Make Talent Your Competitive Advantage.
We can’t solve the labour shortage, but we can help you gain an edge within it.
Who Is Carleton Hill?
Carleton Hill is a boutique leadership recruitment and advisory firm providing straightforward, high-impact talent solutions to the Built Environment industry across North America.
Our team of strategic talent advisors support the leadership teams of some of the nation’s most well-respected Contractors, Sub-contractors, and Developers attract, secure, and retain talent.
Our approach is different. We are not driven by KPIs or corporate pressure. Instead, we focus on what generates best results for you, combining patience, honest advice, consistent quality, and a genuine commitment to delivering long-term value.
Our boutique approach is deliberate. It allows us to take real ownership of every assignment, prioritise what truly matters, and deliver a highly personalised and consistent service.
We understand that hiring is one of many responsibilities that senior leaders must balance. The recruitment process can demanding and time consuming, often diverting attention away from other business priorities. Our objective is to remove that pressure, protect your time, and deliver a straightforward, efficient hiring experience.
Through genuine care and balanced communication, we will take time to develop a comprehensive understanding of your organisation and only deliver talent who meet your requirements and can make a lasting impact. This allows you to spend more time on driving business performance and project delivery forward.
Our Capabilities
Entering New Geographies
Expanding into new territories requires local intelligence and credible leadership. We provide talent mapping, market insight, and leadership search support that ensures geographic expansion is underpinned by leaders who understand regional dynamics and can establish and grow operations with confidence.
Entering New Market Sectors
Diversification requires the right leadership credentials and sector insight. We identify talent with transferable experience and sector-specific expertise, enabling you to enter new markets efficiently while mitigating reputational risk.
Capturing Market Share
We can help secure high-impact talent who will strengthen your competitive position. We identify proven performers and emerging leaders who can win new work, expand accounts, accelerate revenue growth, and improve operational performance.
Staffing Mega-Projects
We can mobilise quickly to fill critical positions on remote, complex, and high-value projects. Our disciplined process ensures candidates are thoroughly qualified, available within your required timeframe, and capable of operating effectively in high-pressure environments.
Succession Planning
We’ll confidentially work with leadership teams to assess internal capabilities, identify must-fill positions, and build structured succession plans that consider both internal and external hires. This reduces disruption, protects culture and revenues, and ensures critical leadership positions are planned rather than filled under pressure.
Skill Gap Analysis
We assess existing leadership and technical capability against future business and project requirements, identifying skill gaps that could restrict growth or performance. Through targeted hiring, focused development, and smarter workforce planning, you can take proactive action before capability shortfalls become operational risks.
Talent Mapping
We provide intelligence on the talent landscape across your competitors, target markets, and geographies. By mapping leadership teams, identifying high-performing individuals, and monitoring sector trends, we equip you with the insights needed to make informed, forward-thinking hiring decisions.
Why partner with Carleton Hill?
These techniques, matched with our relationship-led approach and deep-rooted sector expertise, allow us to uncover and connect with the industry’s most sought-after talent, who are rarely accessible or active in the market.
This means you’ll gain access to in-demand leaders before they enter the open market, reducing competition, and increasing the likelihood of securing talent that delivers long-term impact.
Every candidate we present is thoroughly vetted, relevant, and decision ready. This removes unnecessary interviews, reduces disruption to your business, and ensures a positive and efficient interviewing experience.
Our thorough approach significantly reduces the risk of candidates accepting counteroffers, reflected in our 98% counteroffer rejection rate.
We uncover the root causes of your challenges and advise on the most appropriate and effective solutions that improve performance, enable growth, and align with your long-term business objectives.
This protects your investment, improves performance, strengthens your reputation, and and encourages long-term retention.
97% of our placements have remained with their employers for 12 months or longer.
Every project is personally owned, ensuring consistent communication and a dedicated level of focus that business-critical hires demand. We will treat your hire with the same level of importance you do.
Long-term relationships are built on trust and results.
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We are experts in the markets shaping the future of North America’s Built Environment.
