FAQ

We want to make it easy for you to post any opportunity you may have.

Using Razvan’s 'wizardry', we find, match and notify suitable candidates to your opportunity instantaneously from within our candidate pool. The opportunity is also automatically distributed to our own network, on other sites, and on other job boards to maximize our reach.

We’ll often find suitable candidates who apply for roles within hours of posting

We use a candidate’s reviews and ratings, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other accounts, as well as their 3Desk profile, to match them to your opportunity creating a ‘matching score’.

Once a candidate has approved their application, you are notified and the candidate ‘scored’ depending on their suitability. This helps you quickly sort spam, or unsuitable candidates.

It's difficult to make decisions on the back of multiple CVs. We enable candidates to receive reviews and ratings from old employers as well as standardizing profile information to help you make the right choice

You can then communicate directly with a candidate via email, phone or in person once you have accepted them.

You can reject a candidate if they are not a fit (or ignore them, if you’d rather - there’s no compulsion to communicate with them).

We don’t ask that you use a different system to hire candidates. You can pull candidates into your applicant tracking system once you’ve accepted them.

Employing temporary staff can be a legal and accounting headache. Candidates use our system to issue invoices which you can check and approve - meaning less administration and a standardised method of payment and record.

We charge a small % of a candidate’s rate

Our fees are 10%, split equally between you and your candidate e.g. if a candidate quotes you £200/day, that includes half (5%) of our fee and we will add an additional 5% (£10) when you book the contract onto our system.

Feel free to discuss this with the candidate when you’re negotiating to ensure you’re both completely clear.

Clients and candidate have asked us to give you both the flexibility - you might want the candidate to absorb the full 10% themselves, or you might be willing to do so yourself, depending on what you think is best.

e.g. You have a maximum budget of £250/day for a project including all charges. You inform the candidate they will receive £225/day.

You can compare the candidates we provide alongside those found elsewhere to ensure that you are getting the best people, at the best price, regardless of the fee.

Our rates, based only on the successful placement of candidates, makes us significantly cheaper than recruiters and many job board campaigns.

Traditional job boards use a ‘pay-to-post’ system that encourage owners to try to maximize the expenditure on jobs posted.

Jobs posted are not jobs filled.

The most important part of the recruitment process - finding and selecting the right candidate - is often neglected because job board revenues are made at the wrong point.

Employers will often spend money posting on multiple job boards, only to find that there is significant overlap, many spam applicants and time and resource is wasted administering the process and sifting through hundreds of candidate resumes.

We believe that by only charging if someone is found, it means that we are incentivised to make the system as efficient as possible for you. If you don’t like the candidates, or the price, then you pay nothing. We want you to HIRE candidates.

Most opportunities require, or employers prefer, people to work on location. Working in person has different requirements to the needs of remote employment.

There are excellent marketplaces for remote workers, but none for those who work in person.

When looking for people who can work face-to-face many employers contractors, or consultants have to rely on word of mouth, recruiters or job boards. We believe that this sector will benefit from a good, liquid, marketplace.

Note you can still post jobs that are for remote workers and we often find good candidates, but our focus is usually location-based.

It doesn’t cost anything to register or build a profile. We prefer you to use your LinkedIn profile first, but you should also use Facebook and other networks to enrich your profile. If necessary you can create a profile using your email address if you’re not connected to any networks.

We ask for your LinkedIn profile because it enables us to create a richer profile instantly - saving you time and effort. It also enables us, or your friends on other networks, to notify you about suitable opportunities.

The richer your profile, the easier it is for us to find you the right opportunities for you.

We’ve made the application process as easy as possible. If an employer wants to see more detail like a cover letter, or portfolio, they can ask for it rather than requiring every candidate to do so.

If an employer wants to find out more information you can communicate with them directly via your own email, phone or in person.

You are free to set your terms and rates with the client.

As price often determines whether people win work, many candidates have asked us to give them some choice as to whether to add the 3Desk fee onto their quoted rate, or to absorb them in their fees.

We charge freelancers 5% of their quoted rate. When negotiating with an employer, you can either add 5% to your rate, or absorb this cost. The employer will also be charged 5%, making our total charge 10%.

You should discuss this with your employer so you are entirely clear. If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.

Example 1 - Candidate A has many regular clients, is normally busy, and knows her skills are highly in demand. A new client wants to employ her. She decides to charge the client her normal rate and leave them to bear the 3Desk charges.

Her normal rate is £500/day so she quotes £525/day (her normal fee plus 5%), which means that the employer bears the full 3Desk fee and is charged £550/day total.

Example 2 - Candidate B has recently gone freelance and is often without work. He is excited by working with a new client and knows that his ‘market rate’ is £200/day.

He decides to quote this amount to the client and absorb the fee himself to be a bit more competitive. He takes home £190/day (-5%) and 3Desk charges £200 (+5%).

You can use our rate calculator at any time to ensure you understand the costs.

We prefer clients to provide feedback and ask, optionally, for them to do so.

If they do not give feedback about an application, you will be informed when the job is closed, either manually or automatically, 30 days after it is opened.

That way, you can keep track of the status of your applications - we think it’s not fair that candidates are not kept informed about the process.

You can check your applications in the navigation bar at the top of your page any time to see the status.

We encourage you and your clients to leave reviews, which ensures that you can make better decisions in the future about who to work with and they with you - as well as separating you from your peers if you do an excellent job.