Founding Network — Now Open

A consent-led talent network for the third sector

Talent Direct helps experienced third sector professionals stay visible without losing control of their details. Organisations get a better way to find relevant people. Professionals get a better way to be found.

No spam. No farming. No recruitment theatre.

Now open to a limited number of professionals and pilot organisations.

The Founding Network

42 Professionals and growing
6 Organisations pilot partners
6 Sectors represented
Health | Social Care | Community Development | Arts & Culture | Social Enterprise | Management
Philosophy

Trust is the filter. Not money.

Most recruitment systems reward volume. More CVs. More noise. More commission.

Talent Direct works differently.

Introductions only happen when:

  • The organisation is legitimate
  • The opportunity is clear
  • The professional agrees to the conversation

That one change improves the quality of hiring.

This sector does not have a talent shortage. It has a matching problem.

Talent Direct fixes that.

Not by building another job board.

By creating a trusted network where introductions happen with permission.

For Professionals

Join the Talent Direct network

If you work in the third sector and want to stay visible for the right opportunities — without handing your details to the usual recruitment circus — this is for you.

As a member, you get:

  • visibility to mission-led organisations
  • confidential access to relevant opportunities
  • control over who sees your profile
  • direct introductions when there’s genuine interest

You decide whether a conversation happens.

No cold outreach. No profile scraping. No spam.

Apply for Membership

For Organisations

Access the Talent Direct network

Hiring in the third sector is harder than it should be.

Agencies are expensive.

Job boards are patchy.

LinkedIn is noisy.

Talent Direct gives you a better route in. Approved organisations can browse anonymised profiles from professionals who have chosen to be visible for aligned opportunities.

That means:

  • less noise
  • better fit
  • fewer dead-end conversations
  • access to people who may not be actively applying
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This sector does not have a talent shortage. It has a matching problem.

Strong candidates are often invisible because they are not actively job hunting.

At the same time, organisations struggle to reach them because most recruitment channels reward speed, volume, or visibility instead of fit.

That creates friction:

  • candidates circulated without consent
  • agencies rewarded for fees, not alignment
  • organisations seeing only a narrow slice of the market

Talent Direct removes that friction.

How it works

A simple, consent-led workflow.

01

Professionals join the network

Create a profile showing your background, interests, and the kind of roles you’d consider. Your details stay protected until you choose to share them.

02

Organisations browse

Approved organisations explore anonymised profiles across the network. They can assess fit without triggering unwanted outreach.

03

An introduction is requested

If there’s a strong match, the organisation submits a request with context about the role or opportunity.

04

The candidate decides

The professional reviews the request and chooses whether to accept. If both sides agree, the introduction happens. No pressure. No unsolicited approaches.

What makes this different

Built around one principle:
fewer conversations. Better ones.

Most recruitment systems optimise for volume. Talent Direct prioritises something more useful:

Consent

Nobody is exposed without agreeing.

Alignment

Requests need context. Not guesswork.

Transparency

Both sides know why the introduction is happening.

Quality introductions

Less noise. Better fit. More productive conversations.

Who this is for

Built for better hiring and stronger leadership in the third sector.

Talent Direct is for professionals who want the right visibility and organisations that want a better way to reach them.

Professionals

Particularly useful for people who want to stay visible without actively job hunting:

  • senior managers
  • heads of service
  • programme leads
  • directors
  • social enterprise leaders

Organisations

Best suited to organisations looking for experienced, mission-aligned people:

  • charities
  • social enterprises
  • voluntary organisations
  • cultural organisations
  • foundations
  • sector networks

The network is intentionally limited.

We’re keeping the first phase tight while we test the model, improve the experience, and protect quality on both sides. If you work in the third sector and want early access, apply now.

Apply for founding membership Request early access for your organisation

CONSENT-LED · NO SPAM · BUILT FOR THE THIRD SECTOR