I'm surprised you have to go via recruiters? I would have thought you have enough of a name that you would get applications (if you made enough noise about hiring). Maybe having a tweet or blog post in the last 6 months saying you're hiring might be cheaper than 25% :)
What really gets me is the fact that nobody (well, almost nobody) will hire remotely, I guess because they feel like they need a collaborative environment. I get that, but for the cost of living difference between SF and KC, you could easily afford to fly me out every other week or so for a couple of days and we could get our collaboration on! I don't mind coming out to beautiful Silicon Valley regularly, but I can't move my family out there (right away, anyway.)
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I'm surprised you have to go via recruiters? I would have thought you have enough of a name that you would get applications (if you made enough noise about hiring). Maybe having a tweet or blog post in the last 6 months saying you're hiring might be cheaper than 25% :)
What really gets me is the fact that nobody (well, almost nobody) will hire remotely, I guess because they feel like they need a collaborative environment. I get that, but for the cost of living difference between SF and KC, you could easily afford to fly me out every other week or so for a couple of days and we could get our collaboration on! I don't mind coming out to beautiful Silicon Valley regularly, but I can't move my family out there (right away, anyway.)
Why did you agree to 25%? Standard contingency fee is 20%. For multiple openings you can negotiate less.
I was approximating. Maybe it is 20%...
I tweet about it all the time. Haven't seen a huge influx of resumes, unfortunately.