Trades recruiting across Canada, for shops that need a ticket on the floor.
You are busy running the shop. You need someone you can trust, who knows the trades and will respect what you have already built.
From $500 a month, plus $1,000 a role: posting, screening and DISC assessments.
- Electrical
- Plumbing & gas
- HVAC & refrigeration
- Millwrighting
- Welding & fabrication
- Heavy-duty & automotive
- Machining
- CNC
Everything we build with you is for one end: a business that can give.
Why we do this work →Skilled trades employers across Canada, from our home base in Manitoba.
Rod Penner came up through the trades: an electrician first, then drywall.
Hiring is Part Two of Built on Purpose: People.
- Truck & equipment dealers
- Manufacturing
- Property & facilities management
- Industrial services
Trades hiring in ManitobaWhat Statistics Canada counted in the second quarter of 2026.
In the second quarter of 2026, Manitoba employers had 4,900 job vacancies in trades, transport and equipment operator occupations, at an average offered hourly wage of $26.40.
Three ways to hire with us.
Always Hiring
From $500 a month, plus $1,000 a role- Job posting written and placed
- Every application read and screened
- Phone screens with the real people
- Candidates graded against the role's scorecard
- DISC assessments for the top candidates
- A list of candidates every two weeks while the role is posted
- $500 a month for 12 months, plus $1,000 when each role goes live
- Each posting runs up to 60 days, post as many roles as you like
The Hire
From $5,000 a role- Job posting written and placed
- Every application read and screened
- Phone screens with the real people
- Candidates graded against the role's scorecard
- Character and DISC assessment
- Written shortlist report
- Deep interviews, recorded and written up
- Three reference calls per finalist
- We sit the final interview with you
- About 2 hours of your time in total
- Promise window: 60 days
- No replacement guarantee on this option. It comes with Full Service.
Full Service
15% of first-year pay, from $9,000- Everything in The Hire
- Outreach to people who are not looking
- Calls through our network
- Referral program
- Advertising included, up to $3,000
- About 2 hours of your time in total
- Promise window: 60 days
- Replacement guarantee: 90 days, once
Starting prices, plus tax. The Hire's starting price is for roles paying under $75,000. Your proposal after the discovery call gives the exact number.
Here's what to expect
Discovery callTwenty minutes, free, and you hang up knowing where you stand.
- What you'll experience: A free twenty-minute call about the seat: what the role has to own, what ticket or licence it needs, and who it reports to.
- What you'll receive: A straight answer on whether we are the right fit for the seat.
ProposalKnow exactly what you are agreeing to before you say yes.
- What you'll experience: After the call, we write up what we heard about the seat as a proposal.
- What you'll receive: A written proposal that sets out how we would run the search and what it costs.
Draw the seatNobody guesses what the job is, you or the person who takes it.
- What you'll experience: We map the seat with you: what the role reports to, which ticket, licence or certificate of qualification it needs, and what shift or on-call pattern comes with it.
- What you'll receive: The seat drawn on paper before anything is posted.
Write the job descriptionThe people who answer know what they are walking into.
- What you'll experience: We draft it with you, naming the ticket, the licence class and the shift or physical demands the role actually has.
- What you'll receive: A job description that says what the job really asks of a person.
Source and screenYour time goes to people worth meeting, not people who never held the ticket.
- What you'll experience: We source and screen for you, with knockout questions on tickets, licence and shift availability.
- What you'll receive: A shortlist made up only of people who have been through the screening.
Prove the fitChoose with confidence, because you know what you are getting.
- What you'll experience: You meet the finalists with the DISC profile and our recommendation already in hand.
- What you'll receive: The DISC profile and our recommendation on each finalist.
Questions trades employers ask first.
Can you find Red Seal journeypersons and apprentices?
Yes, both. Each goes through the same search, built around what the seat needs.
How do you check tickets and licences?
Before anyone reaches your shortlist, we ask about the certificate of qualification, Red Seal endorsement, licence class and any safety tickets the role needs. If it needs a specific welding process or an insurable driving abstract, we ask about that too.
How fast is this?
There is no fixed number of days, because it depends on the ticket and the season. A general labourer search moves faster than a search for a Red Seal tradesperson with a specific ticket. Tell us your start date early and we will tell you straight whether it is realistic.
What if nobody on the shortlist is right?
On The Hire and Full Service, we promise two people who meet the scorecard within the window in your agreement, sixty days, or the second half of the fee is not owed. If the scorecard says nobody in the pipeline is right, we keep looking inside that window rather than handing you a shortlist just to hand you one.
What if the person leaves?
On Full Service, if the person you hire resigns through no fault of yours, or is dismissed for cause, inside 90 days, we run the search again once, at no additional fee. The Hire does not include a replacement guarantee. Your terms are settled before you sign and written into the contract, not a handshake.
Hiring for a construction crew instead? See construction recruiting.
Tell us the trade. We will take it from here.
A free twenty-minute call.
We answer every enquiry within 24 hours.
Prefer to talk? 204-921-1000 or rod@people-purpose.com.