Sales commission software for recruitment agencies
Recruitment commission rewards billings, but the maths is unusually unforgiving — thresholds, contractor margin and rebate clawbacks all have to line up before anyone gets paid correctly.
How commission works in recruitment agencies
Perm desks usually pay a percentage of the placement fee, often on a tiered scale that steps up once a consultant clears a billing threshold (the 'cost of sale'). Contract and temp desks pay on margin instead. Many agencies blend both, plus team or split-desk shares.
Where the spreadsheet breaks
Two things break spreadsheets: the threshold (commission only applies to billings above the cost-of-sale figure, so every month resets the running total) and rebate clawbacks (if a placement falls inside the rebate period, the commission already paid has to come back — cleanly, without a row war).
How Commit handles it
Commit models tiered thresholds, contractor margin and perm fees side by side, runs split-desk shares automatically, and handles rebate clawbacks as first-class events — so a leaver in the rebate window adjusts the next statement instead of triggering a spreadsheet rebuild.
See it on your own plan
Commit models recruitment agencies’ commission — thresholds, splits, clawbacks and all — and shows every rep exactly how their number was built.
See pricing →Frequently asked questions
How is recruitment commission usually calculated?
Most perm desks pay a tiered percentage of the placement fee above a billing threshold (cost of sale); contract desks pay a percentage of margin. Commit supports both, including blended desks.
How do you handle rebate clawbacks?
Commit treats a rebate or early leaver as a clawback event against the original placement, so the consultant's next statement is adjusted automatically rather than by hand.
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