The model

How Poachd works

Poachd is a capability discovery and workforce mobility platform connecting companies with proven skilled trades and technical professionals based on what they can actually do, where they are and their availability.

The best technical people are already working. They are not browsing vacancies, so the problem is not advertising - it is discovery. Poachd runs on four steps.

Rank my capability Find technical people How Poachd works

Free for tradespeople, permanently. Companies pay for access and on a confirmed placement.

Capability, discovery, connection, mobility

Step 1

Capability

A technical person records what they can actually do: licences, tickets, systems worked on, project history, location, how far they will travel and when they are next available.

Step 2

Discovery

Companies search that capability directly - by skill, experience, industry, region and availability - instead of filtering CVs for keywords.

Step 3

Connection

When a company finds relevant capability, it approaches that person directly. The person decides whether to open the conversation.

Step 4

Mobility

Movement between projects and employers gets recorded, so the network learns where capability is scarce and which capability is in demand.

If you are on the tools

  • Rank your capability in a couple of minutes: tickets, capability, readiness and proof, scored out of 100.
  • Turn that into a Passport: licences and tickets, the systems you have worked on, project history, region, how far you will travel and when you are next free.
  • Stay private by default. Companies see capability and region, never your name or your current employer, until you choose to open a specific conversation.
  • Keep availability current. That is the part that decides whether the right approach reaches you at the right moment.

If you are staffing work

  • Search capability directly: skill and licence class, systems experience, industry background, region, mobility and availability.
  • Read limited previews for free, so you can see whether the capability you need exists in the region before you commit to a date.
  • Unlock the Passports worth pursuing, then approach those people yourself. Nobody is on commission to push a candidate at you.
  • Track the outcome. Responses and moves are recorded so the network learns where capability is genuinely scarce.

Where the money changes hands

  • Tradespeople pay nothing, permanently. No placement fees, subscription fees or success fees are charged to a worker.
  • Companies pay for access to Passports and on a confirmed placement. Limited previews are free so you can size the market first.
  • Poachd does not employ anyone and does not on-hire workers. The hiring company holds the engagement and the obligations that go with it.

What Poachd is not

Four familiar models, and the specific way capability discovery differs from each.

A recruitment agency

An agency owns the relationship and sells you a shortlist. Poachd gives you the search itself: you look at capability directly and approach people yourself, and nobody is on a commission to push a candidate.

A labour hire company

Labour hire supplies and employs the worker. Poachd does not employ anyone or on-hire workers - the hiring company holds the engagement, the obligations and the relationship.

A job board

A job board waits for people who are looking. The technical people who decide whether a project gets energised are already working, so Poachd is built around discovering them rather than advertising to them.

A CV database

A CV describes a job title and a date range. A capability profile records the systems someone has actually worked on, the licences they hold, where they can work and when - the things that decide whether they can do the work.

Start where you fit

Two ways in

Rank your capability if you are on the tools. Search capability if you are staffing work.

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