Building products leaders (both big and small) choose us when they:
NEED TO FILL KEY SALES AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITH BEST IN CLASS TALENT?
Engaged Search
Our NUMBERS Speak For Themselves
A-Players Placed
Our 4-Stage Search Process
The Recruiting Blueprint
STAGE 1: Scope + Specs
Our search process starts by getting to know you and your organization so deeply that we can identify and secure the best fit for your opportunity. We go far beyond job descriptions and required experience.
For our clients who don't know exactly what they need, we can help. From clarity conversations to a patented job benchmarking process, we can help you get clear about what (and who) you really need to succeed.
STAGE 2: Design + Deliver
We combine your ideal hire profile and our expert-level knowledge of recruiting for top executives in building products to design your customized executive recruiting strategy. You’ll benefit from our experience, expertise, and the cutting-edge sourcing techniques we use to ensure the best talent is at our fingertips.
During this process, we’re in near-daily communication with you about the search. Clients who see this as a partnership get the best results.
STAGE 3: Vet + Validate
We’ll identify and review hundreds of people and profiles, conduct in-depth interviews and ultimately present the top 1% of the market so you can choose your new executive with confidence. For those worth your time, we’ll write up a detailed submittal email with their resume so you’ll always have their key information at your fingertips.
Once the candidate moves into your selection process our focus shifts to support, insight, and advice. If a candidate doesn’t make it through your process, we’ll handle the rejection ensuring it's both professional and kind.
STAGE 4: Welcome + Warranty
This is when the focus shifts from recruiting to retaining. We rarely get it wrong (in fact, less than 1% of the time), but if we do you’re covered by our guarantee.
Once your new hire starts, we pass the torch to your leadership and HR team to set your new hire up for success. We understand that hiring is an event and you’re ready to focus on growing your business, not talking to us every day, but we do keep in touch with you and your new hire. We want to help if any issues arise, but also because we like to hear about the successes and achievements of your new executive.
Struggling to find a best-in-class building products executive?
Download the Engaged Search Overview to see how we help building products companies hire proven leaders who drive profit, execute strategy, and position your business for scale or sale.
You’ll also get immediate access to our fee agreement, so you know exactly what to expect before we talk. If it looks like a fit, you can book a discovery call directly from the PDF.
THE BUILDING GURUS Difference
You’re probably wondering how we can deliver candidates that your in-house or current recruiting partner hasn’t been able to. Hiring great talent is a key part of your business, but it’s the reason we’re in business. We invest in tools, technology, and resources to ensure we’ve always got the best “inventory” of talent at our fingertips. Building world-class best practices and an employer brand that gets and keeps the attention of A-players is key to our success. When you hire us, you immediately benefit from the years we’ve spent building our brand and relationships with sales, managers, and leaders in the building products industry.
Here are just a few strategies we use to ensure we can deliver best-in-class building products sales and leadership talent fast:
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INDUSTRY LEADING PUBLICATIONS:
Rikka’s articles appear in trade magazines and online resources like the LBM Journal, KBB (Kitchen Bath Business), NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association), WMA’s Millwork and More, Lumber Bluebook, Luxury Products Groups, and more -
NATIONAL NEWS + MEDIA:
Rikka’s advice has been featured on Fast Company, Forbes, NFIB, CBS Small Business Pulse, and more. -
ASSOCIATIONS + CONFERENCES:
Rikka is selected to speak at local, regional, and national conferences like KBIS and the ProDealer Summit. -
CONTENT MARKETING:
We share helpful articles, videos, and audios about how to hire, how to get hired, and how to get better results to over 100,000 building product professionals every month. -
VALUE FIRST APPROACH:
We reach out to targeted building products leaders every single day to introduce our company and see how we can help their career. This value first approach means when we reach out about your opportunity they are much more likely to respond positively. -
LONGEVITY + INTEGRITY:
We’ve been building relationships with building products professionals since 2001. We believe being real and communicating frequently is the key to a powerful partnership. Our clients agree, which is why we have an over 96% client retention rate.
Building Gurus is
✔︎ Woman-owned (state-certified, if you're into that sort of thing)
✔︎ Xennial-owned (that means we’re fluent in Gen Z, 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, cows, 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 and leadership talent for your “must-get-right” openings, we’re the firm for you.
The 3 Main Challenges
Our Clients Face Finding Building Products Leaders
LACK OF QUALIFIED TALENT
But qualified professionals who understand our industry's unique sales cycles make up less than 1% of 1% of candidates on LinkedIn. This scarcity of experienced sales leaders is costing you daily in missed opportunities and lost profit.
AFFORDABILITY
Your business is poised for growth and requires strong leadership to get there. The real question isn't "Can I afford this hire?" but rather "Can I afford to settle for anything less than the best?"
CONFIDENCE
From not being sure if you’re being realistic to not trusting your recruiting process, you're constantly wondering if this is going to end well and it’s costing you time, energy, and money.
We Can Help You Find
THE PEOPLE THAT
DRIVE TOP LINE SALES GROWTH
AND IMPROVE BOTTOM LINE PROFITABILITY
Few things are more important to the success of your business than getting key hires right.
Engaged search provides the expertise and high-end service level of retained search, with a strong pay-for-performance aspect.
Our fee structure includes an engagement fee to start the search, but the vast majority of our fee isn’t earned until your new hire starts. We understand that working with a recruiter is an investment and we’ve designed our 4-stage Recruiting Blueprint search process to ensure you get a strong return on your investment.
Of course, we also offer a guarantee. Yet, we prefer to get it right the first time, which is why our last replacement was over a decade ago.
You can learn more about each of the 4 stages of The Recruiting Blueprint below, but the best way to learn if we’re worth the investment is to book a no-obligation Discovery Session to learn if Building Gurus is the right recruiting partner for you.
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