Employed role
Advertise a permanent or ongoing employed position in your Sussex trade business.
TradeKind Recruitment · For Sussex trade businesses
Find people for your Sussex trade business
Need another pair of hands, someone experienced or a person you can train? Find tradespeople, subcontractors, apprentices, trainees and labourers across Sussex. Post a genuine opportunity, review applications and see relevant local Work Profiles through TradeKind Recruitment.
You need an approved TradeKind business profile to use the employer tools. Matching is broad relevance only — you still decide who is right for the work.
Recruit for the way trade businesses actually work
Six ways to find the help you need
Use the opportunity type that reflects the real arrangement. Clear expectations make it easier for the right people to apply and save both sides wasting time.
Subcontract work
Find self-employed or subcontract labour for suitable work where that arrangement is genuinely appropriate.
Apprenticeship
Advertise an apprenticeship opportunity while handling the formal apprenticeship requirements through the appropriate official process.
Trainee / career changer
Give someone a genuine route in when they are building practical experience and are not being presented as already fully skilled.
Labouring
Find people for genuine labouring work and be clear about the tasks, site expectations and experience needed.
Temporary / short term
Post a defined short-term requirement when you need extra help for a job, busy spell or fixed period.
How TradeKind Recruitment works today
Post the opportunity, review people, then decide who to speak to
TradeKind does not operate an open CV directory. You can post real opportunities and receive applications, and TradeKind can also surface broadly relevant Work Profiles in your trades and area.
- 01
Post the real opportunity
Set out the role type, trade, area, experience needed and the useful details someone needs before deciding whether to apply.
- 02
Review applicants and suggestions
Applications appear in your recruitment area. TradeKind may also show broad Work Profile suggestions relevant to your vacancy, trade or area.
- 03
Invite someone to apply
If a suggested person looks relevant, you can invite them through the permitted recruitment flow. Private contact details are not simply exposed in a public directory.
Write a vacancy people can judge properly
Good job details help the right people self-select
You do not need a polished recruitment advert. You need clear information. Tell people what the work actually is, where it is, what level you need and anything that would make a real difference to whether they can do it.
A simple example
Experienced decorator · Worthing
Employed roleMonday–FridayOwn transport required
Interior and exterior decorating around Worthing and nearby towns. Looking for someone who can work independently on prep and finishing. Include the pay or rate, likely start date and anything else that genuinely matters.
- Use the right opportunity type: employed, subcontract, apprenticeship, trainee, labouring or temporary / short term.
- Say which trade or trades the person will actually work in and the Sussex area they need to cover.
- Be realistic about experience. If you need someone productive from day one, say so. If you can train someone, say that instead.
- Explain driving, travel, tools, hours or site expectations when they genuinely affect whether someone can do the job.
- Give useful pay, rate or commercial information wherever the recruitment form and your circumstances allow you to do so accurately.
- For apprenticeships, use the proper employer and training process as well as advertising the opportunity on TradeKind.
A match is someone to assess, not a hiring endorsement
TradeKind can make broad suggestions based on relevant profile and opportunity information. That does not mean TradeKind has verified the person's workmanship, identity for employment, tickets, right to work or suitability for your specific role.
Carry out the checks and recruitment process that make sense for the arrangement before employing, engaging or putting anyone on site.
Qualifications are self-declared
A person may add qualifications or tickets to a Work Profile, but those claims are self-declared. Ask to see original or verifiable evidence where it matters and check that it is current and relevant to the work.
For subcontract arrangements, make your own decision about status, insurance, competence, supervision and the commercial terms that apply.
Useful official checks
A few things worth checking before someone starts
TradeKind helps with the introduction. It does not replace the checks or responsibilities that come with employing or engaging somebody. These official services are useful starting points.
Employing somebody?
Check their right to work
Use the official GOV.UK guidance when you need to check a job applicant's right to work in the UK.
Using subcontractors?
Check employment status for tax
HMRC's CEST service can help you work through employment status for tax when the arrangement is not straightforward.
Hiring an apprentice?
Use the official apprenticeship process
GOV.UK covers training providers, funding, employer responsibilities and the formal apprenticeship process in England.
Recruitment guides
Plan the role, recruit well and keep good people
These guides go deeper than the recruitment tools themselves: defining the role, setting up an apprentice or trainee properly, and building a reliable team after somebody joins.
Find the right tradespeople to join your business
Define what you need, choose relevant recruitment channels and understand how TradeKind matching works.
Read guideRecruit an apprentice or trainee
Check whether the business is ready to train, then follow the right formal or trainee route.
Read guideBuild and keep a reliable trade team
Improve onboarding, handovers, development and retention as the business grows beyond the first hire.
Read guideQuestions
Hiring for a Sussex trade business with TradeKind
Connected TradeKind routes
Recruitment works best as part of a real trade profile
Get into the trades
See the work-seeker side of TradeKind Recruitment and the information candidates are given.
TradeKind for trades
See the main TradeKind offer for Sussex trade businesses, profiles and job enquiries.
Public trade vacancies
See the opportunity list that work seekers can browse before they apply.
Need someone for your Sussex trade business?
If your TradeKind business profile is approved, open TradeKind Recruitment and post what you genuinely need. If your business is not on TradeKind yet, start with the business profile.