Thoughts on switching from accounting to recruiting?

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Why would you want to be a recruiter? That’s like the lowest form of life

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PwC 3. You need help

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Its done in Boston enough that it's not a surprise when it does happen. Pretty normal in my book

You do you, I’ve seen it a lot

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If you have good people skills you might make great money in recruiting. As long as the market continues as is, the commissions seem to be high enough that a lot of accountants become accounting recruiters (f.k.a. headhunters). I don't know the amounts they are bringing in but it's clearly enough to entice a lot of people.

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Ask yourself if you want to be a used car salesman. Because that’s pretty much all you are as a recruiter imo. (Had some bad experiences with them)

Sure: I was dealing with a recruiter and asked that he not send my resume to a company, because I already had a friend submit it. The guy did it anyway, and I only found out in the middle of the interview. Because of that I broke off contact with that recruiter. He then sent my resume to every contact he had. I spent a few months being told that companies already had my resume, and that they weren’t interested. It was a painful experience.

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