Direct hire · Trades & light industrial · Portland OR + Vancouver WA
Direct hire.
One seat at a time.
You can't find good help anymore. We can.
Seat Fill is direct hire — one Seat Fill at a time — for trades and light industrial shops. The person goes on your payroll. We tap a skill market (warm network + real search), not a job post and not a fake bench.
- Direct hire
- No hire = $0
- 90-day replacement
Promise
A short slate for one named seat.
No resume dump. No fake bench. Scope call first — if we can’t fill it at your pay and must-haves, we say so.
Who Seat Fill is for
- Trades & light industrial shops in Portland OR / Vancouver WA
- Owners and GMs filling one hard seat at a time
- Employers who want direct hire onto their payroll
Hard no
- Temp / staffing
- HVAC / home services
- Fake benches and resume dumps
- National or remote-only searches
Beachhead roles
Seats we fill first.
Floor & ops
- Welders
- Warehouse
- Leads
- Fab / CNC (still in lane)
Shop-side seats
- CSR
- Sales
- Project managers
- Estimators
Process
Scope. Search. Update. Through start.
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20-min scope call
We lock the seat, pay, and must-haves. Fee quoted in writing before search. If we can’t fill it, we say so.
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Search the skill market
Warm network plus active search — not a job post. Short slate for that one named seat.
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Weekly update → through start
You stay in the loop. Direct hire onto your payroll. No hire = $0. 90-day replacement if they don’t stick.
Offer
Quoted before we search. Paid when they start.
Engagement pricing
Quoted in writing before search
No hire = $0
- Direct hire They work for you — your payroll. Not staffing.
- Skill-market access Warm network + search. No fake bench.
- 90-day replacement If they leave or don’t work out in the first 90 days, we replace
- Invoice on start Terms confirmed in the written quote
FAQ
Straight answers before you call.
Do you have a bench of people ready?
No. We don’t advertise a fake bench. We sell access to a skill market we can tap — warm network plus real search — for one named seat.
Are you a staffing company?
No. Direct hire only. The person goes on your payroll. We don’t mark up hours or place temps.
What seats do you fill?
Beachhead: welders, warehouse, leads, CSR, sales, PM, estimators — plus fab/CNC. Hard no: temp/staffing and HVAC/home services.
How does pricing work?
Fee is quoted in writing before we start the search. No dollar amounts or percentages on this page — you’ll see the number before we work.
What does “no hire = $0” mean?
If we don’t place someone you hire into that seat, you owe nothing.
Where do you work?
Portland OR and Vancouver WA / Clark County. Local shops only.
Next step
Got one seat open?
Book a 20-min scope call. If it’s a fit, we quote in writing before search.
Portland OR · Vancouver WA · Trades & light industrial · Direct hire