Apply to Join the Expert Network
The application takes about 15 minutes. Here is who we verify, what the form asks for, and what happens once you submit it.
Still deciding? This page covers the application itself. For what the expert role involves, how the 50% fee share works, and what you could earn per placement, read For Experts first.
Before you apply
We verify a minority of applicants. Employers rely on an endorsement from an ExpertsCircle expert meaning something, so the bar is deliberately narrow. You are a good fit if all four of these are true.
Real depth in one domain
Several years working inside a field — engineering, finance, product, data, or similar — not a generalist recruiting background. You need to be able to judge whether someone is genuinely good at the job.
A network you actually know
People whose work you have seen first-hand, or can credibly assess. You are vouching with your own name, so second-degree contacts scraped from a feed will not clear verification.
Willing to screen properly
Every candidate you put forward gets your personal endorsement. That means an actual conversation and an honest judgement, not forwarding a CV and hoping.
Right to work with UK employers
Our roles are with UK-based employers. You do not need to be UK-resident, but you do need to be able to invoice and be paid into a UK bank account via BACS.
What to have ready
Nothing here needs preparing in advance, but the application goes faster if you have it to hand.
- 1Your professional profile — current role, career history, and the domain you want to be verified in.
- 2A LinkedIn profile or equivalent we can cross-check your experience against.
- 3The core skills you want to be verified in. An existing expert in your field scores you on them.
- 4Bank details for BACS payouts — you can add these later, but nothing pays out until they are on file.
After you submit
Verification is the only gate. Once you are through it, you earn 50% of the success fee on every hire you vouch for.
- 1
We check who you are
You sign in with LinkedIn and verify your phone, so we know the profile is really yours and the experience can be cross-checked.
- 2
An existing expert reviews you
A verified expert in your field scores your proficiency in the core skills you list and confirms your years of experience, typically within 3 working days. That peer score sets the skills you are verified to screen for — and it is why an employer can trust an endorsement from you.
- 3
Your account is activated
Verified experts get access to the expert dashboard, where roles matched to your domain start appearing. There is no fee and no subscription at any point.
- 4
You start endorsing candidates
Pick roles that suit your network, screen the people you rate, and put them forward. From here the earning cycle takes over.
Start your application
About 15 minutes to apply. No fee to join and no subscription — you are paid only when someone you endorse starts the job.