Setting Up an Employer Account to Reach Trade Workers Directly
To set up an employer account on Construction Help Finder, a general contractor or trade business owner registers on the web application and then posts openings. Construction Help Finder's primary service is paid access for construction employers — general contractors and trade business owners who need skilled workers for a project — and the platform itself is built as a straightforward web application rather than anything requiring special technical skill. The signup, login, and job-posting steps themselves happen inside that web application, not on the marketing site; the marketing site simply explains what the platform does and links out to it. Founder James Wright built the platform to be simple, with the explicit goal of serving people who would rather be on a job site than in front of a computer all day. That means registration is not meant to be a long or technical setup process standing in the way: an employer creates an account and gets to posting trade openings. Once the account is in place, the employer can move directly to writing and publishing job postings for the trades they need filled, and skilled trade workers browsing the board can find and respond to those postings. The rest of this guide walks through where registration happens, what California law requires employers to include in postings once they reach that stage, and where those pay-scale rules come from so a contractor's posted openings stay compliant from the start.
Why the Signup Process Is Kept Simple
Most general contractors and trade business owners didn't get into construction because they enjoy filling out forms on a screen. Founder James Wright built Construction Help Finder with that in mind: the platform is simple, for people who'd rather be on a job site than on a computer. That shapes the whole signup experience. An employer account is meant to get a busy contractor from "I need workers" to "I have a posted opening" with as little friction as possible.
That matters because the people this platform serves — general contractors and trade business owners who need skilled workers for a project — are usually juggling active jobs, crews, and deadlines at the same time they're trying to fill a position. A complicated registration process would work against the problem the platform exists to solve. For a contractor preparing a bid, there's a separate guide on lining up trade workers before a big bid in Southern California.
Where Registration Actually Happens
It's worth being clear about where this all takes place, because the marketing site and the actual platform are two different things. Signup, login, payment, job posting, and job search don't happen on the marketing website — those all take place inside the web platform itself, and the marketing site exists to explain the service and link out to where the work actually gets done.
Construction Help Finder is a web platform, reached in a browser on a phone, tablet, or computer. Once inside, a contractor creates the employer account and moves on to posting a first opening, which is covered in detail in the guide on what to expect from posting a trade opening to receiving responses.
Pay Scale Requirements for California Employers With 15 or More Employees
Once an employer account is set up and a contractor is ready to post an opening, California law adds a requirement that larger employers need to know before publishing anything. In California, an employer with 15 or more employees must include the pay scale in any job posting (California Department of Industrial Relations, Labor Commissioner's Office). This isn't a platform policy — it's a state legal requirement that applies to job postings generally, regardless of where they're published, and it applies to any covered employer using Construction Help Finder to list an opening.
The term "pay scale" has a specific meaning under this law. Under the pay transparency law, pay scale means a good faith estimate of the salary or wage range for the position. That phrase — a good faith estimate of a range — is the standard a covered employer has to meet. For a general contractor or trade business owner posting a skilled trade opening, that means working out what the position realistically pays before writing the posting, and putting that range directly in the listing rather than leaving it to be hashed out after a worker applies.
Posting Through a Third Party Like a Job Board
Construction Help Finder is a job board for the trades, so the third-party rule is worth knowing before you post. If a covered employer uses a third party to post a job, the employer must give the pay scale to the third party, and the third party must include it in the posting. The simple way to stay on the right side of that rule is to write the pay scale into the listing yourself when you post it.
The reach of this rule is also broader than some employers might expect. The Labor Commissioner's Office reads the requirement as applying whenever the position may ever be filled in California, in person or remotely. A covered employer can't sidestep the pay scale requirement just because a role might be filled by someone working from outside the state, or because the position has some remote flexibility built in — if there's any chance the job gets filled in California, the pay scale needs to be there. For general contractors and trade business owners posting openings for on-site trade work, this is usually straightforward since the work itself is tied to a physical job site in Southern California, but it's a good reason to make including a pay scale a habit on every posting. Contractors lining up a crew ahead of a bid can work through a pre-bid checklist for lining up trade workers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is registering on Construction Help Finder the same as registering with California's CalJOBS system?
No. CalJOBS is a separate system run by the California Employment Development Department. To use it, employers must first register as a verified California employer through e-Services for Business and then register in CalJOBS (Register with e-Services for Business and CalJOBS). That process is unrelated to setting up an employer account on this platform.
What information does registering an employer in CalJOBS require?
Registering an employer in CalJOBS requires the business's California EDD employer account number, which is its Unemployment Insurance tax account number, used for verification. This is specific to the CalJOBS system, separate from an employer account on this platform.
Does including a pay range actually affect how many people apply?
SHRM found in 2023 that 74 percent of U.S. workers are less interested in applying to job ads that don't list a pay range, while 82 percent are more likely to consider applying when a range is included. This is one reason pay scale disclosure matters beyond just legal compliance.
Getting Started
Setting up an employer account on Construction Help Finder comes down to a few straightforward steps: register on the web platform, then post openings for the trades a project needs filled. Once that account is active, California's pay transparency requirements become the next thing to keep in mind — any covered employer with 15 or more employees needs to supply a good-faith pay scale estimate, whether posting directly or through a job board, and that obligation follows the job wherever in California it might ultimately be filled. With the account set up and those requirements understood, a general contractor or trade business owner is ready to post an opening and start reaching skilled trade workers directly across Southern California. To post your opening and reach skilled trade workers directly, Get Started.