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Our Story · Since 2007

We didn't start as recruiters.
We started as publishers.

We’ve put the best people in construction, legal, and finance on magazine covers. Now we put them on your team.

Where we came from

The recruiting practice built itself.

The Trueline Talent team by the lake

Trueline Talent was built on a foundation no other construction, legal or finance recruiting firm has, a publishing network with 15 years of genuine editorial relationships with the professionals our clients are trying to hire. Blueprint Construction Magazine, Vanguard Law Magazine and Equity Magazine gave us something no job board, LinkedIn campaign or cold-calling firm could replicate: real trust with the candidates who are already successfully employed and performing well for your competitors.

Those candidates started asking us to help them find their next opportunity. Our publishing clients started asking us to find them talent. The practice built itself from there and we’ve never looked back.

Today we place leaders across construction, legal, and accounting & finance in 200+ US markets. We take the work seriously. We take ourselves a little less so. And we think that’s exactly right.

The name & the mark

Two things we’ll never compromise on.

How we got here

Fifteen years, one through line.

From a single idea about telling the truth to a national recruiting firm. Same principle the whole way.

2007

The concept behind Trueline Talent is born: a publishing company built on the idea that every line should be true.

2010

Officially incorporated as TrueLine Publishing, LLC, launching Blueprint Construction Magazine as its first trade publication.

2011

The portfolio grows with the launch of Vanguard Law Magazine and Equity Magazine, extending Trueline Talent’s editorial relationships into legal and finance.

2016

Named one of the Best Places to Work, the first of many consecutive years. The culture was always part of the plan.

2018
Trueline Talent shaka

The shaka logo arrives, and TrueLine Publishing launches its specialist recruiting practice under a new name: Trueline Talent. For the first time, construction, legal and finance professionals are placed through the magazine networks, and the recruiting brand is born.

2019

Trueline Talent expands its recruiting practice nationally, placing professionals across 50+ US markets as the Blueprint, Vanguard Law and Equity magazine networks continue to grow.

2020

Teams go fully remote. The Blueprint, Vanguard Law and Equity magazine networks prove their value: warm candidate relationships built through editorial trust outperform every job board. Role specialization leads to better placements and happier clients.

Today

Trueline Talent places construction, legal and accounting & finance professionals across 200+ US markets, a fully distributed national recruiting firm powered by the Blueprint, Vanguard Law and Equity magazine networks. Still having fun doing it.

Life at Trueline Talent

We celebrate the work, loudly.

Recruiting is a relationship business. The people who stay and grow here are the ones who bring real energy to every search.

Trueline Talent team at a rooftop celebration
Two Trueline Talent colleagues at a team night out
Trueline Talent team members at an awards dinner
The Trueline Talent team out together
Trueline Talent team at a summer cookout
The Trueline Talent team at an outdoor event with the office dog
The Trueline Talent team gathered at a local restaurant
The Trueline Talent team throwing shakas
What we stand for

Five values. Every search.

Live with adventure & aloha

Markets shift, legal landscapes change, finance cycles move fast. We pursue every search with full commitment and genuine enthusiasm, bringing aloha to every interaction along the way. The shaka isn’t just a logo. It’s a standard.

Take ownership, be accountable

When we take on a superintendent search in Charlotte or a controller search in Dallas, we own it completely. No hand-offs. No excuses. We treat every search like the outcome matters, because it does.

Practice perseverance

The best project manager in Houston isn’t answering the first LinkedIn message. The right legal ops candidate in DC isn’t on Indeed. Finding the people who move the needle takes patience, relationship capital and the willingness to keep going. We keep going.

Do your best

Every candidate we present has been vetted, not just sourced. Every client conversation is prepared, not improvised. We don’t send five resumes to look busy. We send the right two and explain exactly why. Best work, every search, every time.

Feedback & “feedforward”

We tell clients what they need to hear. If the comp range won’t attract the superintendent they need in Tampa, we say it, before they lose three candidates finding out the hard way. If the role definition is too narrow, we say it. Honest, direct, respectful.

“Leave people better than you found them: candidates, clients and colleagues alike.”

The Trueline Talent standard

Let’s find your next great hire.

Tell us about the role you’re trying to fill. We’d love to talk. Bring your whole self. We’ll bring the aloha.

Serving construction, legal and accounting & finance employers across 200+ US markets.