DRAFT / Counsel Review — awaiting verified legal approval
Employer Placement Agreement
Last updated October 15, 2026. This document is a working draft and is not final until reviewed by counsel.
Proposed legal issuer: MULLER MANAGEMENT CORP. Proposed trade brand: THE HIRING CIRCLE — DBA planned / not filed. Corporate standing, jurisdictional status and legal authority require verification; no Florida registration or domestication is asserted.
Version 2026-10-15-draft-1 · Reading a draft is not signing an agreement.
Parties and engagement
THE HIRING CIRCLE is the proposed trade brand / DBA of MULLER MANAGEMENT CORP. DBA registration and current entity/jurisdictional status remain unverified. Salaried direct-hire hospitality recruiting is limited to New York City and Miami. The agency does not employ workers, process payroll, sponsor visas or promise immigration outcomes. Candidates never pay placement fees. Proposed issuer: MULLER MANAGEMENT CORP; employer legal identity, authorized representative, address, jurisdiction and recruitment schedule must be verified in the executed document. This public draft is not an offer capable of execution.
Services and placement scope
Owner-curated referrals for agreed salaried hospitality management/professional requisitions. The end employer hires and employs directly. Role-specific agency licensing or exemption must be reviewed before operating; employer-fee-only does not establish universal exemption.
Fee basis and due milestone
Employer-only success fee on the agreed annual fixed base salary: below $40,000, 7%; $40,000–$59,999, 8%; $60,000–$99,999, 9%; $100,000 and above, 10%. Tips, bonuses, benefits, commissions, overtime and variable compensation are excluded. No upfront recruitment charge. A fee becomes due only after 90 days of continuous employment from the actual hire start; if employment ends before that milestone, no placement fee is due. Salary and continuous-employment confirmation must be recorded. Tax treatment, payment timing after eligibility and any guarantee/replacement policy require express counsel-approved terms, not assumptions.
Employer responsibilities
Employer supplies lawful good-faith salary ranges/descriptions, makes lawful hiring decisions, pays wages/benefits and handles employment verification, work authorization and any sponsorship through its own qualified counsel. No agency payroll, employment or sponsorship obligation is created. Background checks must not be ordered through this portal; any employer checks require applicable FCRA/state/local process.
Confidentiality and introduction records
Applicable employer NDA, candidate agreement, specific candidate consent and founder approval precede disclosure. Correspondence is manually recorded unless a delivery integration is explicitly enabled. Non-circumvention period, prior-candidate knowledge exceptions and placement attribution must be specifically negotiated and approved; no blanket 12-month obligation is invented here.
Drafting and execution prerequisites
Not signed, not sent and not payable. DBA, entity authority, applicable licenses, disputes, termination, lawful confidentiality exceptions and enforceable terms require counsel review. Stripe live payments are disabled; a draft invoice is not a charge or finalized invoice.