KinTrades — the skilled trades hiring and career exploration platform.
Hire skilled hands, not paper resumes.
Built for the Trades. Designed for Opportunity. Post a role and see ranked candidates — workers who showcase their real skills with photos and videos, not paper resumes.
Post a Job →Show what you can build. Get hired for it.
Workers showcase real work through photos and videos — not resumes. Get matched to local jobs in construction, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and more.
Find Jobs →
Every connection has to earn it.
Workers and jobs aren't sorted by keywords. Each match is scored — and labeled with a clear tier so employers know what they're looking at.
Marcus T.
Carpenter — Residential remodel
Best Match · 90–100% Solid Match · 75–89% Work-Ready · 60–74% Getting There · 40–59%
The skilled trades shortage is here — and growing.
650,000+ open jobs. 3 million more workers needed by 2030. Nearly half the workforce nearing retirement. KinTrades is built for the people stepping in.
A clear signal employers can trust.
A general readiness signal that helps employers know who's going to show up. Workers earn their tier through evidence, not paperwork — and it gets sharper over time.
Three clear tiers. One honest signal.
Every worker on KinTrades earns a tier that updates as they show up. Hiring managers see it on every match — alongside the actual work — so decisions are grounded in evidence.
Every tier is searchable and hireable. Lower tiers tell employers where to look closer — not who to skip.
The signal sharpens over time. As employers, training programs, and workforce partners weigh in, the tier reflects more than what a worker says about themselves — it reflects what the people around them have seen.
Don’t have a video yet? The Coach writes the shot list.
A photo or a 30-second video of real work is what makes an employer stop. Most people freeze at “film what?” The KinTrades Coach asks three questions — can you get to a jobsite, what is your trade, what should an employer see — and turns them into a shot list written for your trade. No jobsite needed: real tools at home, in a garage, or anywhere safe count.
- A shot list for every trade we carry
- Add it to your profile, email it to yourself, or save it as a PDF
- Nothing is recorded until you press record
How hiring works on KinTrades.
A simple, skills-first flow that gives employers what they actually need to make a confident hire.
Post the role in 5 minutes
Trade, location, schedule, pay range. KinTrades translates the post into a skills checklist that drives the match.
See your matches
Workers are ranked by skills, experience, reliability tier, and trade/role fit — not by who applied first.
Review the proof
Look at photos and videos of actual work. Read reliability detail. Skills-first, not resume-first.
Reach out directly
Contact details live on each worker's profile. Call, text, or email directly — no middle-layer between you and the hire.
Hire and start
Make the offer. KinTrades surfaces hiring incentives you may qualify for — bonding, training reimbursement, and tax credits.
Hiring benefits, surfaced for you.
Programs change by state and by year. KinTrades keeps track and shows you the ones a hire may qualify for, with direct links and step-by-step guidance to claim them.
Not every program applies to every hire or every state. KinTrades shows you only the ones that fit, and tells you when a program pauses or returns. See how hiring benefits work →
Correct me if I'm wrong — I've not seen another platform like this one.
Ready to start your journey?
Start building your future in skilled trades today. Currently active in VA · DC · MD · NC — and expanding.