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Northlight AEC

AEC Professionals, Northlight is simply better at matching you with meaningful career opportunities. Give it a try.

A tailored recruiting search built around your goals, skills, and interests, followed by introductions to the companies you choose.

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Completely free of charge for candidates.

  1. Build your profile.

    Step 1

  2. See where you fit.

    Step 2

    Classroom Building, Alder & Finch Architects
    Alder & Finch Architects
  3. Choose who we contact.

    Step 3

  4. We make the introduction.

    Step 4

Companies often hire without ever posting a job.

Northlight finds firms where your experience fits and introduces you to the ones you choose, giving them a clear reason to consider you.

A firm’s projects and specialties can reveal where your experience could be useful, even when its careers page has no relevant opening. Northlight researches that connection and explains why the firm is worth considering.

Why Northlight?

  • 01

    Understand employers before approaching them.

    Northlight researches firm websites, project portfolios, career pages, and public project records. You can consider an employer with information about its work, specialties, and developing activity.

  • 02

    Include employers you haven’t discovered.

    Northlight tracks AEC firms across California. It can surface suitable employers outside your existing network, including firms without a relevant vacancy on their careers page.

  • 03

    Employer research built around you.

    Your background and career goals guide a search across firms, their projects, and their specializations. We identify employers with a specific connection to your experience and explain why they are relevant.

  • 04

    Your profile goes to a person not a job board.

    Once you approve a firm, our team sends an introduction to a contact there. The introduction explains your background and why it could be relevant to that employer.

  • 05

    Choose where we introduce you.

    Review the firms and the reasons for each match. You approve which ones we contact, and our people introduce your experience and help you with the next steps.

Meet BACN.

BACN (yes, like bacon) is Northlight’s research engine. BACN stands for Built Around Candidate Needs. It connects information about AEC firms, their projects, and their developing work with your experience. Each recommendation explains why that employer is worth considering.

Alder & Finch Architects

Architecture + Interiors · Sacramento, CA · Founded 1906

Open roles

  • Project Manager
  • Project Manager/ArchitectCorona, CA
  • Project ArchitectRoseville and Santa Barbara

How Northlight works.

  1. Build your profile.

    Tell us about your projects, the role you want, your preferred location and company size. Include firms you’re interested in and exclude those you don’t want approached. You can explore your results before speaking with us.

  2. See where you fit.

    BACN compares your experience with researched AEC firms, their projects, and their specialties. Your results explain why each employer is worth considering, including firms without a relevant advertised opening.

  3. Choose who we contact.

    Review your matches and select the firms you want us to approach. You approve where your introduction goes.

  4. We make the introduction.

    Our people contact your chosen firms, explain your experience and its relevance to their work, and handle the responses. You decide which conversations to pursue, with our team helping you through the next steps.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does it cost?

Northlight is free for candidates.

Can I use Northlight if I’m not ready to leave my current job?

Yes. You can build your profile and explore firms before deciding whether to pursue a conversation. Include your current employer among the firms you do not want contacted. Reviewing your matches does not authorize an introduction.

Does a match mean there is an open job?

No. A match identifies a researched connection between your experience and a firm’s work. A relevant vacancy may or may not be advertised. An introduction establishes whether there is mutual interest.

Will you contact firms without my approval?

No. You choose which firms we contact. Reviewing your matches does not authorize an introduction.

How will you introduce me?

Our team contacts the firms you approve with an introduction explaining your experience and its relevance to their work. Employer responses come back to Northlight, and we help you decide what to pursue next.

What should I have ready?

Have your résumé ready. A portfolio or project list is optional. Include the kinds of projects you’ve worked on and what you were responsible for. Those details help us understand your experience beyond your job title.

See which firms are worth a conversation.

Explore researched employers, understand the reasons for each match, and choose where we introduce you.

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Free for candidates.