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About
Newfoundland & Labrador’s construction market can be “74% of union members idle” one summer and “1,600 workers short” a few years later. The problem was never a shortage of people or of work — it was that the two couldn’t see each other.
The disconnect
74%
of Trades NL members out of work in-province
June 2025, after West White Rose, Western Memorial and the mental-health centre all wrapped. Thousands commuting west for work that exists here a year later.
1,600
worker shortfall projected by 2035
BuildForce: non-residential employment up 15%, peaking 2031, with 5,900 retirements — 30% of the workforce — on the way out. Churchill Falls, Bay du Nord, hospitals, highways.
Job boards treat this like any other market: post an ad, collect resumes, charge per click. They don’t know that a Red Seal carpenter in Marystown is free from October, or that a school in Gander needs six of them by the first. We built the thing that does.
How we're building it
Newfoundland & Labrador only
No national noise. Seven regions, the communities in them, and the trades that build here.
Neutral ground
Not branded to a contractor, a union or a college. Verified employers of every size, workers of every level, partners who feed the pipeline.
Transparent by default
One published formula. The same breakdown shown to workers and employers. AI explains — it never decides.
Availability, not just openings
This is a project-cycle market. We track when people are free and when jobs start, so the match is about timing as much as trade.
Who it's for
Workers
Journeypersons, apprentices, labourers, operators, people who've never set foot on a site. Free, always.
How to get pickedEmployers
From a two-person renovation outfit to a megaproject GC. Verified before they post, one flat price.
For employersPartners
Colleges, unions, safety trainers, employment offices. Region-level data and placement tools.
For partnersMeasures of success
These are the numbers we hold ourselves to. As the platform grows they'll be published on the Workforce pulse.
01
Reply within 3 days
Share of expressions of interest that get a status change inside 72 hours. Target: 95%+.
02
No ghost jobs
Share of open postings confirmed “still hiring” in the last 7 days. Target: 100%.
03
Time to first qualified applicant
Median hours from a posting going live to its first applicant who meets every hard gate. Target: under 48.
04
Local hires
Share of hires where the worker's home region matches the job's. We publish it on the Workforce pulse.
If you build here, hire here or train here, there's a place for you on the platform.