Staff the work without the gamble.
Scale a team for a deadline or hire the leader who'll define your studio for years. We pre-vet for skill, software, and fit — so the first interview is the right one. We invented this model in 1984, and we've refined it ever since.
Request talent
Tell us who you need — discipline, level, software, timeline — and we'll come back fast with people worth your time. Pressing deadline? Call (212) 532-4360 .
Why firms choose CFA
Design-native recruiters
Our team reads portfolios and speaks the language of the studio — not generalists chasing keywords.
Fast, vetted shortlists
An 85,000-strong, curated network means qualified candidates, often within days.
Software verified up front
Revit, AutoCAD, and more — proficiency assessed before you ever sit down.
Recruiters who stay
Decades of tenure on our team means relationships and market memory the big firms can't match.
What a permanent hire really costs
A project rate can look expensive by the hour — until you weigh it against the fully loaded cost of an employee. Drag the slider to a salary and watch the real number.
Illustrative. Benefit load from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (benefits ≈ 30% of total compensation, ≈ 43% of wages); replacement range per Gallup. Not financial advice.
Three ways to hire
Project / Contract →
A specialist or a whole team to carry a deadline — cost-effective, no permanent overhead.
Project-to-Perm →
Try the fit on a live project, then convert to a permanent hire with no friction.
Permanent / Direct-Hire →
Targeted searches for the architects and designers who'll stay and lead — including confidential retained searches for principals and studio leaders.
The right architect, before you even ask
TalentRadar™ is our in-house, AI-assisted talent engine — used by no other architecture staffing firm. It keeps a living, ranked shortlist of the strongest available candidates for every role, so your recruiter calls with the right few people, not a keyword pile.
Explore TalentRadar →Start with our network
Four decades of relationships and one of the deepest architecture-and-design talent pools in New York.
TalentRadar verifies & ranks
For every role, it checks each candidate against your requirements, confirms availability, and ranks by true fit — not keyword counts.
Your recruiter calls
A shortlist that's already vetted. No stale résumés, no guesswork — just the few people genuinely worth your time.
CAD & Revit assessment
Software ability shouldn't be a guess. We assess Revit, AutoCAD, and related tools through the CFAeX Knowledge Assessment — real, standards-based testing, and a direct extension of our heritage running an award-winning Autodesk training center and authoring certification exams. It works three ways:
For our candidates
Every CFA candidate can certify their skills at no cost — so the talent we send you arrives already verified.
Test your own team
Benchmark your entire CAD/BIM staff or screen new hires with our assessment — objective proof of exactly where your people stand.
Built to your standards
We'll build a test around your firm's own CAD standards, templates, and workflows — so you measure what actually matters in your studio.