We're doing both. But after working with three or more recruiters, I can't sit around and wait for them to find the right candidates.

Besides, recruiters are like realtors, there's not much incentive in finding the best candidate for you and their pay is usually even more than $12K for experienced candidates FYI.

Why can't they do both? This doesn't cost them a cent unless they hire someone, and if it's the same price a recruiter would charge, they've nothing to lose by doing both.