Forge Your Future: Building Stronger Teams for Bigger Projects

Growing your team shouldn’t mean draining your budget or wasting time on candidates who don’t stick.

At Forge, we provide a full-service recruitment solution that acts like your internal team. We deliver pre-vetted, high-quality candidates, helping you meet demanding project needs without the stress or uncertainty of traditional recruiting models.

But you wish... →

  • You aren’t getting enough qualified candidates to apply for open positions and are leaving roles unfilled. 
  • You don’t have internal resources or the time to engage candidates in your market that you think could fill roles. 
  • You struggle to hire your market's top candidates, or hiring is a revolving door of hiring, firing, and having to rehire. 
  • You feel expensive contingent recruiting should not be the only option. 

Do you feel like...? ✕ 

  • You had dedicated support, like an internal team that understood your problems and could identify qualified candidates. 
  • You could reach the best candidates available in your market and successfully bring them on board for your strategic positions. 
  • You had a better way to determine whether a candidate would be a successful long-term fit. 

But you wish.... ✕ 

Do you feel like...? →

We get it, you've tried to hire but something still isn't working.

HERE'S THE THING

What you get with Forge:

Dedicated support

We support our clients like an internal recruiting team, from understanding needs to providing the tools and resources necessary to fill positions that meet long-term needs.

construction expertise

With over 12 years of experience working with General and specialty contractors, we have an in-depth knowledge of a diverse range of projects and specific challenges facing our clients. 

affordable monthly fee

We offer a transparent flat-fee structure to ensure our clients have a fair and effective option to attract and retain talent.

the forge difference

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Now begins the search. We’ll use your detailed candidate profile map to target candidates with the right technical skills and screen for culture fit and professionalism.

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When you find a candidate that you’d like to interview, our team is there to support by helping you coordinate schedules and even prep and review interview questions.

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When an offer is made, we can help you negotiate things like salary and benefits to hire the best candidates for the highest retention rate.

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To continue supporting your team, we’ll make sure you have what you need to ensure a candidate's first day is successful by assisting with a smooth transition.

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An in-depth view of our exact process: from inquiry to new employee onboarding.

The Forge approach

Forging a Different Way →

A Broken Model →

Roots in Construction →

Forging a Different Way →

A Broken Model →

Our founder, Zach Rose, began his journey recruiting for general and specialty construction roles in Southern California, where the fight for top talent was highly competitive. The biggest lesson learned was realizing how crucial hiring the highest caliber candidates is for winning more projects and growing companies.

Roots in Construction  ✕ 

Forging a Different Way →

While working at a contingent recruitment firm, Zach witnessed the dark side of recruiting: recruiters lacked basic construction knowledge, would market the same candidate to multiple clients and thus create a bidding war. Even worse, he saw recruiters manipulate & misrepresent candidate information to fill roles for a commission rather than commit to filling strategic positions with the right person, and even saw recruiters stealing candidates from their own clients to fill newer positions. 

A Broken Model ✕ 

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Forge began with the mission to fix this broken model and created a flat rate model to prioritize meeting our clients' hiring needs instead of a commission. In breaking the commission model, Forge comes alongside our clients to understand the uniqueness of their company mission and vision, attract and source talent, and streamline the hiring process to make it easy and affordable to hire the best candidates for individual needs. 

Forging a Different Way ✕ 

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We learned what makes great recruiting effective & built a company to serve our clients.

OUR STORY

Them: Traditional Contingent Recruiting

  • A contingent recruiter charges a percentage of the salary to engage a role to fill a position at an approximate salary range of $110,000-130,000 (sample salary for a Project Manager)
  • Recruiter is not necessarily dedicated to the role
  • Standard rates for placement are 15-25% of the candidates first year salary
  • One placement costs anywhere from $16,500 - $32,500 
  • The guarantee is only 90 days.

Forge: The Retained Model

  • A client engages Forge to hire an employee.
  • Forge enters a monthly engagement to work on the position at a flat fee between $5,000 (for one position) to $10,000 (for multiple positions)
  • Forge is contracted to be dedicated to filling the role quickly and filling the roll well.
  • To place a candidate, the engagement lasts between 15-60 days 
  • Total placement cost is between $5,000-$20,000 depending on how many candidates & how long the client engages our services.
  • The placement guarantee extends beyond 90 days. 

Us vs. The Other Guys.

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Finding the right team shouldn’t feel impossible.

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We help subcontractors and contractors like you find skilled professionals who are aligned with your company’s goals, culture, and vision for the future.

"Their monthly subscription model provided a cost-effective alternative to more traditional recruiting firms, saving us over $30,000 in placement fees..."

"We partnered with Forge Construction Recruiting to fill multiple key positions. Their monthly subscription model provided a cost-effective alternative to more traditional recruiting firms, saving us over $30,000 in placement fees while delivering high-quality candidates to meet our needs. Forge’s ability to target candidates that met our needs ensured we could fill roles critical for our team to grow. Their service not only saved us time and stress but also delivered an affordable option that will positively affect our company."

Tyler B, COO

"Their guidance and hands-on approach throughout the interview process helped us..."

"We partnered with Forge Construction Recruiting to fill a key estimating position, and their expertise made all the difference. From day one, they took the time to understand both our technical needs and company mission. In a timely and efficient manner, Forge was not only able to target and present multiple candidates from our market who met the technical requirements for this position, but their guidance and hands-on approach throughout the interview process helped us confidently identify a highly skilled candidate aligned with our values to meet our needs." 

Todd C., President

"Forge worked with us to determine our exact needs and quickly provided two very good candidates..."

"Forge worked with us to determine our exact needs and quickly provided two very good candidates, both of whom we felt were a great fit for our company. The candidate we hired has exceeded our expectations and is a great addition to our Team." 

Garrett L., COO

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By engaging with Forge, you have a team of committed recruiters using the best available tools and methods to search and engage top tier candidates who match your specific job needs.  

Targeted access to top candidates ✕ 

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By engaging Forge, you acquire knowledge and expertise to increase the effectiveness of your hiring process and move candidates based on objective standards. 

Refined best practices and processes ✕ 

Targeted access to top candidates →

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Elimination of mishires →

By engaging Forge, you acquire upfront and accurate candidate details related to candidate experience, salary expectations, and timeline logistics to streamline hiring decisions and reduce negotiations that can cause delays throughout the hiring process.

Reduction of time to hire ✕

Refined best practices and processes →

Targeted access to top candidates →

Better Onboarding Practices →

Interview Strategy & Hiring Support →

Elimination of mishires ✕

By engaging Forge, you hire candidates that match and align to your company mission and vision and reduce the chances of mishires of candidates that do not fit your culture or organization standards.

Reduction of time to hire →

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Interview Strategy & Hiring Support ✕

Elimination of mishires →

Forge will guide your team to conduct better interviews that identify more than just technical skills but give you the confidence to identify characteristics that lead to better culture fit and more long-term hires. 

Reduction of time to hire →

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Forge will work with your team to support communication, planning, and coordination of any information needed to ensure that new employees will be ready for success starting day one.

Better Onboarding Practices ✕

Interview Strategy & Hiring Support →

Elimination of mishires →

Reduction of time to hire →

Refined best practices and processes →

Targeted access to top candidates →

What you'll walk away with after working with Forge:

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Let’s build your dream team

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Change the way you hire →