Story comes out. Job hunters are so desperate that they're paying people to get hired and recruited.

And by the way, this is not a story from Inquirer. This is a story from Wall Street Journal.

So landing a white-collar job is getting so tough that candidates, not companies,

are paying recruiters to match them with positions.

Through good economic times and bad recruiters have usually operated the other way around,

companies pay them to find talent for tough to fill positions. Now, though job seekers are hiring

a new crop of what are called reverse recruiters to help them crack a competitive market.

Daniel Beharano, 36 years old, signed up for reverse recruiting service, a referral last year

after receiving an email pitch from the company, refers AI agent, connected him with an executive

at Golden, a volunteer management company, which was looking for platform engineer and data

scientists. Beharano got the offer after several interviews. He then picked a a volunteer management company which was looking for platform engineer and data scientists

Beharano got the offer after several interviews he then paid referred 20% of his first month

pay once it landed in his bank account Tom your thoughts on this so I think what's going on

here is a couple things going on is it tougher to job? Yes, in many sectors it is right now.

Is the job market tightening?

Yes, it appears to be.

And it may be worse in certain sectors.

It may be worse in certain geographies where you live.

So yes, it's good to have a Sherpa that's going to take you up to Everest and going to help you through it.

The other thing is that companies are having a horrible time trying to filter out incoming inquiries for jobs.

And it's hard to have yourself show up in that.

We see it from many of the clients at Beth David Consulting.

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