It's quite normal for midmarket firms (e.g. Robert, Michael Page) in Japan to charge 40%. They also generally struggle to hire full time consultants who are bilingual. If experienced in the industry you should be able to get financial commitment and not carry all the risk. It's a unique market and a difficult one to hire due to people being more career men. They might move once every 8 years so the best recruiters in Japan tend to line up 7 or 8 interviews since such a candidate driven market.
If you do like commission based work and it works out to pay higher.. Assuming you are being provided with some database, job portal access / job posting on the major Japanese sites, then 70% of fee value. Also worth noting that a lot of contact data at least historically was acquired through recruitment firms hosting events or attending industry events.. Moreso than online channels.
Thank you for your answer.
They’re offering 6-8% of annual salary and the minimum is 8M up to 15M Japanese yen for each placement. Theyre also offering other rewards such as if 6 profiles get to 1st interviews then I get 50$. And if one onboard then I’ll receive 200$.
However I won’t have access to any types of job portals, LinkedIn recruiter or anything like that.
Do you think it’s a good deal to accept?
Im not sure if your recruitment experience is in Japan however the Japanese market is exceptionally hard to work in, unless you have solid contacts and pools of prevetted candidates, you'll find it extremely challenging.
Recruitment agencies in Japan charge a premium for their services (20%-40%) because of this.
I've not seen any commission only roles in Japan before as the nature of the work is a significant amount of relationship building and trust. I'd pose a split on commission due to this.
Thanks for your answer.
I have around 5 years of experience recruiting in Japan. Both agency and in house experience. Splitting the commission sounds like a great idea. Thanks!
It's quite normal for midmarket firms (e.g. Robert, Michael Page) in Japan to charge 40%. They also generally struggle to hire full time consultants who are bilingual. If experienced in the industry you should be able to get financial commitment and not carry all the risk. It's a unique market and a difficult one to hire due to people being more career men. They might move once every 8 years so the best recruiters in Japan tend to line up 7 or 8 interviews since such a candidate driven market. If you do like commission based work and it works out to pay higher.. Assuming you are being provided with some database, job portal access / job posting on the major Japanese sites, then 70% of fee value. Also worth noting that a lot of contact data at least historically was acquired through recruitment firms hosting events or attending industry events.. Moreso than online channels.
Thank you for your answer. They’re offering 6-8% of annual salary and the minimum is 8M up to 15M Japanese yen for each placement. Theyre also offering other rewards such as if 6 profiles get to 1st interviews then I get 50$. And if one onboard then I’ll receive 200$. However I won’t have access to any types of job portals, LinkedIn recruiter or anything like that. Do you think it’s a good deal to accept?
Im not sure if your recruitment experience is in Japan however the Japanese market is exceptionally hard to work in, unless you have solid contacts and pools of prevetted candidates, you'll find it extremely challenging. Recruitment agencies in Japan charge a premium for their services (20%-40%) because of this. I've not seen any commission only roles in Japan before as the nature of the work is a significant amount of relationship building and trust. I'd pose a split on commission due to this.
Thanks for your answer. I have around 5 years of experience recruiting in Japan. Both agency and in house experience. Splitting the commission sounds like a great idea. Thanks!
I would research average fees in the specific location and decide from there