First question; it's possible but not directly to a IT role, most will transition to a MIS/Data Analytics kind of role first before pivoting further to more Technical roles. I understand most of them will take simple coding classes to transition into full software engineering. Some grey roles are like Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Sales Operations.

Q2
It depends!

For a Recruitment agency, it is a % of the candidate's annual salary. Big firms like Robert Walters, Michael Page charges 20-25% of the candidates annual salary, out of which the Consultant takes a 10% cut on top of a pretty good monthly base (RM4.5K-10K) . Smaller recruiting agencies charges clients anything from 8% - 18%, out of which 30-50% goes to the Consultant as commission however small agencies tend to pay low base salaries (RM3K -5K).

For in house recruiters from clients (IBM, Accenture, Nestle, Mondelez etc), they get a fixed monthly salary (anything from RM3K to RM20K) and the usual annual bonus just like everyone else (so they're less aggressive compared to agency recruiters as they're not incentivised to close candidates monthly).

Absolutely no incentive for the recruiter to low ball you of course but most of the time, they have to work within a budget.

I've moved from an agency (7 years to an in-house role now, 3years and counting)