The founder's story

I came up on jobsites — so I hire like an owner

Owners don't trust me because of a sales pitch. They trust me because I've been on the other end of the shovel — and I know the difference between a warm body and someone who fits the crew and stays.

The founder

I'm Jayden Sink

23 years old. Came up in the trades — board carrier, then solar installer. I started TradesTalent because I watched good owners lose great people to bad hiring, and I knew I could fix it.

10

Started as a Board Carrier

Grew up working with my grandpa, learning the value of hard work and getting the details right.

18

Became a Solar Installer

Worked my way up from helper to full installer — until the company went under (classic trades story).

21

U-Haul to Real Estate

Learned the business side at U-Haul, then closed 36 property deals in a single year with two partners.

23

Founded TradesTalent

Put my trades background and that same attention to detail into solving an owner's biggest headache: people who stay.

Why owners trust me

I Came From the Trades

I've been on the other end of the shovel. I know what a good hire looks like on your crew.

Attention to Detail

Same mindset as measure twice, cut once — only now it's screening the people you hire.

Built to Close

Closing 36 deals taught me how to find the right fit and actually get it across the line.

Young & Hungry

No corporate machine, no sales fluff. While others talk, I move fast and answer the phone.

The Founder

I've been on the other end of the shovel

I'm Jayden Sink, and I didn't come to the trades from a business school — I came up in them. I grew up on jobsites with my grandpa, learning that you measure twice and cut once and that the details are the whole job. At 18 I was installing solar, working my way from helper to full installer, until the company went under — the kind of thing that happens to good people in this industry all the time and isn't their fault.

That's when it clicked for me. I kept watching solid owners — guys who knew their trade cold — lose great people to bad hiring, or get burned by staffing agencies sending warm bodies who'd walk the first time somebody waved an extra dollar. Good crews falling apart, not because the work was bad, but because finding people who could do it and stay was a nightmare nobody had time to solve.

So I built TradesTalent to solve exactly that. I take the same thing my grandpa drilled into me — get the details right, do it the way you'd do it yourself — and I point it at the one problem that costs you the most: people. I find folks who can do the work, fit your crew, and actually stick around. Then I stand behind it.

Owners don't trust me because of a slick pitch. They trust me because I've stood where their guys stand, and I hire the way they would — if they had the time.

JS
Jayden SinkFounder, TradesTalent Systems
The problem

You don't have a hiring problem

You have a staying problem. I watched good owners get burned the same two ways over and over — and neither one gets you a crew that sticks.

Staffing Agencies

  • They send warm bodies, not people who fit your crew
  • Zero loyalty — workers bounce the second something easier comes along
  • They profit from your dependency, not your success
  • You never even meet the person before they show up

Job Boards

  • Post and pray, then drown in unqualified applicants
  • Most of the people who reply can't actually do the work
  • The good ones ghost after the first call
  • You do all the screening yourself, on top of running the job
The solution

We hire the way you would

Using my trades background and the same attention to detail I grew up on, I built a way of hiring that gets you people who fit — and stay.

We Go Find Them

We don't post and pray. We go hunt the people who are already good at the work.

Trade-Smart Screening

I know the difference between someone who says they can run the machine and someone who actually can.

Fit for Your Crew

You hire direct — people who match how your shop runs and want to stick around.

60-Day Guarantee

If a hire doesn't stick in the first 60 days, we go back to work for free until it does.

The track record so far
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My mission is simple

Help owners build permanent, loyal crews — people who fit and stay.

Across construction & skilled trades, heavy equipment & ag mechanics, machining & fabrication, finish carpentry, skilled labor, and the office & accounting roles that keep a trades business running.

Let's build a crew that stays

Tell me the role you need filled. I'll show you how we find people who fit and stick — or we work for free.