Structured work profile
Role focus, seniority band, tools you genuinely open each week, and the work setup you can commit to. Written by you, not reformatted from a CV.
A closer look at how the directory is used on both sides: what a profile can carry, how recruiters filter by skill cluster and seniority band, and what a direct brief actually contains when it lands in someone's inbox.
Options on Talentack are not tiers or packages. They are the concrete things you can set up, publish and keep current, whether you are a freelancer in Durban filling gaps between contracts or a studio lead in Pretoria hiring for a six-week build.
Each option below maps to a part of the profile or the brief. Nothing is hidden behind a request form.
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Role focus, seniority band, tools you genuinely open each week, and the work setup you can commit to. Written by you, not reformatted from a CV.
A short visual run of finished work with a one-line note on your role in each piece. Enough for a hiring manager in Cape Town to judge fit before opening a single attachment.
State your working hours, time-zone overlap with European or US clients, and whether you run hybrid or fully remote. Update it when a contract ends.
Recruiters send a brief straight to shortlisted profiles: scope, timeline, skill cluster. No inbox pile-up, no cold outreach you did not ask for.
Keep three referees who can speak to specific outcomes, not general character. Refresh them when a project wraps so the list stays credible.
A short list of the work you want more of. It steers which briefs reach you and saves everyone a discovery call that goes nowhere.
Profiles, briefs and shortlists are separate jobs. Pick the format that matches how your team hires, or how you want to be found. Each one carries different upkeep, different review steps, and a different amount of your time.
For candidates, freelancers and small studios who want to be found without chasing every opening.
You write the summary yourself. Keep it current and briefs arrive directly.
See what a full profile coversFor hiring managers who already know the skill cluster and want to skip the inbox pile-up.
Briefs go to people whose stated focus matches, not to everyone with a matching keyword.
How briefs are routedFor teams filling several roles across Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban or Pretoria at once.
Useful when a role sits between two disciplines and the title alone tells you little.
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