Ask independent recruiters what actually hurts and collections come up before candidates do. Doing the work is one job. Getting paid for it shouldn't be a second one.
The terms are set before anyone works
On a Direct Job Order, the employer sets the fee on the order and you accept it when you claim. On a Shared Job Order, which we are building now with our first 25 Founding Partners, the recruiting firm that brought its authorized client search sets the success reward, and you see it before you accept. Either way, the number is fixed before the work starts, not argued about after it.
One flow after a hire
When a placement lands, JobMedium invoices the employer, collects the fee and pays out every share. If you co-worked the placement with another recruiter or a sourcer, their share was agreed and locked when they accepted, so nobody renegotiates at payout.
You don't chase the money
You aren't the one sending invoices or following up on them. The marketplace handles collection, and your share is paid once the employer's payment is secured.
Every step is on the record
Submissions, messages and status changes are all timestamped, so who introduced whom is never a memory contest. That matters, because attribution is what every payment depends on.