{"id":64993,"date":"2026-02-11T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/some-job-seekers-are-paying-thousands-of-dollars-just-to-land-an-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:00:25","slug":"some-job-seekers-are-paying-thousands-of-dollars-just-to-land-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/some-job-seekers-are-paying-thousands-of-dollars-just-to-land-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Some job-seekers are paying thousands of dollars just to land an interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Looking for work but struggling to land a job interview? Money might help.<\/p>\n<p>Some job seekers are paying recruiters to help get a foot in the door, a practice known as &#8220;reverse recruitment&#8221; in which agencies act as agents or matchmakers for people seeking employment.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Bentley, a New York-based executive coach, said even top-tier candidates are having to work harder to stand out as AI and other technologies make it easy for job candidates to bombard employers with their credentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;College graduates are having a hard time getting jobs. MBAs from top schools aren&#8217;t getting jobs. We are seeing white-collar layoffs, and employers are pausing hiring,&#8221; she told CBS News. &#8220;Even when jobs are lost, they are not necessarily filling them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When companies pay recruiters, it&#8217;s because talent is scarce,&#8221; Bentley added. &#8220;When candidates pay them, it&#8217;s because jobs are scarce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>How much does it cost?<\/h2>\n<p>Alex Shinkarovsky, the founder of Reverse Recruiting Agency, said demand for his firm&#8217;s services has surged. That&#8217;s in part because of how long it can take to navigate the job-search process. It takes an average of more than 24 weeks to find a new job in the U.S., according to the latest federal labor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.t12.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data<\/a>, up from the 22 weeks a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Shinkarovsky said he can cut that timeframe nearly in half \u2014 his clients typically receive a job offer within 12.5 weeks, he told CBS News. &#8220;Our north star metric is to get clients interviews,&#8221; he told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>That comes at a hefty cost. Reverse Recruiting Agency charges job seekers $1,500 per month, while guaranteeing them a minimum of nine job interviews in three months. If a client accepts a job, the firm also collects a 10% commission on the new hire&#8217;s annual salary and refunds the first month&#8217;s $1,500 fee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, someone who landed a job with an annual income of $100,000 would pay a total of $13,000 \u2014 that encompasses a $10,000 commission and $3,000 in monthly fees.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the math can be more attractive than six months of unemployment, especially for employees commanding higher salaries. James Whittaker, co-founder and CEO of another reverse recruiting firm, Ambitious Exec, said a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/linked-in-ai-and-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">candidate applying<\/a><\/span> for a job online has only a 1% to 2% change of getting an interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s in part due to the sheer volume of applications companies receive, especially as AI tools make it easier for people to mass apply for jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is so easy to apply to a job these days that good candidates are getting lost in the sea of competition,&#8221; he told CBS News, adding that reverse recruiting services make the most sense for people in senior-level roles. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>An unfair edge?<\/h2>\n<p>Adam Fineberg, founder and CEO of My Personal Recruiter, said his firm charges between $900 and $2,500 a month. But the service can typically winnow a job search by roughly 50% and help clients land a position within two or three months, he said.<\/p>\n<p>A potential downside to the reverse-recruitment model? Job candidates who can&#8217;t afford to spring for this kind of help could find themselves at a disadvantage, Bentley said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could introduce more inequality to the job search process,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Candidates who can afford the service have a leg up on those who cannot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some career services pros also oppose the practice on principle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should never pay anyone to get you a job,&#8221; career consultant Jennifer Mastor, founder of Mastor Recruiting and Consulting, told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--editors\">\n      Edited by<\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/alain-sherter\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alain  Sherter<\/a>\n                      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-reverse-recruiting-agency\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for work but struggling to land a job interview? 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