For independent recruiters and sourcers

Earn placement fees sourcing for vetted hiring teams.

Browse open projects from companies hiring on Scope. Submit candidates you trust. Get paid 75% to 82% of the placement fee on every successful hire, in two installments. No subscription. No upfront cost. Pay-on-placement only.

Apply to join Read recruiter agreement

Free to apply. Verification typically takes 1 to 2 business days.

What you earn

The whole fee schedule, in dollars, before you apply.

The share

  • 75% base, rising to 82%
    You start at 75% of the placement fee. Performance tiers move you to 78% and then 82%.
  • Paid in two installments
    Half at 30 days after the candidate starts, half at 120 days. The second installment is held until the 120-day replacement guarantee window closes.
  • $100 minimum payout
    Earnings accumulate in your Scope balance and pay out once they clear $100.
  • Nothing up front, ever
    No subscription, no listing fee, no charge to claim a project. Scope only makes money when you do.
Example earnings
Successful hire at
$150,000first-year salary
Placement fee (15%, full recruiter tier) $22,500
You earn (75%) $16,875
Scope retains (25%) $5,625
Payout schedule
1
$8,437 at 30 days post-start
2
$8,438 at 120 days post-start

Per the recruiter agreement, the second installment is held until the 120-day replacement guarantee window closes.

Recruiter or sourcer, or both

Pick the role type that matches how you actually want to work. You can change it later.

Recruiter Sourcer
What you deliver The full pipeline: source, screen, submit, manage candidates through to hire. High-quality profiles without the screen. The hiring org self-screens what you hand them.
Fee the hiring org pays 15% of first-year base salary 10% of first-year base salary
Your share of that fee 75% to 82% by performance tier 50%, split 50/50 sourcer and Scope
Paid calibration microtasks Available after you have shown quality on the marketplace. Yes, flat fee per task with a clear SLA, no screening involved.

Some hiring orgs publish a role open to either. A recruiter or a sourcer can claim it, and whoever delivers the hire sets the fee: 15% if a recruiter, 10% if a sourcer.

What you get on the platform

Live ATS visibility.

Two-way sync with Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby. You see your submitted candidates progress through interviews in real time. No more going dark after submission.

Quality clients, vetted projects.

Hiring orgs are reviewed before listings go live. Salary range, fee, and replacement terms are transparent up front, so you know what a role is worth before you claim it.

AI-assisted sourcing, included.

Use Scope's AI scoring and fake-profile detection to find better candidates faster, at no additional cost to you.

$1,000 per recruiter you refer.

Invite recruiters in your network with your personal link. When their first placement is paid, $1,000 lands in your pending earnings. Uncapped. It comes out of Scope's platform fee, never out of the placed recruiter's share.

The 120-day replacement guarantee

Every placement carries a 120-day replacement guarantee for the hiring org. If the candidate leaves voluntarily inside that window, the hiring org can request a free replacement from you. This is why the second installment of your fee is held until day 120.

It is worth reading how this works before you claim your first project. Full terms are in the recruiter agreement and the marketplace terms.

How to join

1

Apply

Sign up, fill out a profile (display name, bio, the verticals you specialize in, optional LinkedIn), pick your role type, and accept the recruiter agreement. Free.

2

Get verified

A Scope team member reviews your application. Verification typically takes 1 to 2 business days.

3

Claim and submit

Browse open projects that match your role type, claim the ones that fit your specialties, and start submitting candidates.

Recruiter accounts are kept separate from hiring-org accounts. You can't be both on the same email, and you can't claim projects from organizations you're affiliated with.

Start claiming projects.

Free to apply, nothing up front, and you keep 75% to 82% of every placement fee you earn.

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