An electrician who has wired a hundred houses usually has nothing to show for it but the houses. The clients know, the neighbours know, and the next client in a different suburb knows nothing at all.
So skilled people spend their working lives re-earning trust from scratch: one referral at a time, in one area at a time. It holds back their income and it holds back the people who need their skills and cannot find them.
Work that counts as evidence
On PULSE, a service provider runs their business through Workspace: a portfolio, a menu of services with their own prices, and quote requests from clients. When a job is completed and the client leaves a review, that job becomes part of the provider’s record.
Over time the record says what no CV can: this person has done this kind of work, repeatedly, for real clients, and they were happy with it.
Checked before listed
Being listed on PULSE means something because we check. Service providers apply with an identity document and a selfie, and we review each application before they go live — usually within 24 to 48 hours. Trade certificates can be added and verified too.
A record that belongs to the worker
The record is the worker’s, not the platform’s and not a former employer’s. It moves with them between clients, cities and jobs, it can be shared with a link, and anyone can check it.
And it is free. Building a Skills Passport, taking skill tests and getting verified costs an individual nothing — on any phone, with alerts by SMS or WhatsApp when the data runs out.