Maximize Earnings with Paraform Preferred

Paraform Preferred is a status awarded to recruiters who consistently submit high-quality candidates. Preferred Recruiters get promoted to hiring managers, earlier access to new roles, free sourcing tools, dedicated support, and more earning opportunities. This article covers how Preferred is measured, what you unlock, and how to get there.

How Preferred is measured

Your Preferred status is re-evaluated every month. At the start of each month, Paraform checks three metrics to determine whether you qualify for Preferred status:

• Candidate score (2.75+) — The average rating hiring managers give your candidates, on a 1–4 scale.

• First-round rate (60%+) — The share of your submissions that reach a first-round interview.

• Mid-round rate (30%+) — The share of your submissions that advance beyond the first round.

You can see your current numbers, which assessment period you're in, and whether you've hit each threshold on the Preferred performance page. The page also shows your overall rating, a composite score that summarizes your performance across these metrics.

If you qualify at the start of a month, you'll have Preferred status for that month. If your metrics fall below the thresholds in a later evaluation, you'll lose the status — but you can earn it back the following month.

What you unlock as a Preferred Recruiter

1. Promoted to hiring manager — Your candidates are prioritized in the hiring manager's queue, so they get looked at first.

2. Invites to new roles — You receive invites to work on new roles before other recruiters.

3. Unlimited role approvals — Work on as many roles as your capacity allows, with no cap on approvals.

4. Dedicated Slack support — Get help from the Paraform team whenever you need it.

5. Free email sourcing — Find emails for up to 500 candidates per month at no cost.

6. Preferred badge — A Preferred badge appears on your recruiter profile, visible to hiring managers as a signal of quality.

How to reach Preferred

Most of the path to Preferred comes down to a few habits:

• Read the job description and watch the intake call before submitting. Understanding the hiring manager's requirements is the single biggest driver of a strong first-round rate.

• Submit fewer, better candidates. A 60% first-round rate is much easier to hit with 10 carefully chosen candidates than with 30 rushed ones. Candidate score and mid-round rate both reward quality over volume.

• Use calibration early on new roles to align with hiring managers before you're submitting at scale. See Using the Calibration Feature.

• Follow up on rejections. Look at rejection reasons and hiring-manager feedback to tighten your submissions over time.