Register as a people4 Seller

Businesses throughout the UK – Buyers – can select professionals in any industry – Sellers – based on their skills, price, availability and location.

When you register as a Seller, your details appear on all the people4 sites – including «people4business», «people4engineering», «people4charity» and «people4web2».

When you register, you tell us whether you are a Seller or a Buyer. Using cookies, we tailor the information on the site depending on whether you are a Buyer or a Seller.

So, if you want to register as both a Buyer and a Seller, you will have to register twice.

Your details

User information

We need you to fill out your name and address information to complete registration.

Your eligibility to work

In order to comply with the May 2004 amendment to the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act, people4business Ltd. is required to verify that all Sellers are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom.

If you selected ‘None of the above’ in the passport list, please call or email us, with details of your nationality and proof of your ability to work legally within the United Kingdom:

0870 389 3244 | e-mail

After we have confirmed that you are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom, we will allocate you a people4business Verification Number. This will allow you to complete the registration process.

Verifying your identity

In addition, we are required by law to verify your identity. This is to comply with the conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003.

Before you can take up a contract with people4business.com, you will need to fax or email a copy of your passport to us:

f +44 0870 389 9344 | e-mail

Payment through a limited company

All Sellers need to be paid through a limited company to ensure that our Sellers’ tax and national insurance obligations are being met.

This can be your own limited company, or you can use an umbrella company or a consultancy (which must be a limited company).

If you are not trading as a limited company, you will need to register with an umbrella company to manage your payments from people4business Limited.

For those Sellers trading as limited companies, we recommend that you opt out of ‘The conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003’. Opting out of these Regulations may help you to avoid IR35 tax liability. For more information, please refer to our limited companies page.

Bank details

You will need to be paid through a limited company – your own limited company, an umbrella company or a consultancy – so the bank details we require will be those of the limited company.

Terms & conditions

All Sellers are required to agree to people4business Limited’s Sellers’ terms and conditions. These include the undertaking that if you make any contact with a Buyer through the people4 sites, any subsequent work for that Buyer must be contracted and invoiced through people4business Limited.

Data protection

In order to comply with Data Protection legislation, we ask that all Sellers agree to be contacted by us for the purposes of running your account and maintaining the operation of the website. It is your choice whether or not you want to be contacted by us for other purposes. If you want to find out more, please refer to our privacy policy.

Your skills

Adding skills

To add skills to your profile, select the category of skills – ‘Administration support’ – for example, then select the check box next to the relevant skills. Folder icons indicate that there are further skills within that category. So within ‘Administration support’, you might select ‘Reception’ and then select ‘Telephony’ as a skill.

My skills aren’t there

If you have skills that do not appear in our list, please e-mail us and we will add them to our list as soon as possible.

Languages

Languages are included in all the skills categories as they may be relevant for jobs with any skillset.

You can click on ‘Languages’ within your main skill category to see the list of languages. You can then check the boxes against all your language skills.

If your languages do not appear in our list, please e-mail us and we will add them as soon as possible.

Security Clearances

Security clearances are included in all the skills categories, as they may be relevant for jobs with any skillset. The abbreviations used are set out below:

BC	Basic Checks
CRB	Criminal Records Bureau
CRB-ED	Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Disclosure
CTC	Counter Terrorist Check
DV	Developed Vetting
EBC	Enhanced Basic Checks
SC	Security Check

 

Your CV

CV sections

You can choose which sections to include in your CV.

All CVs include the General & Employment History sections. You can choose whether or not to include Education and Professional Qualifications. The ‘Other’ section allows you to add your own section heading to your CV.

You should not include any contact details in your CV. Contact with Sellers is limited to those Buyers on the site who have signed our terms and conditions and have set up an assignment. We check Sellers’ details, and will remove any contact or identifying information from your CV.

General

Your brief description can be seen by anyone searching the people4 sites. You can choose whether all users can view your CV, or just registered Buyers.

Employment History

You can add a maximum of 10 previous employers or contracts. All your entries will be ordered by date when you save your CV.

If you want to delete an entry or replace it with another one, click the delete button to remove it. You are then able to add another entry.

Professional Qualifications

This is an optional field.

Education

This is an optional field. You can add a maximum of 5 entries. All your entries will be ordered by date when you save your CV.

If you want to delete an entry or replace it with another one, click the delete button to remove it. You are then able to add another entry.

Other Information

If you would like to add another category to your CV, you can use this section. Please enter both the Heading and the Text.

You can access your CV at any time from your people4 homepage, so you can amend it or update it at any time.

 

Your rate & availability

Setting your rate

When you set your hourly rate, you will see the rate to Buyers field adjusting accordingly.

Remember, if you negotiate a different rate with your Buyer, the rate they pay includes our management fee.

Availability

This is the date on which you are first available for a people4 contract.

Please keep this up to date, as Buyers are able to sort by your availability date, if they are looking for someone in a hurry.

last updated 17.07.08