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Recuiters will take around this 7% amount, so it doesn't seem absurd through that lens.

Recruiters do it on top of your salary, not as part of your salary, and the pain is felt by the company, not the employee.

Right, but as a result, they don't care as much if an individual candidate gets placed - they're more so looking to fill a specific position.

Recruiters solve the problem of hiring whereas we solve the problem of job seeking.