We've spent years in IT consulting, payroll operations, and contractor placements. We saw experienced recruiters generate millions in billings and take home 20%. We built Placera because the infrastructure problem was solvable, and nobody had solved it for Australia.
“Recruitment is not fundamentally an agency business. It is a distributed transaction system where value is created by multiple participants. Placera captures this by decentralising sourcing and centralising execution.”
The founding insight behind Placera
The standard agency split of 20–25% is a relic of a world where infrastructure was expensive and inaccessible to individuals. It isn’t anymore. Experienced recruiters who generate the relationships and the placements should keep the majority of what they earn.
The best candidate intelligence lives inside practitioner communities, not in agency databases. Placera is built on the belief that the more participants who can contribute to a placement, the better the outcomes for everyone. Deal Feed is that principle made real.
Every recruiter on Placera can see exactly what they earn, why their commission rate is what it is, and what they need to do to improve it. Every split on the Deal Feed is agreed and locked before any candidate is submitted. No surprises, no retrospective changes.
Superannuation, contractor classification, GST, payroll accuracy. Done correctly, every time. Placera protects recruiters and clients from legal risk by building compliance into the infrastructure from day one. Not as an add-on. As the foundation.
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