Washington · Applied AI
AI recruiting in Tacoma
For Tacoma operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
What AI recruiting actually does
Job ads written for SEEK, Trade Me, and LinkedIn. CVs screened against role criteria with reasoning. Phone screens done by voice AI – so shortlists land on your desk ready to interview.
We've worked with enough operators in Tacoma to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any AI recruiting project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
- 01 Drafts compliant NZ job ads with realistic salary bands
- 02 Screens CVs and ranks by fit with written rationale
- 03 Voice AI runs first-round phone screens 24/7
- 04 Bias checks built in – flagged in the audit log
Built on: Claude Vapi Workable SEEK API Vercel
Why Tacoma businesses choose this
Tacoma runs on port logistics, manufacturing and military, a genuinely industrial counterpart to Seattle up the freeway – AI here means operational reliability over polish.
The Tacoma context, plainly.
One of the busiest container ports on the West Coast, a major military presence at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and a manufacturing base that never left. Tacoma businesses want AI that works the same way every shift, not a flashy demo.
We work with teams across Tacoma: Downtown Tacoma · Point Ruston · Hilltop · Proctor District · Lakewood · Puyallup.
How we build AI recruiting for a Tacoma team
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Tacoma business, so value lands before the build is finished. Every engagement starts with a short call and a paid discovery if the brief needs one.
AI candidate screening.
The outcome for Tacoma teams
What changes for Tacoma teams after this lands: the work that used to need a person stays done, the work that needs a person gets done with their attention undivided. Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days.
Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days.
AI recruiting in Tacoma – common questions
When does AI recruiting actually pay back?
Inside the first quarter, in our experience. We pick the first slice specifically because it's the highest-leverage workflow for a Tacoma – so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call – fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Anyone else in this space using AI recruiting?
Plenty. Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" – it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI recruiting can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude, Vapi, Workable, SEEK API, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
The honest version of a sales call.
No deck. No discovery doc. Just whether this is worth building and what it would cost.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.