Your truck’s ready. Your next tech isn’t. Yet.
We find apprentices and green techs for HVAC, electrical and plumbing shops across Georgia. People who CHOSE the trade. We talk to every one before you do.
- Customer
- Your shop
- Job
- 1 apprentice, HVAC
- Location
- Metro Atlanta
- Price
- $2,500 flat
- Due
- When they start
- Warranty
- 90 days
Green. Not soft.
Most of the people we send you are in their twenties. A lot of them finished college or got close, then spent a couple of years in jobs that went nowhere: retail management, call centers, warehouses, desks they hated.
They ran the numbers and picked the trade. Nobody pushed them into it. They’ve already tried the other path, so they show up knowing what they’re walking away from.
Yeah, the degree. That’s not the point. The point is they’ve already had the “safe” job, hated it, and walked away from it on purpose. We ask every one of them about attics in August, crawlspaces, 7 a.m. starts and on-call weekends. If they flinch, you never hear their name.
They find us through RecentCollegeGraduates.com, where we help people figure out whether a trade beats the degree they’re paying off. That’s our bench. You don’t get a stack of job-board resumes. You get the few who fit YOUR shop.
We recruit for HVAC shops, electrical contractors and plumbing companies across Georgia.
How it works
Tell us who you need
Trade, location, starting pay, schedule, what the first year looks like. Fifteen minutes on the phone.
We screen
We talk to every candidate before you do. Can they live on the pay? Can they make the commute by 7? Do they have a driver’s license and a ride? Can they tell you WHY this trade? If not, you don’t meet them.
You hire, then you pay
$2,500 once your hire starts. If they don’t make it 90 days, we replace them free.
- Nothing up front. You pay when they START.
- 90-day replacement guarantee on every hire.
- Your employee, your payroll, day one. Not a staffing agency.
- No retainer.
- Candidates never pay us a dime.
What Georgia techs make right now
Georgia pays 7 to 10 percent under the national median in all three trades. That’s fine until a shop across town pays a dollar more. Here’s the federal data, hourly.
| Job | Georgia median | Atlanta median | U.S. median | Georgia entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HVAC tech | $27.11 | $28.35 | $29.33 | $17.78 |
| Electrician | $28.04 | $28.20 | $30.38 | $17.88 |
| Plumber | $27.50 | $28.07 | $30.67 | $18.12 |
BLS OEWS, May 2025. Base pay, hourly. Entry is the 10th percentile.
An empty truck isn’t free.
A service truck in a solid HVAC or plumbing shop brings in $200,000 to $300,000 a year. Park it for 30 working days and you’ve walked away from roughly $25,000 to $37,000 in revenue. Our fee is $2,500. And it’s worse in the busy season, when every call you can’t run goes to the next guy on Google.
Revenue, not profit. Use your own figures; the calculator takes about 20 seconds.
Who’s behind this
I’m Brian Zmich. I’ve been recruiting since 2006 and have placed more than 1,000 salespeople in that time. Since 2012 I’ve run Zmich Recruiting Group, and metro Atlanta has always been our biggest market.
I’m not going to pretend I’ve pulled wire or brazed a line set. What I know is finding people who show up, and telling the difference on a phone call between somebody who wants the job and somebody who wants A job.
Same playbook, pointed at the trades. We screen them so you don’t burn a morning on a no-show. And if they bail in 90 days, we replace them.
Questions contractors ask
Which trades do you recruit for?
HVAC, electrical and plumbing, mostly at the apprentice, helper and entry-level tech level. If you run another trade and need people who'll learn it, ask.
Where do you recruit?
Georgia. Most of our searches run in metro Atlanta and the corridor from Dalton down to Macon.
What does it cost?
$2,500 per hire, flat. No retainer, nothing up front. You pay only when someone we sent you starts.
What if the hire doesn't work out?
Every hire carries a 90-day replacement guarantee. If they quit or don't work out in the first 90 days, we find you a replacement at no charge.
Are you a staffing agency?
No. We don't rent you workers. Every person we send is your direct hire, on your payroll, from day one.
What do they know on day one?
Usually nothing about your trade, and we say so up front. What they bring is showing up, learning fast and talking to a homeowner like a normal person. You teach the trade. We find people worth teaching.
Do the candidates pay you anything?
Never. Candidates don't pay us a dime. Contractors pay us when they hire.
Write us a work order
Tell us what you need. We’ll call you back, usually the same business day.