Case Study: a large commercial construction company reduces hiring costs and time to hire with IQTalent

After teaming up with IQTalent, a family-owned general contractor changed its recruiting model to significantly reduce time and cost to hire

IQTalent worked with a large commercial construction company, a family-owned general contractor based in Seattle with offices in Arizona, California, and Texas, to improve hiring after years of relying on an office manager and outside recruiters. The company faced recycled bad candidates, concerns about recruiter conflicts of interest, and difficulty finding qualified talent during a period of labor shortages and rapid growth. IQTalent provided candidate research, sourcing, and recruiting support.

Using IQTalent’s on-demand recruiting model, the company gained flexible, low-risk hiring support that could scale up or down as needed. IQTalent quickly learned the business, refined role profiles, and delivered a strong candidate pipeline, helping the company make its first hire in five weeks and 17 hires over two years. The firm cut recruiting costs by more than 50%, achieved a long-term average cost per hire of $9,020, and reported better-quality hires, including an employee who was promoted within 30 days.