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What we do and how things work for employees and employers
What is WorkFirst?
WorkFirst is a prove & hire platform. Instead of hiring from CVs and interviews alone, companies post real tasks with clear deliverables and rewards. People looking for work accept tasks, submit real work (files, repos, videos, or live demos), get scored by the company, and the winner is awarded. Companies can then optionally hire and onboard the winner. Everyone wins: employers see proof of skills; employees get paid for proving what they can do.
We value skills learnt from work as much as formal qualifications. What you can do matters more than certificates so prove it with real deliverables.
For Employees (Workforce)
You are looking for work. You browse tasks, accept one, submit your deliverable, get scored, and can be awarded and optionally hired.
For Employers (Companies)
You recruit talent. You post tasks with deliverables and criteria, review submissions, score them, award the winner, and can hire and onboard.
How it works when you're looking for employment
Registration & verification
Register as Workforce. Enter your name, email, and phone. Accept the Terms and Privacy. After signup you receive an email to verify your account; once verified you get a temporary password so you can log in.
We value skills learnt from work over school certifications alone what you can deliver matters most.
You can also sign in with Google if your email is already registered.
Dashboard & available tasks
After login you land on your dashboard. Here you see available tasks (tasks you can accept) and your active work (tasks you've already accepted). Use Available Tasks to browse by category, deliverables, deadline, and reward. You can show interest or go straight to accepting a task if there are slots.
Accept task & submit deliverable
When you accept a task, your slot is locked and the deadline countdown starts. You must submit your deliverable before the deadline. Submissions can be: file upload, repository link, video link, text, or for coding tasks a live demo URL plus credentials so the company can run and test your work.
Submit from the task's submission page. One submission per user per task.
Scoring & award
The company reviews all submissions and scores them against the task's evaluation criteria and weights. You can be awarded as the winner. Once awarded, the task is complete and the company may optionally hire you and start an onboarding program. You can also use Calendar for scheduled meetings and Chat to communicate with the company about a task.
Other procedures for employees
- Profile & career: Update your profile, avatar, and career information (profession, skills, education, links). Companies may use this when reviewing candidates.
- Settings: Manage notifications, task preferences, privacy, communication, availability, and account details.
- Notifications: Stay updated on new tasks, submission feedback, awards, and messages.
- My work & calendar: Track your accepted tasks and submissions; view and manage meetings.
How it works when you're recruiting
Registration (company)
Register as Company. Enter company name, business ID, and your contact details. Accept the Terms and Privacy. After email verification you can log in and access the company dashboard.
Create & publish tasks
From the company dashboard, create tasks. Set category (e.g. development, design), profession, skills, deliverables, deadline, and reward. You must define evaluation criteria and weights before publishing—this is required so everyone knows how submissions will be scored. You can optionally cap the number of participants. Once published, the task appears in the available tasks list for workforce.
Interested candidates & submissions
Workforce can show interest or accept the task. You can view interested candidates and their profiles, and schedule meetings if needed. Once participants submit, you see all submissions (files, links, live demos with credentials). For coding tasks, use the provided demo URL and credentials to test the work.
You can communicate via chat with candidates.
Score, award & hire
Review each submission and score it against the task’s criteria and weights. The platform computes the final score and ranking. You then award the task to the winner. You can mark work complete and optionally hire the winner and assign an onboarding template to bring them into your team. You can also browse the workforce pool and manage task interests and meetings.
Other procedures for companies
- Onboarding: Create onboarding templates (stages and tasks), assign them to new hires, and track progress. Use for employee onboarding, customer onboarding, or deboarding flows.
- Company settings: Manage your company profile and settings.
- Analytics & kanban: View assignment progress and manage onboarding in a kanban view.
- Communications: Send emails, notifications, notes, and files to assigned employees; log calls.