Electrician Recruiting Platform Lands $10M
July 30, 2026
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5 min readBill Force, a tech-enabled platform connecting electricians with electrical contractors, has raised $10 million in Series B funding led by Cepillo Capital, with participation from Blue Heron Capital and others. The company plans to use the capital for national expansion and further development of its dual-platform technology—a mobile app for electricians to find work and a web application for contractors to manage crews. Founded in 2019, Bill Force has logged over two million hours of work across more than 2,000 commercial construction projects. CEO and founder Moody Heard described the financing as "a major milestone in furthering our mission to help people dedicated to a career in the construction trades lead more secure and fulfilling lives."
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- 1 (00:30) **Episode Open & Host Intro** - Chris Russell returns from vacation and previews the episode's main stories: Apply Government Solutions rebrands, a new AI job application standard called OJCP, Bill Force lands funding for electrician recruiting, and Zuna acquires Joblift.
- 2 (01:10) **Apply Government Solutions Rebrands to FedHire** - The company formerly known as Monster Government Solutions announces a new brand identity and renames its flagship hiring system to "FedHire," emphasizing its role as a trusted federal technology partner.
- 3 (01:55) **Open Job Candidate Protocol (OJCP) Launches** - A coalition led by Recruiting CTO Austin Anderson introduces OJCP, a vendor-neutral standard for how AI agents and employers interact with job postings and applications, built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- 4 (03:42) **Bill Force Raises $10M for Electrician Recruiting Platform** - The tech-enabled electrician staffing business secures a Series A funding round led by Cepillo Capital, with participation from Blue Heron Capital, to fuel national expansion and platform development.
- 5 (05:03) **Zuna Acquires German Job Platform Joblift** - Zuna completes its fourth acquisition in four years, buying the Berlin-based Joblift to strengthen its position as a leading global job search platform.
- 6 (06:06) **Caregiver Acquires MAS Medical Staffing** - The healthcare workforce technology organization acquires MAS Medical Staffing, one of the Northeast's leading healthcare workforce organizations, with financial terms undisclosed.
- 7 (07:28) **Episode Close** - Chris wraps up the episode, directing listeners to HRTechFeed.com for daily alerts and mentioning related sites RecruitingHeadlines.com and HRNewsFeed.com.
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Alright rec techies…..here’s what's happening this week.
First up,
Apply Government Solutions™ (ApplyGov™), formerly Monster Government Solutions, announced today its new brand identity, reinforcing the company’s position as a trusted federal technology partner dedicated to advancing federal hiring. The company also introduced FedHire™ as the new name for its flagship talent acquisition system, previously known as Monster Hiring Management Enterprise, reflecting its continued commitment to delivering secure, modern, and mission-ready hiring technology for federal agencies.
https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-technology-in-the-news/
Recruitics announced today the launch of Open Job Context Protocol (OJCP), a new industry standard that provides employers and AI agents with a structured way to interact with job postings and applications. OJCP is designed to reduce application noise, protect candidate data, and make it dramatically easier for employers to find and hire qualified people in an era when AI agents search for jobs on behalf of humans.
https://hrtechfeed.com/recruitics-tries-to-get-industry-behind-open-job-context-protocol-ojcp/
HOUSTON — Buildforce, the largest tech-enabled electrician staffing business in the US, today announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Saepio Capital with participation from new investor Blue Heron Capital and existing investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, S3 Ventures, and Chicago Ventures. The new capital will be used to fuel continued national expansion and to further develop its technology, serving both electricians and electrical contractors.
https://hrtechfeed.com/buildforce-raises-10m-series-a-to-staff-electricians-nationally/
Adzuna has officially acquired the assets of Joblift, the German job search platform.
https://hrtechfeed.com/adzuna-acquires-joblift/
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.– Care Career, a rapidly growing healthcare workforce technology organization, today announced the acquisition of MAS Medical Staffing, one of the Northeast’s leading healthcare workforce organizations. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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