For employers
You don't need more resumes. You need the right three.
We work one industry. That means the shortlist you get has already been screened by someone who knows what a good wood products professional is.
The problem
Hiring in this trade is genuinely hard.
The posting has been open five months
General recruiters send you people who have never set foot in a plant. Every resume costs you an hour you don't have.
Your best candidate took the counteroffer
Offers fall apart at the last step when nobody has managed the conversation on both sides.
The last hire left inside a year
Someone who reads well on paper but has never run your kind of equipment, in your kind of shop.
What we do
Search, screening and everything after.
Most engagements are contingent — you pay only when someone starts. For senior and genuinely hard-to-fill seats, a retained search buys you our undivided attention.
Contingent Search
You pay only on a successful placement. The standard engagement for most openings.
Retained Search
A committed, exclusive search for senior and hard-to-fill roles.
Testing & Evaluation
Skills, aptitude and personality assessment before you commit.
Background Checks
Verification and screening handled as part of the placement.
Relocation Assistance
Movers, realtors and cost-of-living guidance for candidates on the move.
Salary Benchmarking
Compensation data for the trade, so offers land the first time.
Our process
Four steps, and we stay past the start date.
- 01
Intake
We learn the role, the plant, the team and the reason the seat is open — not just the job description.
- 02
Search
We work our own network in the trade first. Most of the best candidates are not on a job board.
- 03
Screen
Interviews, references and evaluation before anyone reaches your desk. You see a short list, not a stack.
- 04
Close
We manage the offer, the counteroffer and the relocation, then follow up long after the start date.
Where we work
Deep in one trade, not spread thin across twenty.
Primary and secondary manufacturing across the wood products sector. We place into these plants often enough to know the equipment, the margins and the people already running them.
Furniture
Residential, office and contract manufacturing.
Store Fixtures
Retail environments and display manufacturing.
Cabinets
Stock, semi-custom and custom cabinet shops.
AWI & Millwork
Architectural woodwork and commercial millwork.
Flooring
Hardwood, engineered and specialty flooring.
Lumber
Sawmills, kilns, distribution and trading.
Building Products
Components, panels and related manufacturing.
Have a seat you can't fill?
Tell us about the role. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right firm for it — and roughly what it will take to land someone.