About Us
Building Gurus is a boutique executive search and recruitment consulting firm that works exclusively with building product manufacturers and distributors. We partner with our clients to turn potential into profits through people. We do this through our engaged search, consulting, and assessment services.
We’ve been recruiting exclusively in the building products space since 2001. We’ve worked with the giants of the industry, but we’ve found our favorite clients tend to be privately owned. We’re proud to say we rarely lose a client and many have been working with us for over a decade.
BUILDING GURUS IS:
- Woman-owned (state-certified, if you're into that sort of thing)
- Xennial-owned (that means we’re fluent in Millennial, Gen X, and Baby Boomer, we know you’re into that sort of thing…)
- We’re digital natives (that means we barely remember life before the internet…)
- But our founder also grew up on a farm in North Dakota and raised chickens, pigs, and horses in a big red barn.
So if you want a firm that pairs Midwest honesty and work ethic with cutting-edge technology to help you find and hire the best sales, management and executive talent for your “must-get-right” openings, we’re the firm for you.
Are We
Right For You?
We aren’t right for every client or every search, in fact we’ve intentionally narrowed our focus to sales, management, emerging leaders, and executive roles in the building products industry. Because of this, when you start a search with us, we’re able to hit the ground running and deliver the candidates you need in weeks, not months.
This narrow focus means we have already identified over 90% of the potential talent in the market and are actively connecting, engaging, and nurturing them. We use 24/7 inbound marketing technologies and cutting edge sourcing tools to ensure we can find, connect, and engage with the best talent for your key hire. Including the ones that aren’t on LinkedIn.
We prefer to build long term recruiting partnerships with our clients, so if you’re looking for someone to throw resumes at the wall, we’re not the right firm for you. Our goal is to give you 3-7 qualified candidates to choose from, the top 1% of the market in most cases.
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Our Services
Engaged Search
Engaged search is the best of both worlds of search.
Consulting
Our consulting services empower your organization.
Assessments
We can help you select and develop your team.
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OUR CUSTOMERS
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Rikka Brandon is the founder and Chief Executive Recruiter of Building Gurus, a leading executive search and consulting firm that works exclusively with building product manufacturers and distributors to find, hire, and retain top building products talent.
Often sought out for her expertise, Rikka is a member of National NKBA Leadership Recruitment committee, a frequent speaker at national conferences, a contributing writer to publications including LBM Journal, the NKBA blog, ProSales, Remodeler and more.
