Actually, in recruiting you pay nothing until one lump sump when you hire someone. Here, you pay EACH TIME, and it adds up (even if it adds up to less than 20% recruiting fee, it still feels like constantly paying)
Sites like Monster charge employers quite a bit. Even LinkedIn has services for employers that are more expensive.
That's true but once an agency finds the right candidate you have to pay a lot to hire him/her, like 3 months salary.
I am a recruiter. My team and I charge by the hour.
Agreed. But even though I'm recruiting developers right now, I didn't sign up. The value prop is unclear. I'd happily pay $50 to contact a solid candidate, but from the way they describe it I feel like I'll be paying $50 to see a list of 10 people I probably don't care about.
I agree that the service is questionable. It is not clear that candidates will really be screened very well.