Hightower GlobalRecruitment · Staffing · Workforce
Hightower Global RecruitmentHouston, TX · Craft & industrial

Hired isn't started.We close the gap.

We recruit, staff and fix onboarding for contractors and industrial employers. Our work doesn't end when the offer is signed. We stay on it until your new hire is on site, badged and working.

See the Onboarding AuditRequest a 20-minute fit call
The Day-One LineWhere hires go missing
  1. Offer acceptedEveryone relaxes.
  2. ScreensDrug and background results sit in someone's inbox.
  3. BadgingSite access and safety-council slots book out.
  4. PaperworkI-9, tickets and certs chased by text.
  5. OrientationRuns on one person's calendar.
  6. First shiftThe only date that pays.
Every wine dot is a wait. Every wait is a chance to take another offer.Illustration, not client data
Three ways we work

One firm for finding people, placing them and keeping them.

WO-01Recruitment

Recruitment

Direct-hire search for craft, field leadership and industrial roles, from the people who know what a real journeyman looks like.

  • Craft and skilled trades
  • Foremen, supers, safety and site leads
  • Hard-to-fill and surge hiring
Recruitment →
WO-02Staffing

Staffing

Project and temp-to-hire staffing for turnarounds, shutdowns and project peaks. We're rolling it out in phases.

  • Project and surge crews
  • Temp-to-hire
  • Availability by inquiry
Staffing →
WO-03Workforce solutions

Workforce solutions

The fixes behind the hires: an audit of how you get people from "yes" to day one, then help putting the fixes in place.

  • Onboarding Audit, 10 business days
  • Fix sprints and playbooks
  • Ongoing workforce advisory
The Audit →
Why the gap matters

The hire you already paid for is the cheapest one to keep.

48%

of contractors say new hires fail to show up or quit shortly after starting. It's their #2 reason for unfilled jobs.

AGC 2025 Workforce Survey, national · source
48%

of construction workers' comp claims (2017–2021) happened in the worker's first year with that contractor.

Travelers · source
11,200

construction jobs added in Houston, Feb 2025 to Feb 2026. That's the most of any U.S. metro.

ENR, citing BLS · source
$5,475

average cost per hire for non-executive roles, before overtime, schedule slips or safety costs.

SHRM 2025 Benchmarking · source

Figures are from the published sources linked above, checked Nov 1, 2026. National figures are labeled as national.

Flagship · Workforce solutions

The Onboarding Audit

In 10 business days, we map how your hiring-to-start process really works, show where it loses time and people, and hand you a ranked plan your superintendents will actually use.

How the Audit works
Focused Audit1 role family · 1 location

$2,500

Full AuditUp to 3 role families or 2 locations

$5,000

Who we serve

Built for the Gulf Coast craft workforce.

Commercial and industrial contractors, plants and the staffing partners who serve them. We focus on companies with roughly 50 to 500 field employees that hire in surges.

  • Electrical
  • Mechanical / HVAC
  • Pipefitting
  • Welding
  • Industrial maintenance
  • Instrumentation
  • Civil
  • Millwright
  • Turnarounds & shutdowns
  • Plant operations
  • Field supervision
  • Safety
How we're different

Four rules we work by.

  1. We count starts, not submittals.

    A placement isn't done until the person shows up and works the first shift. We measure our work that way.

  2. We speak jobsite, not HR.

    Our questions are about no-shows, badging and days to the first billable hour, not "employee experience" slides.

  3. We show our evidence.

    Every finding comes with where we saw it. If we can't prove it, we tell you it's a hunch.

  4. We don't make up proof.

    Our case studies will be real ones from real clients, and they'll go here once we have them.

Start here

Tell us where your new hires stall. We'll tell you if we can help.

It's a 20-minute call with no pitch deck. If the Audit isn't the right fit, we'll say so.

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