🏗️ What Roles Are Worth Hiring Ambassador Group For—and Which Ones Aren’t? (as of March 2025)
TJ Kastning
We’re not a staffing firm. We’re not a resume-forwarding service.
We’re a strategic recruiting partner built for construction leaders who need to hire well and lead better.
But we’re also not for everyone—or every role.
This post lays it out plain:
- What types of searches are perfect for Ambassador Group
- What types aren’t a fit right now
- The gray areas (where context matters)
- A simple scoring tool to help you decide
✅ The Searches That Bring Out Our Best Work
These are the roles where our process delivers serious ROI—fast.
🧠 Executives
Presidents, Division Heads, Ops Leaders—when leadership matters, alignment isn’t optional. We help you avoid mismatches that take years to unwind.
📈 Project Management
We specialize in finding PMs who can own the work, manage the chaos, and represent your brand with clients and subs.
📊 Estimators
Your revenue hinges on smart estimating. We assess not just quantity takeoff ability, but client IQ, bid strategy, and communication under pressure.
🚧 Experienced Field Leaders
Superintendents, General Supers, Ops Managers. These are the people who run the job, not just report on it. We know the difference—and so do you.
💸 Revenue-Critical Roles
If missing this hire means lost bids, blown schedules, or strained client relationships—it’s worth doing right the first time.
🎯 Talent-Short Searches
If job postings and internal referrals are turning up dust, we bring a custom search process, industry fluency, and a network built on trust.
We don’t just fill seats. We help you protect your reputation, your profit, and your people.
🚫 Searches We Don’t Recommend Using Ambassador Group For
We’re all about value. If we can’t clearly deliver it, we’ll tell you up front.
🗂️ Entry-Level Admin Roles
Office Assistants, Front Desk, Coordinators—there’s usually plenty of available talent here. You can run an internal process more cost-effectively than we can.
👷 Field Labor Roles
Laborers, Carpenters, Operators—these hires are often needed quickly, in high volume, and with a different workflow. Staffing firms are better set up for this right now.
Hiring Ambassador Group for a low-leverage admin or field labor role is like bringing in a crane to hang a picture frame. Wrong tool. Wrong job. Overkill.
Save the heavy machinery for the hires that truly hold weight.
🤔 The “It Depends” Category
Some roles are case-by-case. Here’s when it makes sense to talk to us:
| Role | Use Ambassador Group If… |
|---|---|
| Assistant PMs / PEs | You’re building a leadership pipeline or can’t find solid talent through your usual channels. |
| Controllers / Finance Leads | The role is strategic, growth-focused, or interfacing with ownership—not just doing the books. |
| Marketing / BD | The hire directly impacts client relationships or go/no-go decisions on projects. |
If the role is critical to your future plans or hard to fill through normal means, let’s talk.
📏 Scorecard: Should You Use Ambassador Group?
Use this quick tool to clarify if we’re the right fit:
| Criteria | Ask Yourself… | Score if Yes |
|---|---|---|
| 🚨 Urgency | Will a delay in this hire impact revenue, projects, or team bandwidth? | +1 |
| 🔍 Difficulty | Have you struggled to find good candidates on your own or through ads? | +1 |
| 📊 Leverage | Will this person lead others, win work, or manage a P&L? | +1 |
| 😓 Team Fatigue | Is your internal team worn out from trying to fill this or burned by a bad hire? | +1 |
Score 3–4: ✅ Strong candidate for our search process
Score 1–2: 🤝 Let’s have a quick call and assess
Score 0: 👨🔧 You’re probably better off handling this in-house or with a staffing firm
🛠️ What’s Coming Next
We’re actively developing new tools and service lines to support:
- Field labor strategy (not just placement)
- Admin hiring enablement
- Internal recruiting infrastructure for high-growth companies
If you’re struggling in these areas, we’d love to hear about it. You can help shape what we build next.
📞 Wondering If We’re the Right Fit?
Let’s figure it out together.
- We’ll evaluate your current hiring needs
- Walk you through how our process works
- Decide together if it’s worth moving forward
We only take on searches when we believe we can knock it out of the park.
You deserve that kind of partnership.
Let’s build something solid. 💪
