Built for the trades.
Stop wasting time on bad resumes.
OpusDesk automatically sweeps millions of verified licensed workers in your area—candidates who never show up on job boards—screens every applicant by phone within 5 minutes, and connects you with them directly. Hiring goes from weeks to hours.
Your Service Area
0 Licensed Workers
Phone Screen
Every applicant, within 5 min
Output
Ranked list, direct contact
You don't have a hiring problem. You have a systems problem.
Industry Standards
days
Average time to fill a skilled trades role
3–
of 100+
Qualified applicants in the resumes you screen by hand
+
hours
Lost to phone tag and uncertified interviews per hire
How It Works
Create one role. Get direct access to pre-screened candidates.
- 1
Launch Your Role
5 minutes to build your role. Tell us your trade, location, and key requirements.
- 2
Proactive Database Sweep
We sweep millions of state licensing board records in your area while posting to job boards and advertising your role across social media.
- 3
5-Minute Automated Phone Screen
We dial every applicant within 5 minutes of applying, running a custom 5-minute screen on experience, license, pay, and availability.
- 4
Connect Directly with the Candidate in Minutes
Skip phone tag completely. Get on a direct phone call with pre-screened candidates while your competitors are still sorting resumes.
- 5
Hire Directly from the Platform
Review your ranked list of applicants, pick your winner, and close the hire — all in one place.
Every minute a candidate waits, a competitor is dialing their number.
Trade workers don't wait to get hired. With OpusDesk, every applicant automatically gets contacted within minutes of applying—before they even close the application.
Time Since Application
Live00:00
- 00:00Application submitted
- 00:09OpusDesk dials the applicant
- 04:32Phone screen complete — ranked & delivered
Your Options
There's no comparison.
| Criteria | Headhunter | Job boards |  opusdesk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed to first contact | Days/Weeks | Whenever you get to it | 5 minutes — automated phone screen |
| Sourcing method | Manual headhunting | Passive — post & wait | Proactive sweep of millions of licensed workers |
| Pre-screening | Slow manual calls | None — you screen 100+ yourself | 100% automated phone screen |
| Deliverables | Summary notes | Unfiltered resumes | Direct phone call with the candidate + ranked list of applicants |
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Every applicant receives a structured phone screen within five minutes of applying. The screen follows your qualifying criteria, including licensing, experience, availability, and expectations. You receive a ranked list and can connect directly with qualified candidates.
Yes — because we call while they are still sitting at the application. Response rates are highest in the first five minutes, and our screen takes less time than filling out most application forms. Candidates who complete it are booked directly onto your calendar. In practice, the candidates who engage with the screen are the same ones who show up prepared to interviews.
Job boards deliver applicants and leave everything else to you. OpusDesk delivers interviews. We actively source from job boards, direct outreach to licensed professionals, and targeted campaigns — then call, screen, score, and rank every single applicant. You never read a resume pile. You only ever meet the top candidates, with the evidence to back the ranking.
We replace them. If a candidate we placed leaves or underperforms, we relaunch the search and deliver a new shortlist — no questions asked, no renegotiation. Our incentive is a hire who stays.
About fifteen minutes to launch a role — once. We help you write the posting and define the screening criteria. After that, the next thing on your desk is a ranked shortlist with interviews already scheduled on your calendar. Your only job is to interview and decide.
We specialize in the skilled trades — HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and the office and field-management roles that support them. The screening framework adapts to any role where you know what a qualified candidate looks like: we encode your bar, then hold every applicant to it.
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