Lend and borrow vetted staff in five simple steps.
Last updated: July 2026
Commitment makes it easy for companies to share staff — whether you have idle talent you'd like to lend out, or you need qualified professionals to borrow. Here's how the process works end to end.
Sign up and complete your onboarding. Tell the platform about your organization, your industry, and whether you're looking to lend staff, borrow staff, or both. Your company profile includes a workplace gallery, industry, and company size — it's your storefront in the Commitment network.
Navigate to "My Bench" and click "Add Staff." Enter each team member's details — professional title, skills, hourly rate, experience, work location, and availability. Staff you mark as "Available" will appear in the Staff Pool marketplace with their full name, photo, title, skills, and rate visible to all partner companies.
Borrowing? Browse the Staff Pool — search by industry, skills, rate, location, work mode (remote or on-site), and shift preferences. You can also post an Open Need describing the role you're trying to fill, and let partner companies offer their staff to you.
Lending? Your available staff are automatically visible in the marketplace. You can also respond to Open Needs posted by other companies by offering your staff directly.
Found a match? Start a conversation through the built-in messaging system. When you're ready, click "Send Formal Offer" directly in the chat — specifying the staff member, start and end dates, hourly rate, agreed daily hours, and billing cycle. The offer appears as a structured card in the conversation, and the recipient company is notified.
The recipient can accept or decline the offer. If accepted, a draft contract is created automatically with all the agreed terms.
Both parties review and digitally sign the tripartite collaboration agreement — which includes a non-poaching clause (typically 24 months). Once both signatures are recorded, the contract becomes active and an "Active Share" is created.
During the engagement, the borrowing company logs monthly timesheets. The lending company reviews and approves the hours. Once approved, an immutable snapshot is recorded and an invoice is automatically generated for reference.
Important: Commitment does not process payments. The invoice is a reference record only. The two companies arrange the actual monetary transfer directly between themselves (e.g., via bank transfer or any method they agree on). The lender then marks the invoice as "settled" in the platform to keep records accurate.
When a contract reaches its expiry date, it's automatically marked as completed, the associated project is closed, and the staff member's status returns to "available" on your bench.