current job has certain fringe benefits to it that you aren't offering, and what I get paid elsewhere has no relevance to what I am worth to you or worth period. I may take a job with a smaller organization that has larger prestige so I can have that organization on my resume. Doesn't mean that what they pay is what I'm worth. Ug.

Seriously, recruiters have their heads up their asses. I do not know why companies use them in the first place.

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