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About BirdDog

BirdDog is a service of the Industry People Group of Urbandale, Iowa (IPG Inc.). IPG, established in 1997 is a leading provider of online recruitment solutions for the Engineering, Construction and Facilities industries. Our customers include contractors, engineering firms, manufacturers, wholesalers, facility managers and service organizations within these industries. Our solutions include specialty job boards, applicant tracking/management, diversity applicant reporting and targeted candidate sourcing & prescreening. We pride ourselves on helping our growth-minded clients locate high quality tradesman, engineers and management, enabling an efficient recruitment and management of applicants and resumes, and offering on-demand diversity reports for employers.

Top 6 reasons BirdDog is the BEST online recruiting and applicant tracking system on the web.

  1. Industry focused. Construction building and non-building; related services; engineering and facilities jobs only. Residential, commercial, industrial and institutional fields.
  2. Single provider- Integrated Job Board and Applicant Tracking/Management Combination. Very unique.
  3. On-Demand Diversity Reporting. Candidate pooling and applicant flow reports accessible online for employers that need compliance with OFCCP or the Federal Highway Workforce Administration (FHWA) and other state and federal affirmative action recruitment practices.
  4. Best-Of-Industry Candidates. We speak to Engineering, Construction and Facilities professionals only -- a natural filter from non-industry professionals. We deliver your full job opening detail to the job seeker so THEY can deem themselves qualified before you invest time in evaluating them.
  5. Highly Cost Effective. The superior quality allocates your investment to only the very best choices. The integrated solution eliminates the need for multiple vendors and contracts.
  6. Guaranteed Service. BirdDogjobs offers you, your choice of a flat rate or a performance based model.
BirdDog ATS

The BirdDog Applicant Tracking System makes it EASY for you to store and manage your applicant flow online, reducing time and errors. As a web based solution it requires no IT support from your staff, as your data is immediately stored securely on our servers with complete control by YOU. BirdDog ATS is available as an integrated solution with your job board packages. Some of the BirdDog ATS features include:

  • Employer Overview page that summarizes company information and lists your current job openings.
  • Job Post builder that will automatically cross post your job ad to various industry and diversity job boards of your choice.
  • Applicant Manager where you can organize your in-bound applicants and record recruitment cycle progress. Applicant diversity information is sought and tracked.
  • EEOC and applicant flow reports for management, the OFCCP, DOT and other interested parties are available on-demand.

    • BirdDog Jobs is the leading specialty job board for the Engineering, Construction and Facilities industries. BirdDog Jobs is available independently or as an integrated solution with BirdDog ATS. BirdDogJobs is the largest jobs pool available online and is the preferred destination for professionals searching for openings in industry sectors. In addition to promoting "direct employers" only, we also prevent phantom jobs to be posted by staffing and recruitment firms. And, we don't allow work-from-home scams pervasive on the generalist big boards. Finally, we make your full job detail available to the job seeker opposed to just a thumbnail. This better enables the job seeker to decide if they are qualified or not before you begin investing in them.

    In addition to job postings, BirdDogJobs has an active resume database of over 25,000 professionals. You can search resumes by industry job category, professional certification, location, keyword and other criteria. The service allows you to easily build and send email correspondence to jobseekers, as well as save and forward preferred resumes to your colleagues. Finally, use your Talent Alerts to identify key job seekers that will be forwarded instantly to your inbox.

    Affiliate Job Board Relationships

    Jobs posted on BirdDog Jobs will be cross-posted to major jobs aggregators including Indeed, Simply Hired, and Job-Search-Engine. Jobs in the HVACR, Electrical and Plumbing categories will be cross-posted to industry leader www.mepjobs.com

    With BirdDog ATS, you can also cross post to other specialty and diversity sites such as:

  • State Workforce Development sites (Some exclusions apply)
  • Hire-a-Hero.org, a site focused US military veterans.
  • Diversityjobs.com, a site focused on attracting diverse ethnic backgrounds.
  • ASHRAE Jobs, the HVACR and energy engineering industry's talent board.