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A commission tracker for your staffing agency — one your recruiters actually trust.

Splits, draws, and clawbacks settled by rule in a live Google Sheets dashboard, so nobody argues the math and month-end stops eating your Friday. $650 flat — and the first build is free to see.

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Prefer email? colin@automatedworkflowllc.com · or see a live sample dashboard →

A real person in Gainesville, FL · building for staffing desks everywhere

A look at the actual thing

One live tab, and the argument is over

Commission Dashboard · July Auto-updated 6:00 AM · live
Recruiter Earned Pending Net owed
Dana Whitfield
Split 50%
 $18,400 $6,200 $12,200
Marcus Reyes
Draw −$1,500
 $11,750 $3,900 $10,250
Priya Nair
Clawback risk · 42d left
 $9,300 $2,100 $7,200
Tovah Klein
Split 40%
 $7,600 $0 $7,600
Desk earned $47,050 Payout-ready $37,250 1 clawback flag · $9,300 at risk AI weekly note sent Mon 8:00 AM

Illustrative sample — not a real client. Your build runs on your desk’s own rules and numbers. Splits, draws, and clawback windows are settled the way you pay.

The problem

The commission sheet is where trust goes to die

You know the spreadsheet. Perm placements calculated one way, contract spread another, splits jammed into a column nobody agrees on. A recruiter pings you: “My number’s wrong.” You open the file on a Friday afternoon and you’re reconciling draws against earned commission by hand, chasing which placements are still inside the guarantee window, trying to remember who owned the client versus who sourced the candidate.

Here’s the part that actually costs you: a recruiter who doesn’t trust their commission number is a recruiter who’s already taking the recruiter call. And you can’t see, at a glance, who on the desk is actually profitable.

The real problem isn’t the math. It’s that nobody trusts the math.

This fixes that. One live dashboard where the rules are written down and the numbers update themselves — so the answer to “is my number right?” is a link, not an argument.

What you get

What a commission dashboard for recruiters actually shows

Send me how your desk pays and I’ll build a live dashboard that runs it — self-updating, transparent, and readable by the recruiter it’s paying. Depending on your setup, that means:

  • Per-recruiter earned / pending / paid — every placement in the right state, so “what am I owed?” has one clear answer instead of a guess.
  • Perm and contract handled separately — percentage-of-salary perm fees and recurring bill-pay-spread margin on contractors, each on its own logic, on one sheet.
  • Splits settled by rule — client-owner and candidate-sourcer shares calculated the way your desk agreed, automatically, so the #1 source of commission disputes stops being a debate.
  • Draw & guarantee balances reconciled — draws netted against earned commission, with the balance a recruiter owes back if they under-earn shown plainly.
  • Clawback / fall-off flags — placements still inside their 30/60/90-day guarantee window flagged as at-risk, so a candidate who quits doesn’t quietly turn into a commission you already paid out.
  • A payout-ready summary — the month-end number per recruiter, reconciled and ready to hand to whoever cuts checks.
  • An AI weekly note — a short plain-English summary emailed to you every week: what changed, what’s pending, what’s at risk.
$650 flat · agreed before I build anything · runs alongside your ATS

Price: $650 flat. One number, agreed before I build anything — no hourly meter, no per-seat pricing, no surprise invoice. It’s my Automated Dashboard built for a recruiting desk. It runs alongside your ATS — it’s not an ATS replacement, it’s the trusted commission layer on top of whatever you already use. Lives in a Google Sheets dashboard, self-updating, readable on a phone the second a recruiter asks.

The free part

See your own numbers in it before you pay a dollar

Before you spend anything, I’ll build a working piece of this on your real commission data — free.

  1. Send me a messy month.

    Export a recent commission sheet — or just describe how your desk pays: perm split, contract margin, draws, whatever it is. Two minutes of your time.

  2. I build a working slice in about a day.

    You get back a real, live dashboard tab on your own numbers — splits calculated, a clawback flag or two lit up — usually within one business day. Not a mockup, not a slide.

  3. Keep it either way.

    Like it? Pick the $650 flat build and I’ll turn it into the full desk dashboard. Not for you? Keep the demo free — no hard feelings, no follow-up sequence.

That’s the whole process. No discovery call, no proposal to read, no contract before you’ve seen your own commissions running in it. You can also see a live sample dashboard first if you’d rather look before you send anything.

Who you’re working with

Who’s actually building it

I’m Colin McCarthy, and Automated Workflow is me — the person who answers your email is the person who builds your dashboard. No account managers, no offshore hand-off, no ticket queue. That matters here, because commission logic is where the details bite, and you want the person who understands your split rules to be the one writing them down.

  • A real person in Gainesville, FL — building for staffing desks and small businesses everywhere in the US, all over email and Google Sheets.
  • Your data stays private. Recruiter names, pay rates, and margins are never shared, never used for anything else, and deleted after the demo. NDA available on request — just ask before you send.
  • I answer my own phone. Want to talk through how your desk pays before you send a file? Call or text and you get me, not a menu.
  • No stack of reviews to point to yet — which is exactly why the first build is free. You see it run on your own commission numbers before a dollar changes hands, and you keep it either way. That’s the proof, and it’s on me, not you.

Ready when you are

Stop dreading the commission spreadsheet

Send me how your desk pays today. Most mini-demos go out within one business day, built on your real numbers, and you keep the fix either way — whether or not we ever work together.

Recruiter names, pay rates, and margins stay private — never shared, deleted after the demo, NDA on request before you send a thing.

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Or use the free-demo form — same thing, no email app required. Based in Gainesville, working with staffing agencies everywhere.

Questions people ask

Staffing commission tracking, answered

How do staffing agencies track commissions?
Most start in a spreadsheet — perm placements calculated as a percentage of first-year salary, contract placements as a percentage of the bill-pay spread, with splits, draws, and guarantee windows tracked by hand. That works until it doesn’t: month-end reconciliation eats a Friday and recruiters stop trusting their number. The reliable version is a live commission dashboard where those rules are written down once and the numbers update themselves. That’s what I build — $650 flat, and the first slice is free through the 1-day mini-demo.
My commission plan is unusually complicated — tiers, house accounts, retroactive rate changes. Can it handle that?
Almost certainly — and that’s the whole reason the first build is free. Tiered thresholds, house accounts, monthly vs. per-placement draws, retroactive rate bumps, PEO pass-through: I’d rather build the demo on your actual rules than promise it in the abstract. You watch it handle your weird case on your own numbers first, and if it genuinely can’t, you’ve lost nothing. The messier your plan, the more this is worth doing.
How do I stop commission disputes on a recruiting desk?
Disputes almost always come from two places: split placements (who owned the client vs. who sourced the candidate) and clawbacks (a candidate quits inside the guarantee window and a paid commission has to be reversed). You stop them by settling both by written rule in one dashboard every recruiter can see — splits calculated automatically, at-risk placements flagged before payout. When the math is transparent and self-updating, “my number’s wrong” turns into a link instead of an argument.
Can you build a recruiter commission tracker in Google Sheets?
Yes — that’s exactly the build. It’s a live, self-updating commission dashboard in Google Sheets: per-recruiter earned/pending/paid, perm and contract handled separately, splits settled by rule, draw balances reconciled, clawback flags on at-risk placements, and a payout-ready month-end summary. It runs alongside your ATS rather than replacing it. $650 flat, and you can see a working slice on your own numbers first, free.
How do you handle clawbacks and fall-offs in commission tracking?
Every placement inside its guarantee window (30, 60, or 90 days, however your desk sets it) is flagged as at-risk right on the dashboard. If a candidate falls off, the commission that was already earned or paid is reversed against that recruiter’s balance instead of quietly slipping through. You see the exposure before you cut the check, so a fall-off is a flag you planned for, not a surprise you eat.
Can it handle split desks and draws against commission?
Yes — those are the two hardest parts, so they’re built in. Splits are calculated by whatever rule your desk agreed (client-owner share vs. candidate-sourcer share), automatically, on every shared placement. Draws are netted against earned commission so each recruiter’s real balance — including what they owe back if they under-earn against a guarantee — is shown plainly. No more reconciling either one by hand at month-end.
How much does a staffing commission dashboard cost?
$650 flat, agreed up front before any work starts — no hourly billing, no per-seat pricing, no surprise invoice. It’s the same Automated Dashboard build, set up for a recruiting desk and running alongside your existing ATS. You can see a working version on your real commission data first through the free 1-day mini-demo, so you know exactly what you’re paying for before you pay.