Rikka Brandon started Recruiting in the building products industry in 2001.
Since then she's made over 600 placements with a less than 1% replacement rate. She's the Founder and Chief Executive Recruiter of Building Gurus, an executive search and recruitment consulting firm that works exclusively in the Building Products Industry.
She's advised hundreds of building product companies ranging from mom and pops to the Fortune 100. However, her personal favorite has always been the privately held and often family owned business. Rikka's the go-to girl for growth-minded Building Products Owners and Executives who want to hire the right people to take their manufacturing, distribution, or retail business to the next level.
RIKKA IS:
The leading Recruiting and Retention expert for the building products industry
The nation’s leading expert for LBM Recruiting, Hiring, and Retention training.
The nation’s leading expert for LBM Recruiting, Hiring, and Retention training.
LBM Journal’s Recruiting + Retention Expert for 4 years
Repeat Speaker at West Coast Lumber and Building Materials Association’s (WCLBMDA) National Convention
Speaker at Northwestern Lumber Association’s (NLBMDA) Expo North
Hiring Expert for LumberBlueBook.com’s - including writing 2 of their top 5 most read articles out of almost 10,000 articles in 2022.
Creating and providing recruiting and hiring content for the Northwest Retail Lumber Association (NRLA) blog and their Lumber Co-Operator magazine.
The leading Recruiting and Retention expert for the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), providing articles for both NKBA.com blog and Kitchen and Bath Business magazine (KBB), webinars, and speaking at national events.
Past member and Chair of the National Kitchen and Bath Association's National Leadership Recruitment Committee.
Recruiting and Hiring expert for ConstructionNext (formerly Roofing and Exteriors), World of Concrete, International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo, and Deck Expo.
A best-selling and award-winning author
Service Provider of the Year for Luxury Products Group
Rikka is focused on results, she talks fast, cracks jokes, and really believes growing your building products business should be fun. It's this energy and enthusiasm that has made the industry as well as national media take notice.
Rikka has been featured numerous times on Fast Company, American Express's Open Forum, the NFIB, NBC and CBS.