Where talent and growth actually meet.

describe.me matches candidates to roles on skills, aspirations and motivations — not keywords or CV tricks
No black box screening people out
Only pay when a candidate consents to share their details

Real, verified humans Passive Talent Pool Pay only on contact

Try it for FREE! Book a live demo

No signup to start · Real, verified humans — no bots · 3 free Unlocks on full access

See how it works — free until you’re convinced Simple pay-per-contact pricing

90%Cost Reduction vs Traditional

78%Candidate Response Rate

70%Passive Candidates

87%Average candidate industry skills score

Authenticity, guaranteed

Real, verified, consenting humans — and interview-ready.

Gartner predicts one in four candidate profiles will be fake by 2028. Not here. Every candidate on describe.me is a verified person who built their own profile and chose to be matched. No bots, no AI-generated applicants, no ghosts. And because we’re a career platform first, many arrive already coached on their goals and story — stronger, better-prepared candidates.

1 in 4 candidate profiles fake by 2028 — Gartner

0 fake or AI-generated profiles on describe.me

100% consent before any contact is shared

Start matching real people — free

For recruiters · Free to try, no signup

See your shortlist before you spend a thing.

Try it for FREE! Book a live demo

No signup to start · Real, verified humans — no bots

A free account, always

No card, no subscription, no expiry. Create your account whenever you’re ready to claim a shortlist — it costs nothing to keep.

3 free Unlocks

Your first three candidate contacts are on us — full details, no charge. You only pay per contact after that.

Start here · Write

Role Builder

Give us a title and we write the role description, pre-filled from the live market.

Build a role

Step 1 · Benchmark

Role & Salary Benchmarking

Tighten the role against the live market before you match.

Benchmark a role

Step 2 · Match

Smart Matching

Multi-layer matching surfaces and ranks the right people.

How matching works

Step 3 · Review

Smart Match Profile

The 60-second, shareable case for every candidate.

See the video

Step 4 · Stay

Staying Power

Score who’ll accept, stay and thrive — not just look good today.

See Staying Power

Step 5 · Meet

Smart Scheduling

From shortlist to booked interview, without a scheduling email.

See scheduling

Step 6 · Interview

Interviewer Kit

Questions written for that person, split across your panel, with a scorecard everyone fills in.

See the Interviewer Kit

New · Smart Scheduling

Shortlisted them? Book the interview automatically.

From shortlist to booked interview, no scheduling email needed. Everyone highlights when they’re free, the earliest slot books itself, and a calendar invite lands in every inbox.

No signup for interviewers — just a link
Timezone-aware, reminders and invites handled
Earliest slot for everyone — booked automatically, yours to override

See Smart Scheduling

describe.me Smart Scheduling — interviewers highlight their availability on a tap-and-drag grid and the interview books itself

The difference

Traditional recruitment vs describe.me

Traditional

£6,000–£10,000/year for LinkedIn Recruiter
Hundreds of irrelevant CVs to screen
Keyword matching misses great candidates
No insight into candidate motivations or retention
Pay upfront regardless of results
15–25% response rate on outreach

describe.me

£0 base cost, pay only per contact
Pre-qualified, aspiration-matched candidates
Multi-layer semantic matching across many factors
Full visibility of aspirations, fit and Staying Power
Pay only when candidate agrees to connect
78% response rate

“Four hundred applications used to mean two days of filtering to find six people worth ringing. Now I get ten, all ten are worth ringing, and most of them pick up. That’s my whole week back.”

“The best people I’ve placed this year weren’t looking — they were open to the right move, and no job board was ever going to show me them. Then Staying Power tells me who’ll still be there in two years. Nothing else does that.”

Recruiter offers

Earn credit. Pay less. Recruit smarter.

Referral programme

Earn £10 credit for every professional you refer who completes a profile, plus free Unlocks on every referred candidate — forever.

See the referral programme

Pricing

Nothing to pay until you’ve found your candidate.

No upfront cost No subscription No contract No payment until they agree to talk First 3 Unlocks free

Free to sign up, post roles and review matches. You only pay to Unlock a candidate’s contact details — a single fee, once they’ve agreed to share them. New companies get their first 3 Unlocks free.

See the full pricing

Ready to recruit smarter?

Seen enough? Create your account and verify your company — or test it free first.

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Prefer a walkthrough? Book a live demo See pricing — pay only on agreed contact

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