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These recruiters do exist. They are difficult to find, they are rare, and there seems to be fewer of them but they do exist.

I wouldn't say you don't have to lift a finger and they do all the work for you, but some of them do seem to have backdoor entry to the companies and their applicants will be preferred. Not to mention that some companies only hire this way (through vendors, not sifting through thousands of applications on the LinkedIn or Indeed).

Recruiters don't ask for any money from the candidate, they get paid by the hiring company.

exactly

nobody will ask for money, they already get paid 10-20k for providing a candidate. heck you can just -refer- friends to companies and get a 10-20k referral.

paying to get a job is 100% a scam