Headhunters - Signing contracts

As an analyst, do you typically sign some type of contract with headhunters before working with them?

If you end up getting the offer and accepting it, how do they get compensated?

Thanks.

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You owe nothing to headhunters and they also owe you nothing. You are just an instrument for them to get paid for closing the request - headhunters work for the company they are searching a talent for.

The only exception - companies (rare thing, in fact) which business is dedicated to founding vacancies for their clients-job seekers. These companies are not 'recruitment agencies' or 'executive search firms', and have almost nothing in common with them. Just do not get wrong about it

 

To answer your other question: no, you do not sign a contract with them.

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