Has anyone ever had an outside recruiter get them their day rate for a freelance job? Or do most freelancers just generally avoid them as a rule of thumb?

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A recruiter once told me that someday I’d be begging him for the 1/3 of my rate that he was offering me for a gig.

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That sounds like a desperate recruiter who hasn't placed anyone in a while.

In my 2ish years of freelance experience, no, never. But I also just stopped responding to most third-party recruiting agencies.

Not even worth the phone call they’ll inevitably ask you to get on and tell you they have this great opportunity (“with potential for full-time!!”) in Newark for $35/hour.

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This exactly happened to me today.

always avoid recruiters unless your incredibly desperate

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Don’t go with an outside recruiter! They will pay you less than half of what you should be making in-house! Reach out to the creative resource manager for whatever company and talk to them directly

Hope this helps!

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Nope, but i did have one get close to it last year which was a first. The worst ones are like Daniel Marks, who say that you’re totally worth your day rate and then say the best they can do is $400 below.

Yes! But they took 20% for their own commission so it was actually a bit less than my day rate. Was a freelance to full time position in which the hiring agency booked me for 20 days / 1 month

This means you didn’t get your day rate.

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Looks like the nays have it. Thank you all!

Ive had recruiter’s get me my rate

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