A free, consent-led talent marketplace built for the third sector.
Less noise. More fit. Candidates stay in control, and hiring teams only connect when there is real intent on both sides.
This is not a talent shortage. It is a matching failure.
Organisations say they cannot find the right people, while brilliant professionals are stuck in application loops and inbox spam. The third sector feels this harder because time, trust, and reputational risk are not optional.
For Candidates
“Open to Work” can become a junk-mail magnet: irrelevant roles, automated messages, and pressure to share details too early.
For Hiring Teams
Inboxes are flooded, shortlists are weak, and good people get missed because the system rewards volume over alignment.
Stay visible without being exposed.
Your professional details are not a commodity. On Talent Direct, you decide who can access your identity, CV, and contact details.
Data control, by design
- Skills first: Hiring teams can assess your fit from high-level profile data, without seeing your identity.
- No consent, no access: Your private details unlock only when you approve a specific request.
Fewer messages. Better conversations.
When a candidate approves your request on Talent Direct, the dynamic changes. You are not just another ping. You are a team they have chosen to engage with.
High-signal matching
- Browse for free: Search profiles without paywalls, contracts, or bait-and-switch upgrades.
- Trust as the filter: Consent reduces spam and protects safeguarding-sensitive roles from scattergun outreach.
A simple, permission-based workflow.
Candidates create profiles that are reviewed for quality and clarity.
Approved hiring teams browse high-level skills and experience for free.
Use a clear “Request Access” action with context about the role and why the person fits.
The candidate chooses whether to unlock their CV and contact details for your team.
Trust is the filter, not money.
Pricing does not fix trust. Traditional databases encourage mass messaging because access has been paid for. By removing the paywall and requiring consent, every connection has meaning, and safeguarding-sensitive hiring is treated with care.
Ready to solve the matching failure?
Talent Direct is open to a limited number of founding hiring teams and professionals. No scraping, no list selling, no spam. Just consent-led matching that respects people and capacity.