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I understand if this is a passion for some of them (HR-styled roles), but most I know are looking for better work-life-balances, and just generally want to leave law.
My question is: does legal recruiting pay anything remotely close to what a T2/T3 law firm in India pays?
Have I been living under a rock of some kind?
On average, recruiter / recruitment firm gets candidate's 1 month retainer (or 8.33% of CTC) for successful placement and candidate working in the org for 6-12 months. If you manage to place say two candidates per month and let's assume average retainer is 2LPM, that's 4L per month you've made.
Recruitment fee is higher for more senior level roles (15% to 30% of annual CTC). If CTC is say 1cr, you've made 15L - 30L.
Of course, there are plenty of recruiters who are very bad their job and don't make any money.