What happened to Placement Auditor?
discontinued
The URL on file (https://placementauditor.com/) did not
respond across three consecutive checks; the streak completed on
2026-09-20.
Placement Auditor is an automated tool designed to detect 'Backdoor Hires' for staffing agencies. This tool helps staffing agencies identify instances where the prospective employers may have hired candidates directly, circumventing agency's services and their associated fees.
The service is operational 24/7, continually auditing agencies' past candidates. One of the key features of Placement Auditor is its ability to detect job changes instantly through automated LinkedIn scans.
It aids the agencies in keeping track of their placed candidates and catches any potential 'Backdoor Hires'. Upon detecting such hires, the system generates court-ready demand letters, thus aiding in the recovery of unpaid placement fees.
The tool provides a 'set it and forget it' system, operating consistently to protect the placements made by agencies. It significantly reduces the manual work involved, saving staffing agencies the time they would need to invest in manually tracking candidates on LinkedIn or drafting legal documents.
The system also automatically confirms emails (SMTP Verification). Key components of Placement auditor's offering include the drag-and-drop feature to upload a CSV file with candidate LinkedIn URLs for monitoring and the availability of real-time match detection.
Notification alerts for job changes can be delivered straight to an agency's inbox or Slack.Furthermore, the tool's plans include a free legal demand letter generator, which underscores the tool's comprehensive approach to automating the process of tracking 'Backdoor Hires' and fee recovery.
Placement Auditor offers various plans tailored to solo recruiters, boutique agencies, and high-volume agencies.
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How this was decided
Not an editorial call. The URL on file failed three consecutive
checks, with a confirmation re-probe before the streak counted (a
bot-wall response never counts as one), and the 3-miss rule marks the listing
discontinued automatically. If the URL responds again, the
registry restores it on its own: warn first, then
active. Both directions are recorded as events.