The Bridger Group

The Bridger Group is a recruitment firm based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a national reach. It specialises in building products, commercial interiors, residential interiors and related industries, including areas such as roofing, flooring, doors, insulation and windows. Its clients are manufacturers, distributors and contractors, and its markets also include mechanical, electrical and plumbing, steel construction, and kitchen and bath.

The firm builds sales, marketing and engineering teams, and places people in roles from sales team members to organisational leaders and the C-suite. It offers solutions for both urgent and less urgent hiring timelines, and publishes a salary guide drawing on its placements.

The company was founded in 1967 as Sales Consultants of Grand Rapids, a franchise of Management Recruiters International. Dave Underwood joined in 1970, bought the business in the late 1970s and sold it to his sons, Nick and Jordan Underwood, in 2015. They are now managing partners of the second-generation family-owned firm, which says it has nearly 40 employees, including recruiters, operations staff and researchers.