Recruitment Agency Contractor Agreement Generator

This Independent Contractor Agreement (the "Agreement") governs the relationship between the recruitment agency named below (the "Client") and the associate recruiter or specialist contractor engaged to provide talent acquisition services (the "Contractor").

The Client operates a recruitment agency placing permanent and contract professionals across one or more industry verticals. Recruitment agency operations involve candidate sourcing, screening, client relationship management, fee negotiation, compliance with employment legislation, and the maintenance of candidate databases containing sensitive personal information. The Client engages associate recruiters on commission-based arrangements to expand its sourcing capacity and sector coverage without the overhead of permanent headcount.

The Contractor has agreed to perform recruitment services under the terms set out in this Agreement and its Schedules.

(A) The Client requires associate recruiter capacity for candidate sourcing, headhunting, screening, client business development, market mapping, or recruitment marketing across target sectors and geographies.

(B) The Contractor possesses recruitment industry experience, an established professional network, and the sourcing capability to deliver placements that meet the Client's quality and compliance standards.

(C) Both Parties wish to document the commission structure, candidate ownership rules, non-compete provisions, intellectual property over sourcing methodologies, and the strict protection of candidate personal data and client fee arrangements.

The definitions below apply throughout this Agreement unless context demands otherwise.

"Agreement" means this Independent Contractor Agreement together with all Schedules and written amendments executed by both Parties.

"Background IP" means pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights. For the Contractor, this includes existing candidate networks, Boolean search strings, market mapping templates, or outreach automation sequences developed before this engagement.

"Confidential Information" means all non-public information, including candidate CVs, salary expectations, reference notes, client fee agreements, retainer terms, placement conversion rates, revenue per desk figures, and CRM data exchanged between the Parties.

"Deliverables" means candidate shortlists, market maps, screening reports, business development proposals, or other tangible outputs the Contractor must produce under the Schedules.

"Foreground IP" means Intellectual Property Rights created during the Services, such as bespoke sourcing strategies, branded recruitment content, or client pitch materials developed exclusively for the Client's agency.

"Intellectual Property Rights" means patents, trademarks, copyright, design rights, database rights, trade secrets, and equivalent rights in any jurisdiction, registered or unregistered.

"Services" means the recruitment and related work described in the Schedule, covering candidate sourcing, screening, client management, market mapping, or recruitment marketing. Statutory references include amendments. Singular includes plural.