PaddockJob only shows a list of mechanics to registered teams that have a plan. Here, with nothing left out, is what decides the order.
Among the mechanics who match the search criteria — the event or dates, categories, specialities — the order is as follows:
Completeness counts, out of 100 points, what the mechanic has filled in: location, disciplines, categories, specialities, level, years of experience, main role, languages, countries they travel to, chassis, engines, software, a title, a detailed introduction and a photo. It says nothing about the quality of their work: it says what a team will be able to read.
Listings are sorted, as the visitor chooses, by start date (soonest first, by default) or by publication date (newest first). Under a listing, similar listings are chosen by what they share — same race, same category, shared specialties, same country — then by the nearest date. A listing leaves the list the day after it ends, when it is covered, withdrawn or suspended, and it is not shown to an account that blocked its author or that its author blocked. No payment changes this order.
Replies received on a listing are shown from newest to oldest. No plan changes this order.
Pages open without an account — events, the directory — rank no mechanic: they count available mechanics. Listings show no mechanic at all. No payment buys a place on a public page.
The desired rate, distance, dealings with PaddockJob and any payment other than the Premium plan. There are no reviews or ratings: no ranking relies on a third party's opinion.