Craft Hire

Build anything, anywhere, fast

Use purpose-built AI to access and hire skilled craft professionals on demand from America’s craft network.

Everyone’s here

Skillit is trusted by contractors all across the nation who need to hire craft, fast.

DN Tanks
Spawglass
Strack, Inc
ST Wooten
Bulldog Group
Sands Wall Systems
Shelby Erectors
WB Moore
Westbrook
Rollcon
Skillit SMB self-serve testimonials

The craft network solving the workforce shortage

19 of every 20 craft workers America needs are out there and ready to work¹, but most still transact offline and remain difficult to find online using traditional search. Skillit uses AI to make them discoverable and easy to route to opportunities at your company.

7.3x

Growth in priority
trades annually²

10x

Higher connection rate
than Indeed³

12,000+

Annualized full-time hires by Skillit hiring partners⁴

Every craft. All markets. One network.

Skillit — Supply, demand, and connections
A map of the United States. Painter’s Tape blue circles show craft professional supply; Traffic Cone orange circles show employer searches. Curved lines fade from blue to orange, connecting where workers live to where employers search. Filter by trade or hover for figures; an Iron dot marks selection.

Supply: where workers are

Demand: where employers are searching

Connections between them

50+

Trades, including open shop, union, local, and travelers

78%

Coverage across major U.S. construction sectors

98.7%

Coverage across U.S. metropolitan areas

Craft hiring, made simple

Built for the way contractors actually hire, Craft Hire makes it easy to find, contact and hire skilled craft professionals whenever you need them.

Prompt to search

Simply describe who you need and Skillit’s AI turns it into a live search, continuously finding and matching qualified workers.

See vetted craft professionals

Get recommended candidates who are a strong match based on availability, pay expectations, skills verification, work authorization, and mobility, all before reaching out.

Connect instantly with AI

Skillit’s AI reaches out and gets candidates on the line for you. Automate outreach, scheduling, and followups. Prefer to call them yourself? That works too. 

Craft Hire works across your team

Give everyone on your team one place to find, contact and hire craft workers, so you can work together and keep hiring moving.

From search to hire

Keep every candidate moving through one shared workflow, from first contact to hire. Give your team one view of every candidate and what happens next.

Know what’s working

Track your hiring funnel across recruiters, projects and teams. See where candidates convert, where they drop off and where your process can improve.

One workforce, whatever you build

Craft Hire gives you access to the craft workforce you need across commercial, civil and industrial projects.

AI & advanced tech

Data centers
Semiconductor fabs
Robotics
Advanced manufacturing

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Energy

Nuclear
Grid modernization
Renewables
Battery plants

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Landmark buildings

Skyscrapers
Stadiums
Hospitals
Universities

Transportation & infrastructure

Bridges
Tunnels
Airports
Rails
Ports

Housing

Apartments & Multifamily
Condominiums
Affordable & Workforce Housing
Student Housing
Senior Living

Ready from day one

Craft Hire is built to get your team hiring fast, without sacrificing reliability, security or support.

Get started instantly

✓ Self-serve signup

✓ No demo required

✓ No set up or implemtation

✓ Search for free

✓ Pay only when hiring

✓ Pause and resume anytime

Secure & compliant

✓ Secure data transmission

✓ Password encryption

✓ No sale of personal data

✓ GeoTrust certified

✓ Single sign-on (SSO)

✓ Data compliance

Self-serve support

✓ Step-by-step guides

✓ Search tips & best practices

✓ Account & billing help

✓ Frequently asked questions 

✓ Available 24/7

Hire better, build more

Craft Hire gives you the craft workforce you need to take on more work, keep projects moving and grow your business.

Grow your crew.

Add skilled craft as your workload grows, without access to labor becoming the constraint.

Take on more work.

Find the craft you need beyond your immediate network, so you can take on jobs with confidence.

Keep projects moving.

Find qualified craft workers in days, not weeks, so open positions don’t slow down the work.

Spend less on hiring.

Hire craft directly without the cost of staffing agencies or expensive job postings.

Join the wave of contractors scaling their craft with Skillit

Frequently asked questions

¹ Based on ABC’s 2026 Workforce Shortage Model, the U.S. construction workforce totals 8.3M, with 349K additional workers needed in 2026—meaning ~96% of the required workforce already exists.

² Based on Skillit platform data (2026) covering electricians, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, concrete workers and general laborers in response to U.S. AI build-out.

³ Based on Skillit platform data compared with published Indeed recruiting benchmarks. Connection rate is defined as initial outreach resulting in a candidate attending a scheduled interview. Indeed: 2.64%; Skillit: 26.57%, or 10.06× higher. Indeed benchmarks sourced from Noon, Indeed Hiring Resources and Fountain’s 2024 Time-to-Hire Benchmark Report. Skillit data as of October 2026.

⁴ Based on Skillit platform data as of October 2026. Skillit hiring partners are reporting approximately 1,000 full-time craft hires per month through the network, equivalent to 12,000+ annualized hires.