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 […]

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 […]

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). […]

Over the last 21 years, I or my staff have interviewed a cumulative 45,000 job seekers. It’s easy but often dangerous to draw random anecdotal conclusions about things like industry wages and why simply from our experience. Ideally, we would be able to collect real verifiable data. So I built my first survey..which I’ve learned […]

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 […]

It’s just about construction time in Buffalo. Time to get off your butt and get back to work 🙂 I’ve received calls for entry-level, general labor, and experienced helpers in just about every trade—commercial carpenters, plastering, restoration, landscaping, masonry, with much more to come very soon. This is not temp work, and we pay top […]

These 3 things can get you at least $15/hr: 1). Have a car 2). A reasonable amount of experience 3). Can read a tape measure My job as your agent is to get you more money. Seriously, if you (or someone you know) are working for only $12 as a trades helper PLEASE come talk […]

Over the last 20 years, we’ve talked to 38,069 job seekers in WNY—The first 37,000 are probably wondering why I haven’t called them lately. Well life is short and you could get old waiting on me—so maybe it’s time to take action. Call me! I have 63 awesome jobs on my board! All we need is for […]

Every year at this time I get a plethora of calls looking for admin folks: estimators, managers, and superintendents. I even have a couple of sales positions. If you hate where you’re at, please reach out to me. Be well, John Krytus, Sr. Recruiter Sqrft Tradesmen 716-855-8100