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Forge Performance Group

Forge Performance Group is a Calgary, AB–based recruitment and HR consultancy that delivers premium hiring solutions without traditional agency overhead. Drawing on more than two decades of experience, the firm provides full-cycle recruitment, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and HR advisory that align talent to business goals while improving people systems and organizational performance. Their recruiters use a proven, values-driven methodology—building structured interview guides, crafting clear role profiles, and leveraging behavioral assessments (including DiSC where appropriate)—to increase hiring quality, reduce time-to-fill, and strengthen retention. With affordable hourly rates that can save up to 80% versus conventional agency models, Forge combines in-house–style collaboration with the reach and rigor of a specialized search partner. The team supports clients across Oil & Gas, construction, mining, technology startups, IT, manufacturing, and engineering, scaling quickly for seasonal surges, new projects, and growth initiatives. Results are evidenced by over 2,000 positions filled globally and case studies such as Blackline Safety, where Forge preserved culture while hiring over 250 roles across seven years, maintained sub‑3% attrition, and delivered material cost savings as the company grew from 80 to 500 employees and from $17M to $100M in revenue. For Group 10 Engineering, Forge designed a tailored recruitment process, aligned hiring to core values, and improved outcomes while reducing spend. Beyond recruiting, Forge provides ongoing strategic HR support to create structures, cultivate culture, implement compliant policies, and align talent programs with organizational objectives. Their model emphasizes partnership—acting as an extension of the client team—local market expertise in Calgary and across Canada, and continuous improvement in sourcing, assessment, and onboarding, enabling businesses to attract, select, and retain the right people at the right time.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningTelecomAutomotiveAerospace

HQCalgary, Canada

Maxxen Corp.

Maxxen Corp. is a Calgary-based recruitment and contractor management firm specializing in the international sourcing of skilled tradespeople and site supervisory staff for large industrial and construction projects. During its first decade in business from 2006 to 2015, the company supplied and managed hundreds of Polish tradesmen across multi-billion-dollar oil sands developments in Alberta, where their performance impacted construction sites, module yards, and fabrication facilities. Since 2015, Maxxen’s crews have supported projects in Norway and throughout the United States, including Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. With offices in Calgary and in Poland, the team maintains direct access to experienced talent from Poland and Ukraine and leverages a robust, thoroughly vetted candidate database. Every candidate is pre-qualified through detailed reference and background checks and skills verification, with practical testing available. Its customized service package covers end-to-end delivery: sourcing and recruitment; coordinating interviews in Poland; document collection; embassy and consulate interaction; and pre-boarding and onboarding that includes airport pick-up, safety- and language-focused training, drug and alcohol testing, local identification and banking set-up, travel and accommodation support, and test preparation. Once deployed, Maxxen provides on-site control and ongoing contact, sets clear expectations, and conducts regular performance reviews. The firm manages employment and HR administration, ensuring compliance with local employment laws, payroll management, insurance coverage, time control, and rotational travel logistics, as well as assistance with local transportation and accommodation as required. At project close, it oversees demobilization and post-mortem assessments to capture learnings for future assignments. This integrated approach enables clients to scale qualified crews quickly while maintaining compliance, safety, and productivity across complex, multi-jurisdictional projects.

Temporary StaffingContract StaffingPayrolling/EOROil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQCalgary, Canada

Alpha Recruitment UK #AlphaJobs

Alpha Recruitment (Alpha Labour & Recruitment Ltd) is a UK specialist staffing partner established in 2008, supplying labour and staff to Construction, Scaffolding & Access, Civils & Groundworks, Mechanical & Electrical, Thermal Insulation, Retail Fit-Out & Interiors, Renewables & Energy, Industrial and Environmental Services, and Warehouse & Logistics. With nearly two decades of site and management experience, the business delivers temporary, permanent and contract recruitment across the UK and internationally, supporting contractors, subcontractors and end clients on commercial, industrial, residential and infrastructure programmes. Alpha maintains a continuously updated nationwide database that enables rapid mobilisation of vetted, compliant personnel—ranging from CISRS scaffolders, advanced scaffolders, COTS labourers, laggers and sheet metal workers to trades, labour, supervisors, managers, setting-out engineers, electricians, pipefitters, M&E supervisors, FLT drivers and logistics coordinators—and can supply ad‑hoc resources or complete, site-ready crews at short notice. Demonstrating depth across sectors, the team has sourced local scaffolders for complex London city-centre projects and transport sites, supplied a 30+ scaffold team for a biomass CHP plant, delivered groundworkers, CPCS plant operators and labourers for a headquarters development in Norwich, and supported major programmes including the M1 widening, Cadbury’s facilities works and large-scale retail developments. In Civils & Groundworks, Alpha works with leading Highways, Utilities, Water, Civil Engineering, Rail and Metro contractors; in Renewables, it supplies labour and technical staff for wind, solar, battery storage and energy-from-waste. The company’s client portfolio includes the UK’s top scaffolding contractors and benefits from sector-specialist consultants who understand project pressures, safety requirements and the need for reliable, compliant people. Underpinned by Alcumus SafeContractor accreditation, ISO 9001 certification and Constructionline Gold membership, Alpha demonstrates robust quality, compliance and HSE governance. With regional offices in Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, London and Scotland, it combines local reach with responsive, tailored delivery to meet short-term surges and sustain long-term programme continuity.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionWater ManagementUtilitiesSupply Chain Management

HQSheffield, United Kingdom

OnePoint

OnePoint is a vendor-neutral managed service provider and skilled trades recruitment partner that helps organizations simplify vendor relationships and optimize their workforce. Through its MSP offering, OnePoint gives clients a single point of contact for all staffing vendors, streamlining invoicing, facility management, and asset protection while leveraging technology for reporting, audit controls, data analytics, and billing. The firm augments this with robust SMS-based communication capabilities designed for large HR teams, enabling one-to-many and team-to-one conversations at scale with features such as mass texting, call center texting, survey and scheduling engines, MMS, a built-in URL shortener, and pre-built opt-in/opt-out management. These capabilities underpin measurable outcomes including improved visibility on AP/AR, adherence to regulatory and compliance standards, SLA-driven vendor performance, and cost savings via standardized rates. Its Skilled Trades Division (OnePoint SD) focuses on attracting and connecting blue-collar talent across manufacturing, production, warehouse operations, energy, and construction, supporting short-term projects as well as long-term maintenance and support assignments. A key element of this division is an exclusive partnership with Skilled Trades College (STC), created to address shortages in construction apprenticeships, with programs such as Construction and Maintenance Electrician Pre-Apprentice, Plumbing Pre-Apprenticeship, and Introduction to Home Renovation. OnePoint SDs goals include marketing STC programs to the labor market, ensuring employability after graduation, and advancing DEI initiatives to grow diverse participation in the skilled trades. Employers can engage OnePoint for permanent roles, ongoing temporary needs, or short-term project-based hiring, benefiting from the firms vendor engagement model and multi-channel outreach that accelerates candidate sourcing, screening, and onboarding. With locations in Orlando, Florida and Vaughan, Ontario, OnePoint serves senior leaders across multiple industries and market segments, bringing best practices, transparent processes, and data-driven insights to create value beyond price and strengthen partnerships between leading talent and organizations.

MSPTemporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseArchitectureInterior DesignOil & Gas

HQOrlando, United States

Ted Nelson & Associates

Ted Nelson & Associates, Inc. is a specialized search firm dedicated to recruiting top talent for heavy industry, with a deep and longstanding focus on cement, lime, minerals processing, aggregates, and related sectors. Founded by JT Nelson in 1980 and concentrated on cement and related industries since 1984, the firm partners with growth-minded companies across the United States and Canada to deliver exact-match candidates for both plant and corporate-level roles. Drawing on extensive industry knowledge and a robust network, the team fills leadership, engineering, and operations positions including Vice Presidents and Operations Executives, Project Managers/Engineers, Plant Managers, Quality Control Managers, Process Engineers, Maintenance Managers, Production Supervisors, Electrical and Instrumentation leaders, Mining Engineers and Coordinators, Mechanical Engineers, Environmental and Safety Managers, Underground Superintendents, Geologists, Reliability Engineers, and Marketing Managers, among others. Their process emphasizes confidentiality and candidate care: candidates incur no fees, resumes are never shared without permission, and where a match exists the firm transparently provides company, location, and role context so candidates can evaluate fit before any submission. Clients benefit from a consultative, detail-driven approach that prioritizes cultural alignment, technical capability, and long-term performance, resulting in efficient searches for hard-to-find skill sets in process manufacturing and resource industries. Whether hiring for greenfield projects, plant expansions, maintenance and reliability improvements, process optimization, environmental compliance, or corporate leadership, Ted Nelson & Associates brings disciplined search methodology and market insight to every engagement. The firms recruiters are active across cement, lime, potash, soda ash, quarrying, mining, and broader minerals processing, consistently delivering professionals who can improve safety, throughput, quality, and profitability. With decades of domain focus and a commitment to integrity and discretion, Ted Nelson & Associates remains a trusted partner for permanent and executive recruitment in heavy industry.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningConsumer Goods ManufacturingIndustrial MachineryChemical Manufacturing

HQShawnee, United States

Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment

Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment is a specialist engineering, technical and manufacturing talent partner founded in 1979 and trusted across Australia for more than four decades. Uniquely, its recruitment consultants are engineers, bringing practical, first hand domain knowledge to every assignment and enabling accurate shortlists, credible technical interviews and faster time to hire. Operating nationally, the firm supports clients from startups and SMEs to ASX listed groups and global manufacturers with permanent recruitment and the on hire of contractors and temporary staff. Its track record covers white collar, blue collar and executive appointments spanning design, projects, production, maintenance, quality, supply chain and operations leadership. Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment focuses on markets including engineering, manufacturing and operations, electronics, building and mechanical services, industrial automation, drafting, data centres, IT, automotive, defence and aerospace, mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, renewable energy, food, beverages and pharmaceuticals, construction engineering and management, and rail. The business is a foundation member of the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association and holds StaffSure Certification, reflecting robust compliance, payroll and workforce governance for contingent hiring. Services extend across the full hiring lifecycle, from role definition and targeted search through technical screening, background and safety checks, mobilization, contractor onboarding and timesheet payroll coordination, with clear communication and diligent follow up that candidates and clients consistently recognize in public reviews. For niche specialists, site based contractor workforces or technical leadership hires, Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment applies an engineering led, data informed and safety conscious approach that reduces hiring risk and delivers people who make an immediate impact. The company also supports the wider talent community through practical jobseeker resources and an Engineering Career Journeys podcast, reinforcing its commitment to the professions it serves.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseWater ManagementUtilitiesSoftware Development

HQMelbourne, Australia

Thrivity HR Consulting & Coaching Inc.

Thrivity HR Consulting & Coaching Inc. is a Canadian people strategy partner that helps organizations and individuals thrive amid rapid workplace change. Founded and led by seasoned HR leader Cayley Dow, Thrivity brings 20+ years of award‑winning experience spanning culture transformation, leadership development, coaching, and talent acquisition to clients ranging from startups and not‑for‑profits to large corporations. For businesses, the firm delivers end‑to‑end HR consulting and project support, including remote work strategy, return‑to‑work planning, change management, and culture transformation powered by future skills, competency frameworks, and pragmatic leadership approaches. Its talent optimization offering reimagines performance with growth‑oriented practices, targeted learning and development programs (from foundational leadership and soft skills to personal effectiveness and innovation), and DISC assessments with expert debriefs to elevate team dynamics and results. Thrivity also covers critical hiring needs through relationship‑led recruitment and onboarding that strengthens employer brand while sourcing, screening, selecting, and integrating top talent. For individuals, Thrivity provides data‑driven coaching and career transition services with structured packages that blend resume and LinkedIn optimization, interview preparation, career action planning, and DISC behavioral insight to accelerate transitions, enhance performance, unlock potential, and rediscover purpose. Clients cite measurable impact, from assembling founding engineering teams in the renewable energy sector to strengthening multi‑property hospitality leadership performance, underscoring Thrivity’s ability to combine strategic counsel with hands‑on execution. Approachable, service‑driven, and outcomes‑focused, the firm meets each client where they are and customizes solutions that build resilience, agility, engagement, and lasting capability. Whether the mandate is guiding leaders through disruption, scaling HR in a high‑growth environment, or supporting a team through outplacement, Thrivity aligns people, culture, and business strategy to create momentum and competitive advantage in the new world of work.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningCulinary ArtsTravel & Tourism OperationsEvent Planning

HQBritish Columbia, Canada

COLA Recruiting, LLC

COLA Recruiting, LLC is a construction-focused recruiting partner dedicated to matching the right person with the right company and the right company with the right person. Built on more than 20 years of hands-on experience in the heavy civil sector, the firm understands the day-to-day realities of projects, equipment, safety, and compliance, and brings that insider perspective to every search. COLA Recruiting supports employers across civil, commercial, and residential construction as well as adjacent trades and industries, including manufacturing, electrical, plumbing, power generation, mining, pulp and paper, forestry, agriculture, and steel/metal fabrication. The team recruits for field and office roles spanning heavy equipment operators, foremen, superintendents, surveyors, pipe layers, project management, safety specialists, quality assurance and quality control, office administration, welders and fabricators, plumbers, and more. Their process emphasizes cultural alignment, technical proficiency, and a track record of working safely and productively on active jobsites. Because the firm has real-world operational experience, it can properly screen for nuanced capabilities such as GPS-enabled machine operation across dozers, excavators, loaders, motor graders, and haul trucks, and distinguish between candidates suited to specific environments and scopes of work. COLA Recruiting offers direct placement, contract-to-hire, seasonal and project-based solutions, plus practical support like resume assistance for job seekers, training and consulting guidance for clients, and targeted job postings to expand reach. For employers, the company invests time to understand organizational goals, team dynamics, and project timelines before delivering vetted shortlists; for candidates, it focuses on roles that build skills, increase responsibility, and provide stability. Pricing is tailored to service type and scope. With a relationship-first approach, deep construction domain knowledge, and an unwavering focus on safety and performance, COLA Recruiting helps companies build stronger crews and professionals advance their careers.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingTemporary StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationOil & Gas

HQBirmingham, United States

Koncert Recruitment Inc.

Koncert Recruitment Inc. is a boutique industrial recruitment and executive search partner based in Richmond, British Columbia, that blends the discipline and reach of a global search firm with the agility and local market fluency of a specialist agency. Serving heavy industry and industrial technology organizations across mining and metals, manufacturing and supply chain, and energy, renewables, and utilities, the firm focuses on permanent placement mandates spanning specialized individual contributors through middle management to the C‑suite. Typical functions include general management, operations, production, engineering and technical services, R&D, sales and marketing, public and Indigenous relations, and human resources. Koncert delivers engaged, process‑driven searches that are structured yet human‑centered, emphasizing integrity, thorough research, and candidate care. Drawing on live market mapping rather than static databases, the team prioritizes grassroots intelligence—cultivating deep networks among engineers, geoscientists, plant and site leaders, and corporate executives—to surface passive, high‑impact talent and to understand the invisible influence networks that shape decision‑making in heavy industry. Clients engage Koncert for critical leadership upgrades, succession planning, and hard‑to‑fill technical roles where domain depth and safety, reliability, and project execution track records are paramount. The firm’s approach is pragmatic and collaborative: clarify outcomes and success metrics up front, craft compelling role narratives that resonate with target candidates, run rigorous, evidence‑based assessment, and manage a transparent, respectful hiring experience that strengthens employer brand. With a commitment to moving businesses forward and progressing careers, Koncert acts as a true talent acquisition business partner—nimble, accountable, and focused on long‑term impact—helping industrial companies build resilient teams that can scale operations, improve performance, and deliver complex projects safely and sustainably.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRenewable EnergyMiningEnvironmental Services

HQRichmond, Canada

Clarity Recruitment

Clarity Recruitment is a Canadian recruitment firm focused on building high-performing finance, accounting and data analytics teams for Toronto and Vancouver organizations. Through three integrated practicesFull-Time Search, Project & Interim, and Executive Searchthe firm delivers permanent hires, on-demand consultants, and senior leaders with an emphasis on speed, rigor, and long-term fit. Clients engage Clarity to fill FP&A, accounting, financial reporting, audit and controls, M&A and corporate development, treasury and public reporting roles, as well as to staff growth projects including system implementations, project management, restructuring, IFRS transitions, capital raises and IPO readiness. Clarity combines specialist recruiters with proprietary, science-backed hiring technology that frames the role, aligns success metrics, reduces bias with custom scorecards, and runs a company-wide culture assessment so shortlists feature candidates who will thrive. The approach is supported by service guaranteessix months for executive hires, three months for full-time placements, and a 40-hour guarantee for interim engagementsplus a pay-as-you-go model for consultants and shortlists delivered in as little as 48 hours. Trusted by brands spanning technology, retail and consumer goods, and energy and resources, Clarity has partnered with organizations such as TouchBistro, Mars, Knix, Enercare, New Gold, Compass Datacenters, Yorkville University and General Fusion. The firm offers a transparent contingent model for team builds, an accelerated executive recruiting process for leadership roles, and rapid access to pre-vetted interim and fractional talent, including CFOs, finance and analytics experts, and systems and ERP specialists. Candidates benefit from a dedicated jobs board, interview resources, and a focus on diversity and inclusion, while employers gain a data-driven, consultative partner committed to repeatable hiring success and retention. From first conversation to accepted offer, Clarity Recruitment brings structure, insight and measurable outcomes to every search.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceLuxury GoodsOil & GasRenewable Energy

HQToronto, Canada

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