Whoever you are and whatever your situation, if you’re unhappy or not making enough money, then please consider talking with us. Here’s what’s going on in construction hiring from the perspective of my desk in downtown Buffalo. Despite what the news is telling us, it’s really an employee market. Every company owner and hiring manager […]

Receive a $250 bonus when you refer a friend for work. Great paying jobs we have open right now include (but are not limited to): general laborers, project managers, carpenters, electricians, estimators, plumbers, HVAC installers, drywall finishers, road work, diesel mechanics, landscaping, roofing, sheet metal, handyman & property maintenance, icynene applicators, and even a marketing […]

A call for site work Project Managers and Estimators

Unemployment in Erie County is still at around 11%. The good news? There are good jobs to be had!

Sqrft is a recruiting firm that sources, screens, and onboards new employees for some of Western New York’s fastest-growing construction companies. Broadly speaking, we service companies that employ skilled tradespeople. These are construction, service, and certain manufacturing companies.

Good news if one of the following 10 job openings calls to you! No. 1 — Commercial Electrician: Work here has been essential all along. Two things. The world is about to open up AND we missed all the hiring we had planned to do in April. We need talent now. No. 2 — Office […]

Electrician Help Wanted: Commercial journeyman level electrician to lead a crew. We’re looking for the best of the best and yes, we’d be willing to pay for it. Please send along a note. Tell me a little bit about how you got to where you are in your career, and what you would like to […]

Our industrial facility in Niagara County is hiring for a Maintenance Mechanic. The full job post is on the web site here —> Maintenance Mechanic We pay well, offer great benefits, and the work is all first shift. What’s important? A natural talent for things mechanical and a little knowledge of industrial electricity. The best […]

How many people would show up at your funeral and say that they would not be who they are today without your leadership? It’s a difficult question, but one worth considering.

I am a headhunter for the construction trades, and my clients have great jobs! I am a carpenter by trade and have lived and worked in Buffalo all of my life. My company is Squarefoot Tradesmen. We are not a national chain, a job board, or an aggregation website. We are the human part of […]

We have a hotel to wire in Olean and a hospital addition in Springville coming up in the very near future and could use some help. If you know what to do with MC cable, have time to jump on a project, and live in that neighborhood …then reach out to me.

I wasn’t going to bother writing because I figure—it’s the height of the season, unemployment is low, there are mountains of opportunity out there—you’re probably happily working and making lots of money! If for some crazy reason you or someone you know is not checking all of those boxes, I know of 192 pretty decent […]

10).  You’ll never meet a good roofer who’s unemployed 9).  Ask any banker—the most important thing on a building is its roof 8).  You get to work outdoors, in the sunshine and fresh air 7).  Few people get to see the world from a roofer’s perspective 6).  Roofing on your resume earns respect from every other trade 5). […]

If you’re going to be a roofer, then be the best damn professional there is. Not everyone is lucky enough to work with slate and copper…or should I say dedicated enough. It used to be that a roofer was someone who threw shingles on a roof.  Now a roof is a system. A good mechanic will […]

This is construction. We build stuff that we can feel good about—things that endure, sometimes for generations. Sqrft Tradesmen acts as your agent to find some of the best opportunities in construction. If you have experience, we’ll recommend you to the jobs that make the most money and have the greatest long term potential. If […]