Salary in job ad

I have noticed that companies very rarely put a salary range for a job ad position, but recruiters almost always do. Are the salaries ranges from recruiters in the job ad realistic?

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cyberguypr

Rule number one of job fight club: Take everything a recruiter says with a grain of salt.

EANx

It's nice to think so but consider that the recruiter achieves success by putting a qualified candidate in front of the manager. They know that when people get beat up enough, 80k, drops to 75k which drops to 68k and like a car salesman, they depend on the tech not really being used to negotiating or holding the line.

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EANx wrote: »

It's nice to think so but consider that the recruiter achieves success by putting a qualified candidate in front of the manager. They know that when people get beat up enough, 80k, drops to 75k which drops to 68k and like a car salesman, they depend on the tech not really being used to negotiating or holding the line.

It helps to be in a position to negotiate and/or tell them to take a hike when they try to beat you down. Done that many times. Like you said, recruiters are basically glorified salespeople. They are motivated to close the "sale", first and foremost.

To add to this, the reason why recruiters tend to include salary in their job advertisements and actual employers do not is differing motivations. Employers post job ads to encourage candidates to apply who are actually qualified for the role they are trying to fill. While recruiters seek qualified candidates as well, they are also out to gather more leads for potential candidates to fill other positions they have available now or in the future.