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built for the industrial & skilled trades.

Post a role in minutes. AI screens every applicant for certifications, skills, and experience — and SMS outreach fills your shortlist. Built for employers hiring electricians, welders, HVAC techs, pipefitters, CDL drivers, and every skilled trade in between.

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Built for industrial hiring

Built for trades, not tech.

Every industry has its own certification vocab, screening criteria, and outreach patterns. HireForge knows the difference.

Electricians

Journeyman & Master screening

Matches on state journeyman/master licenses, OSHA 10/30, NEC code recency, and apprenticeship years.

Welders

AWS D1.1 & process-aware

Recognizes AWS D1.1, MIG/TIG/Stick, pipe welding certs, and CWI requirements by role type.

HVAC Techs

EPA 608 & refrigerant tracking

Filters on EPA 608 (Type I–IV), R-410A / R-454B fluency, NATE certs, and residential vs. commercial fit.

Pipefitters

Steam, weld, and cert signals

Screens for UA journeyman status, high-pressure/steam experience, and rigging qualifications.

CDL Drivers

Class A/B/C & endorsement match

Validates CDL class, HAZMAT/Tanker/Doubles endorsements, and DOT-relevant experience.

Boilermakers

Pressure & structural fit

Screens for high-pressure welding, NBBI/NB-23 awareness, refinery and structural backgrounds.

CNC Machinists

Code & machine fluency

Reads G-code, Mazak/Haas/DMG experience, tight tolerance work, and NIMS certification signals.

Outreach that works

SMS-first, not InMail-first

Pre-built templates tuned to each trade's phrasing, shift schedule, and pay-frame expectations.

From posted role to shortlist in under a week.

Three steps. No resume review required.

01

Post a role

Define the role, certs, location, and shift. HireForge builds a screening profile and posts it to your branded candidate portal instantly — no job-board fees.

✓ 14 days free, then at $99/mo
02

AI screens applicants

Every application is scored on certifications, skills, experience, and location — and arrives at your dashboard ranked, with a plain-English AI summary.

✓ 14 days free, then AI screening keeps working
03

Reach & shortlist

Send SMS outreach to top candidates from your shortlist. Close in days, not months — because every person you call is already qualified.

✓ 14 days free, then close at the same speed

Common questions, answered.

What industrial hiring teams ask before they switch — and what we tell them.

Q.Do my candidates actually see the job?

Yes — and faster than you'd expect. HireForge routes applicants to your own proprietary candidate portal (no algorithm deprioritizing your listing), and our SMS outreach pipeline has open rates 5–7x higher than email in industrial recruiting. Every prior applicant, referral, and past walk-in is a shortcode text away from a fresh role.

Q.Will the AI understand my trade's certs?

Out of the box, HireForge recognizes the certifications that actually matter in the trades — AWS D1.1, EPA 608 (Type I–IV), NCCCO, OSHA 10/30, CDL A/B/C, journeyman licenses, NCCER, NATE, and NIMS — and how they map to your role's tiers and experience levels. See the trade-specific qualifier logic in action in our welding hiring guide and HVAC shortage playbook.

Q.Why not just post to Indeed or Jooble for free?

Free job-board posts are cheap until you stack the costs. The average industrial employer spends 4–6 hours manually screening applications per role — before the first interview. Industrial roles have a 45% annual turnover rate, so every seat you fill is also a seat you'll need to refill. HireForge plans run $99–$299/mo — cheaper than a single bad hire, and the AI screening alone recovers dozens of hours per role. You stop paying per-post fees, you stop paying recruiter retainers, and you keep your candidate pipeline in-house.

Post your first role free for 14 days.

No contracts, no setup fees, no per-post charges. Try every feature — AI screening, SMS outreach, branded portal — and cancel before day 14 if it's not a fit.

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