Recruitment practise | Recruiter demands £7k from candidate who declined job offer

Jobseeking can be tough. Spending a considerable amount of time drafting cover letters and CVs, preparing for face-to-face interviews and completing in-depth research on the employer, there are a lot of things for candidates to remember.

In order to improve their personal jobseeking experience, some candidates may be inclined to use recruiters to fuel their job search, find suitable roles that match their skillsets and help them secure their job of choice. But what happens when a candidate is offered more than one job?