Pipeline recruiting with no placement fees.
Pick your monthly submittal volume and commitment length. We deliver qualified candidates every month. You hire as many as you want. No per-placement cost.
How much does a recruiter charge to hire a commercial electrician?
A contingency recruiter typically charges 20 to 30 percent of first-year salary to hire a commercial electrician, which is $12,638 to $18,957 on the BLS national median electrician wage of $63,190 (May 2025); My Trade Talent charges a flat $4,000 to $4,250 a month on its Talent Pipeline subscription instead, with no placement fee. For a single hire, My Trade Talent's pay-as-you-go option is 15% of first-year salary ($9,479 on that median, $8,000 minimum), with a $1,500 monthly retainer credited in full against it. Sourcing starts within 24 hours of kickoff and first submittals arrive by the end of week two; the worked arithmetic is on the pay-as-you-go page.
Choose your monthly submittal volume.
Packages are based on the number of qualified candidates we submit each month, not the number of roles you're hiring for. Distribute your monthly submittals across as many roles as you need.
Flex-Up Option
Need more submittals one month? Partners can request additional candidates beyond the monthly goal. Each additional submittal is priced based on your current package level.
How submittals are set
Your package sets a fixed monthly submittal goal — 6, 12, or 18. If you have multiple roles open, we distribute that goal across them based on each role's complexity and search criteria. We work with you to plan the right allocation.
Not everyone needs a pipeline.
The packages above are built for continuous hiring. If you have one seat to fill, there is a better-shaped option - and if you hire very rarely, a percentage fee may genuinely suit you better than either. Here is the honest version of all three.
Pay a placement fee
20–30%of first-year salary, per hire
What most contingency recruiters charge. Nothing to pay while the search runs, then one large invoice in the month someone starts. No commitment, the least predictable spend, and the cost repeats in full on every hire.
Fits if: you hire once every year or two.
Budget it monthly
$1,500monthly retainer, credited in full against a 15% fee
You pay $1,500 a month while we run the search. When you hire, every month you have paid comes off the placement commission dollar for dollar. The total is the same as a percentage fee; the difference is that most of it was budgeted and paid before the invoice arrived. No minimum commitment.
Fits if: you have one or two seats and need to budget for them.
How pay as you go works →Stop paying per head
From $4,000per month, no placement fees
The packages above. One monthly rate, hire as many people as you want from your submittals, no per-placement fee at any volume. $4,000 is the 12-month rate; on the six-month minimum it is $4,250, because a pipeline takes time to be worth anything.
Fits if: you are hiring continuously.
Why we charge flat →The 20–30% figure is the range contingency recruiters commonly charge, not a quote from a competitor. Want the arithmetic side by side, with worked examples on real BLS salary medians? Compare all three in detail.
Kickoff to first hires in four weeks.
Sourcing starts within 24 hours of kickoff. No multi-week ramp, no waiting around for paperwork. Most partners see qualified candidates in their inbox by the end of week two.
- Same-day kickoff call. We get on a 60-minute deep-dive within 24 hours of signing, usually the same business day.
- Role profile + scorecard built live. We leave the kickoff with a runnable search, not a list of action items to chase you on.
- Must-haves and nice-to-haves locked on the call. No multi-day back-and-forth defining the role; we do it together while it's fresh.
- Outbound hits the market hours later. Phone, LinkedIn, and direct sourcing kick off that afternoon: we are not waiting until Monday.
- Qualified candidates in your inbox. The first vetted submittals start landing by end of week two.
- Every submittal is decision-ready. Resume, our screening notes, salary expectations, and timeline: no follow-up needed before you decide.
- You give yes/no within 48 hours. That fast feedback loop is what keeps the pipeline tuned to what you actually want.
- Scorecard refined as we learn. What lands and what doesn't sharpens every batch of candidates after it.
- Your team interviews the shortlist. Only the candidates you advance get on your calendar. No junk to wade through.
- We handle scheduling, prep, and follow-up. You focus on the conversation; we run the logistics around it.
- Offer-extension support. We benchmark the offer against the market and extend it on your behalf if you want.
- Pipeline keeps building underneath. While you're in interviews, week-four candidates are already being sourced.
- First hires lock start dates. Background checks clear, offers are accepted, the seat starts getting filled.
- Pipeline runs at steady state. Monthly submittal goals from your package are now flowing in predictably.
- Monthly review call. We plan the next 30 days together: what's working, what to flex, which role goes next.
- Bench builds for the role after this one. By the time the next seat opens, the shortlist already exists.
Common pricing questions.
How much does My Trade Talent cost per month?
My Trade Talent's Talent Pipeline subscription starts at $4,000 a month on a 12-month term ($4,250 on the six-month minimum), with no placement fee. Pay-as-you-go is a separate product for a single search: 15% of first-year salary with an $8,000 minimum, and a $1,500 monthly retainer while the search runs that is credited in full against that fee. The $1,500 is the pay-as-you-go retainer, not the subscription price. My Trade Talent's median time to hire is 21 calendar days from our first contact with the candidate to the hire, across the 88 commercial trades searches it closed in 2026 year to date; sourcing starts within 24 hours of kickoff, and first candidates are submitted by the end of week two. Every tier is listed on this page.
What's included in the monthly fee?
My Trade Talent acts as your recruiting department. We run the full recruitment process for you: writing and posting the job, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer extension, and background checks. You don't have to do the tedious work.
Is there a minimum commitment?
Yes. To take advantage of the no-placement-fee model, we require a minimum commitment of 6 months. A 12-month commitment unlocks lower monthly pricing on every tier.
How does this compare to a contingency recruiter charging 20–30% of salary?
Our model lets you hire as many candidates as you want from our submittals, with no per-placement fees. Most partners realize cost savings equivalent to a 5 to 10 percent placement fee per candidate, with predictable monthly billing instead of large variable fees.
How are submittals counted?
Submittal goals are based on the number of qualified candidates we deliver to you each month (6, 12, or 18 depending on your package), not the number of roles you're hiring for. You can have multiple roles open at once. We distribute your monthly submittal goal across them based on each role's complexity and search criteria.
Are there any setup or add-on fees?
Not on the recruiting. Every Talent Pipeline package is the monthly rate and nothing else - no setup cost, no per-placement fee, no charge for a senior seat. The one priced extra anywhere on this site is the optional careers-page plug-in, at a $600 one-time setup and $450 a month, and it is entirely separate from the recruiting.
What if I need to fill more roles than my plan covers?
Your plan covers any open roles you'd like us to work on. My Trade Talent acts as a recruitment partner and will advise on which roles can yield more or fewer candidates based on the position's criteria. Need to flex up on volume in a given month? See the Flex-Up Option above.
How and when am I billed?
On the Talent Pipeline packages, one predictable monthly price covers all recruitment tools and activity: no placement fees and no surprise invoices. Pay As You Go is billed differently - $1,500 a month while the search runs, credited in full against a placement commission of 15% of first-year salary with an $8,000 minimum per engagement.
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