Recruiting and systems for trades companies.
Trades companies stall when good people are hard to find and every decision still runs through the owner. We fix both with done for you recruiting and the operating systems that keep the business moving.
We take hiring and systems off your plate.
Most owners call about a hire. Once we're inside, we usually find the structure under the seat needs work too. Start where it hurts.
A single trades or sales seat, built and filled.
See itRecruitingTeam02Fractional RecruiterEvery hire, every monthYour hiring department without the headcount.
See itRecruitingTeam03AI OperatorBack office and systemsA full time operator running your AI workflows.
See itRemoteProfessional04Systems DirectorStructure and SOPsRoles, accountability and reporting, led by our expertise.
See itSystemsExpert05Fractional IntegratorRecruiting to systemsDoug in the seat, running execution end to end.
See itIntegrationExpertThe rate you sign at is the rate you keep.
Founding rates run through December 31, 2026. Sign before then and you keep that rate for as long as you hold the seat.
Fractional engagements
Fractional Recruiter, Fractional Systems Director or Fractional Integrator.
Per Role Build
One role built and filled, with a case study agreement. Thirty day replacement included.
Recruiting powered by AI, managed by our team.
AI does the volume work at every step. Our team makes every call that matters, so only four people worth your time are left.
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Build the seat
You work with expert role builders on the role outline, SOPs and scorecard. Every hire lands in a seat built to win from day one, and those documents stay with you either way.
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Post and source
Job boards are fishing. We hunt. On top of the major boards, we work social media directly through DMs, industry groups and profile searches to reach the talent that isn't applying anywhere.
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Assess the fit
Volume is good, but candidates now use AI to sound better than they are. Separate behavioral and cognitive assessments show who fits on paper and who fits in character, against the role and the manager they'd report to.
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Round one
Another cut. Targeted questions written for your role separate the real ones from the fakes and force the best to the top. References get checked on everyone who clears.
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Four elite finalists
Four people worth your time, each with an interview guide built for the role. You meet them in one two hour block and hire against your own standards.
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Seventeen years of building recruiting engines and sales systems sit behind every search we run. Hiring commissioned salespeople, where a bad hire shows up on the scoreboard fast, shaped how we build the system around each one.
Ballast Operating CoKnow a trades owner who's stuck hiring?
Introduce us. Any intro that signs in 2026 earns 15% of the initial engagement, and 2027 intros earn 10%. Joining just gets you your own link so every referral is tracked to you.
