Product sneak peak: Statewide and nationwide search

The construction industry is experiencing one of the most competitive labor markets in decades. With record demand for data centers, energy projects, infrastructure, and commercial builds, contractors are being pushed to think differently about how and where they source craft talent. To support this shift, Skillit is excited to introduce two major enhancements to our platform: statewide search and nationwide search for craft workers.

These new capabilities are designed for contractors whose projects reach far beyond a single city or region. Many of the country’s top GCs and specialty contractors operate across multiple states, or even coast to coast. This requires a more flexible and scalable approach to recruiting. With statewide and nationwide search, teams can now identify the best possible craft professionals for any project, regardless of geography.

This is especially impactful for roles involving traveling craft workers or projects where per diem is offered. In these situations, a worker’s homebase is no longer the primary constraint. What matters is skill, reliability, and availability. Skillit’s expanded search helps hiring teams cast a wider net, ensuring they can reach the highest-quality candidates who may be willing or even prefer to travel for stable, long-term opportunities.

The change also directly addresses the nationwide labor shortage affecting nearly every trade. With fewer available workers and increasing competition from major builds across energy, industrial, and data center sectors, local markets alone often cannot supply enough qualified craft. Statewide and nationwide search empowers contractors to overcome geographic limitations, fill labor gaps faster, and keep projects moving without compromising on quality.

These enhancements also complement Skillit’s AI recruiting copilot, Sam, who can now surface top talent from much larger pools. Whether you’re mobilizing a team for a new data center, ramping up for a large tilt-wall project, or staffing the next phase of a renewable-energy build, Sam can now evaluate and shortlist workers from anywhere in a state or across the entire U.S. with unprecedented speed.

Nationwide and statewide search will roll out in the next week as Skillit expands access across the country. As we continue our goal to build the largest, most trusted craft workforce platform in the nation, these new capabilities represent a major step forward in solving the industry’s most pressing challenge: finding great people, wherever they are.