Pace Consulting Group

What Pace Consulting Group does

Pace Consulting Group (DBA: Pace Consulting Services / PCG) is a privately held executive search and staffing firm headquartered at 7725 Gateway #1558, Irvine, California. Founded in 2018 and operating nationwide in the United States, the firm provides strategic search and placement of seasoned professionals with specific emphasis on Engineering Design and Construction industries, covering eight construction sub-verticals: Commercial, Engineering, Engineering Design, Heavy Civil, Industrial, Multi-Family, Paving and Grading, and Residential Construction. Pace monetizes through placement fees and professional services, supports candidates via a self-serve job portal with weekly refreshed listings, and runs a $1,000-per-placement referral program. The Managing Director, David Perry, runs a full desk with nationwide clientele and active business development.

The firm's core product is Executive Search, complemented by Job Seeker Services and Brand Management (which includes website design and development, brand management consultation, and marketing exposure insight). Supporting services include Engineering Design Staffing, HR Sourcing and Placement, Marketing Campaign Launches, Social Media Services, Workforce Expansion, Construction Recruiting, and Website Design & Development. The technology stack is described as using "state of the art search practices" across multiple platforms for candidate screening and sourcing, but no proprietary platform, API, integrations, patents, or AI/ML components are disclosed. Marketing channels consist of the company website, an email newsletter, the referral program, and client testimonials.

The go-to-market is sales-led and founder-driven: enterprise clients are reached through direct executive-search engagement by David Perry, mid-market clients through phone (949.229.2284) and website contact form inquiries, and SMB/individual job seekers via a self-serve portal. The firm has no institutional funding, no parent company, no disclosed partnerships, and no awards. Customer evidence is limited to three publicly named testimonials, all from construction industry clients.

Name

Pace Consulting Group

Legal name

Pace Consulting Group

Website

https://paceconsultingservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pace Consulting Group is a privately held, founder-led executive search and staffing firm based in Irvine, California that places specialized talent for engineering design and construction companies nationwide, and also offers brand management and marketing services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Management & Workforce Planning Consulting (BPAHAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Brand & Portfolio Strategy Consulting (MPAAAFAB)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Construction staffing
• Engineering design staffing
• Talent placement
• Brand management

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Executive Search and Placement Services: Strategic search and placement of seasoned professionals across engineering and construction industries. Revenue generated through successful placement fees, likely contingency-based given the referral program offering $1,000 per successful candidate referral.
2. Job Seeker Services: Provides job listings for active candidates with postings refreshed weekly. Generates value through candidate acquisition for placement opportunities.
3. Brand Management Services: Services include website design and development, brand management consultation, and marketing exposure insight for clients seeking to maximize their market exposure.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pace Consulting Group provides strategic executive search and placement of seasoned professionals with a specific emphasis in the Engineering Design and Construction fields, supported by state-of-the-art candidate screening and sourcing processes. In addition to core executive search and job seeker services, the firm offers brand management services including website design and development, brand consultation, and marketing exposure insight for engineering and construction clients.

Product overview

Pace Consulting Group operates as a unified staffing and consulting services platform offering executive search and placement services primarily focused on the Engineering Design and Construction industries. The core service offering consists of Executive Search (strategic placement of seasoned professionals), Job Seeker Services (candidate-facing job listings), and Brand Management (marketing services including website design). These primary services are complemented by supporting services including Engineering Design Staffing, HR Sourcing and Placement, Marketing Campaign Launches, Social Media Services, Workforce Expansion, Construction Recruiting, and Website Design & Development. The company utilizes state-of-the-art search practices and technology to source candidates across multiple platforms and databases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search Strategic search and placement of seasoned professionals across a broad range of industries with specific emphasis in the Engineering Design and Construction fields, featuring state-of-the-art candidate screening and sourcing processes. Targeted at engineering design firms and construction companies needing specialized talent.
• Job Seeker Services Up-to-date job listings for active candidate searches, with postings refreshed weekly to ensure candidates have the latest information about open positions across the country. Includes a $1,000 referral program for successful candidate referrals. Targeted at active job seekers in engineering and construction.
• Brand Management Brand management services that ensure a company's marketing practices maximize their market exposure, including website design and development, brand management consultation, and marketing exposure insight. Targeted at engineering and construction companies seeking marketing and operational support.
• Engineering Design Staffing Placement of industry-specific and specialized talent for qualifying clients through careful processes and attention to detail to match top talent and skillsets to the right employers in engineering design. Targeted at engineering design firms needing specialized talent.
• Construction Recruiting Construction recruiting services to match qualified professionals with construction industry employers across commercial, engineering, heavy civil, industrial, multi-family, paving and grading, and residential construction.
• HR Sourcing and Placement HR sourcing and placement services to assist companies in fulfilling their workforce needs in engineering and construction.
• Workforce Expansion Services focused on helping businesses expand their workforce to achieve results and operate at maximum efficiency in engineering and construction.
• Website Design & Development Website design and development services as part of brand management and marketing practices for engineering and construction clients.
• Marketing Campaign Launches Marketing campaign launch services to help clients effectively reach their target audience and gain exposure in engineering and construction markets.
• Social Media Services Social media makeovers to optimize clients' social media presence and marketing practices for engineering and construction businesses.

Quantifiable outcome

• $1,000 referral bonus for successful candidate placements

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad USA: Randstad is one of the largest global staffing firms with dedicated engineering and construction practices; it competes with PCG on construction executive search at scale, leveraging significantly larger talent databases and geographic coverage.
• Kforce: Kforce is a publicly traded technical staffing firm serving engineering, construction, and technology clients; it competes for the same mid-market construction and engineering hiring budgets as PCG but offers deeper recruiter bench and RPO capabilities.
• Aerotek: Aerotek is a large industrial and technical staffing firm (part of Allegis Group) with substantial construction and engineering vertical presence; it competes with PCG on engineering/construction placements but at much greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Robert Half: Robert Half is a major staffing and consulting firm with construction and engineering search practices; it serves similar mid-market and enterprise clients but operates at vastly greater scale with a broader service portfolio.
• ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a global staffing leader with construction and engineering vertical offerings; it competes for the same construction and engineering hiring clients as PCG but at significantly greater scale with RPO and MSP capabilities.

Direct peers

• CyberCoders: CyberCoders (now part of ASGN/HireGenics) is a tech and engineering-focused recruiting firm with a permanent placement model; it directly competes for engineering and construction leadership placements using a similar sales-led, relationship-based approach.
• The Select Group: The Select Group is a staffing and direct-hire firm specializing in engineering, construction, and technical placements — directly competing with Pace Consulting Group on the same customer base and using a similar relationship-led sales model.
• Construction Recruiters Inc. Construction Recruiters Inc. is a specialized construction industry search firm placing executives and project professionals; it is one of the most direct small-firm competitors to PCG in construction executive search.
• GPAC (Goedecke, Patterson & Associates): GPAC is a large executive search and recruiting firm with dedicated construction, engineering, and architecture practices; it competes directly with PCG for construction and engineering leadership placements through a similar relationship-driven model.

Emerging players

• iHire Construction: iHire operates niche job boards including iHireConstruction, targeting the same candidate and employer audience as PCG; it offers a tech-enabled self-serve alternative rather than executive search, but competes for the same construction hiring budget.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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