Built for recruiters who run splits
PlaceRail is the desk a recruiter actually wants to open every morning. The candidate signs their permission, you agree the split before any names cross, and the fee is held safely until the placement sticks — all in one shared workspace that writes the record while you recruit.
See the desk
Not a brochure. These are the real screens you'll work in: the deal room, your candidate pipeline, and the rights you send out.
The deal room
Masked chat, dual signing and the split breakdown in one room.
Your candidates
Every candidate, their credentials and their RTR status at a glance.
Rights to represent
Send a signing link, watch it land, see it signed — with reminders.
Built around the desk
Everyone else in a split — the candidate, the escrow provider, the hiring client — gets a workspace tuned to their side of your deal. But the desk runs it.
Recruiters
List a candidate, post a role, open a masked deal room and agree the split before any names cross. The fee is held safely, the guarantee counts down on the same screen you both watch, and the record writes itself while you recruit.
Billing & plans
Plans, invoices and escrow status — the money side of your desk, in one place.
Who else is on the rail
The candidate, the escrow provider and the hiring client each get a private dashboard built for their side of the deal — not a shared inbox everyone fights over.
Escrow providers
Get your own workspace for every assigned hold. Fund, hold, release and invoice — both desks see your updates the moment you make them.
Become an escrow providerCandidates
See who represents you and for which client, apply to open roles, and track the placement — all from one private dashboard you control.
Open your candidate dashboardHiring clients
A private view of your mandate: search status, the candidates your recruiter has chosen to present, and placement milestones. You never see the recruiter's fee — that stays between the desks.
Open your client workspaceOur story
PlaceRail started because the paperwork behind a split placement has not changed since the fax machine — and the people who lose are always the ones with the least paper.
Two recruiters share one placement. One holds the candidate, the other holds the client. The fee is large enough to argue about, and the agreement that should settle it lives in a half-remembered email thread from three months ago.
The candidate never signed anything scoped. The split percentage was agreed in chat. The names crossed before either side was committed. And the money went to whoever invoiced first — so the second half became a collection problem, not a placement.
We built PlaceRail so the record writes itself while you recruit. The candidate signs a scoped Right to Represent. You negotiate in a masked room where neither side sees a name until both have signed. The fee goes into escrow and comes out on a schedule you both agreed up front. And if it goes wrong, there is a process — not a shouting match.
The paperwork is the product. Everything else is just recruiting.
Why it's different
How it works
Follow Dana and Marcus through a real split. Click each step to see exactly what the candidate, the partner and the fee do at that stage.
Dana, a candidate recruiter in Dallas, has a nurse executive open to moving. She sends a Right to Represent link. The candidate sees Dana's name, the client descriptor, the exact role, and a 60-day expiry — then signs on their phone.
What the candidate sees
First signed, unexpired RTR wins. If another recruiter already holds one, Dana finds out now — not at offer stage.
What we stand for
Nobody can be put forward without their written permission for that client and that role. They can see who has permission and take it back whenever they want.
You both learn the same things at the same time. Names appear for both of you at once, and if you disagree, a neutral third party decides.
Every step is written down and can't be edited later. Download the whole history as a PDF or spreadsheet, and anyone can check it hasn't been tampered with.
Guarantee periods, payment dates and response deadlines count down in one place that you and your partner both see.
Non-negotiables
These aren't promises in a policy document. The software simply won't let it happen.
Rule 01
Nobody gets listed without the candidate's current, signed permission.
Rule 02
No names are shared until both recruiters have signed the split terms.
Rule 03
Nobody gets paid until the fee has cleared or both sides confirm it.
Early access
We're onboarding desks in healthcare leadership and specialized clinical first. Leave your details and we'll reach out when your niche opens — or talk to us about your first split.
Free to create an account. Bring a split you already have and put it on signed paper in an afternoon.