Portfolio-first hiring

Judge the work,
not the promise.

Tesilix is a hiring network for skilled trades where every profile opens with photographs of finished jobs. Employers hire from the evidence, workers keep their reputation — and no broker sits in the middle taking a cut of both.

Browse the work→Join as a worker
0%
Commission taken on a hire
100%
Of the agreed fee stays with the worker
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Trades covered at launch
Recent work04 plates
Pl.01
Walnut dovetail caseworkJoinery · fitted over four days
Pl.03
Riser and isolation valvePlumbing · pressure-tested
Pl.02
Second-fix conduit runElectrical · certified on completion
Pl.04
Stretcher-bond boundary wallMasonry · 92 courses, plumb
  • Plumbers
  • Electricians
  • Carpenters
  • Masons
  • Welders
  • Painters
  • Mechanics
  • Tilers
  • Roofers
  • Cleaners
  • Tailors
  • Landscapers
  • Chefs
  • AC Technicians
How it works

Three steps, and
nobody in between.

The informal labour market runs on forwarded contacts and vague promises. This is the same path, with the proof moved to the front.

  1. 01

    Search by trade, place and week

    Start where a referral would start — the job, the neighbourhood, the timing. What comes back is a searchable pool of profiles instead of three forwarded phone numbers.

    No sign-up to look
  2. 02

    Read the work before you read the pitch

    Every profile leads with photographs of completed jobs, alongside rates, experience, availability and reviews attached to real hires. You shortlist on evidence.

    Photo-led profiles
  3. 03

    Message the worker. Nobody else.

    Agree the scope and the price directly. When the job is finished the review attaches to that worker's profile, so good work compounds into the next hire.

    Zero commission
Why Tesilix

The broker was never the product.

Middlemen sold access to people they did not train and work they did not do. Tesilix replaces that access with a public record — and hands the fee back to the person holding the tools.

Where the money landsPer completed job
0%Of the agreed fee100%
Hired through a broker
60–80% to the worker
Hired on Tesilix
100% to the worker

Tesilix takes nothing from the job itself. Employers pay the worker; the worker keeps what they agreed.

01

A profile for work that is usually invisible

Photographs, trade, rates, service area, availability and reviews in one place — instead of a reputation that only exists inside other people's phones.

02

Signals an employer can actually compare

Proof of skill, past jobs, response context and reliability, side by side, before anyone has to make an awkward first call.

03

A direct line, with the reputation attached

Both sides talk to each other, agree terms in the open, and stay accountable to a profile that follows them to the next job.

04

Every finished job makes the next hire easier

Completed work turns into reviews, repeat clients and a stronger profile. The market gets better at matching the longer it runs.

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Where it runs

Local work.
Global standard.

A tiler in Nairobi and a tiler in Manchester are judged the same way here: by the last thing they built. The reputation is portable, and it belongs to the worker — not to the platform, and not to a broker's contact list.

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CityWorkers listed
Founding members

Built for both sides of the job.

Early access keeps the product close to the people it serves — workers who want steady demand, and employers who need dependable skill on a specific Tuesday.

AFor workers

Your last ten jobs, working for you while you sleep.

  • A profile that opens with your photographs, not a paragraph about yourself
  • Rates, service area and availability you set — and change whenever you like
  • Reviews tied to jobs you actually finished, so the record is yours to keep
  • Free while we are building. No listing fee, no commission on a hire.
Create your profile→
BFor employers

Stop hiring on a recommendation you cannot verify.

  • Filter by trade, city and availability, then compare finished work side by side
  • See rates before the first message instead of after the site visit
  • Message the worker directly — no coordinator, no markup, no relay
  • Leave a review that helps the next person hiring for the same job
Find someone now→
Trust & safety

Trust is the infrastructure, not a badge.

A directory is easy. What is hard — and what this is actually for — is making trust something a worker can earn, an employer can inspect, and both can improve after every job.

What we check, and keep checkingRecord · 04 items
V-01

Identity verified

Profiles are tied to verified contact details, so an employer knows who is on the other end before the first message.

V-02

Reviews tied to real jobs

Ratings are attached to completed hires rather than anonymous drive-by feedback, so reputation stays connected to work.

V-03

Contact on your terms

Discovery happens on the profile; personal numbers stay private until both sides have context and choose to share them.

V-04

Moderated, by people

Reports, duplicate listings and suspicious activity are reviewed by a human — and profile quality is held to a standard.

Tesilix is early. Where a protection is still being built we say so on the page rather than implying it exists.
Two ways in

Find the fundi — or become the one they find first.

01

I need work done

Browse finished jobs by trade and city, then message the person who did them.

Browse the work→
02

I do the work

Put your last ten jobs somewhere they keep earning. Free, and free of commission.

Create your profile→

Free for workers · No commission on hires · No broker in the middle