"Founding member" usually means a discount that quietly runs out. Ours is written into the Terms, so here it is in plain language.
You help shape how the network runs
The first recruiters on JobMedium aren't just early users. The rules of the first network get settled with them, while those rules can still change. That covers four things in particular.
- Specialism coverage. Which technical markets we build depth in first, and in what order.
- Candidate ownership. How a recruiter's own candidates stay theirs across every order they submit to.
- Attribution rules. How introductions are recorded and settled when two recruiters touch the same candidate.
- Shared Job Orders. How a firm shares a client search with the network, which we're building now.
Then there are the economics.
The rate
Founding recruiters pay half the standard platform cut, locked for the life of the account as long as it stays in good standing, even if the standard rate changes later. If a volume tier ever works out better for you, you get that instead. You always pay the lowest rate you qualify for.
The first placement
We take nothing on your account's first successful placement. If you co-worked it, that covers your share. It means you see a real payout before you're asked to trust the economics. It applies once per account, so a firm with several seats gets one between them. We'd rather tell you that now than have you find out later.
Where you sit in the first 200
The founding places come in three groups. The first 25 are Founding Partners, the places up to 100 are Preferred, and the rest up to 200 are founding recruiters. The money is the same in all of them: the same cut, the same lock for life and the same free first placement. What changes is how early you are and how visible. Founding Partners carry the designation on their profile, get roles walked over by the founder in their specialism, and have a seat on the standing call where we decide what ships next.
Why we offer it
Founding terms are there because joining early is a risk. You're backing a marketplace before the network has proved itself, and people who take that bet should keep the advantage once it pays off. The window closes when the cohort fills, and terms we've already granted don't change.