I built a trades hiring platform for apprentices and employers to easily connect!
I'm a first year 309A apprentice in Mississauga and I built a free hiring platform for trades workers because I got tired of watching companies dangle the sign-on promise and never follow through.
It's called My Apprentice (myapprentice.ca) and here's what makes it different from Indeed or LinkedIn:
- Employers have to declare upfront what they're hiring for — sign-on apprentice, journeyman, helper, co-op. No more guessing.
- Apprentices can leave verified reviews on employers so the community knows which companies actually sign and which ones use you for cheap labour and cut you loose.
- Free public portfolios so employers can see your actual experience before the first call.
- A job board, forum, and inbox — all built for the trades, not office workers.
It's free for apprentices, students, and educators. Always will be.
I built this myself on nights and weekends because this problem is real and nobody was solving it. If you've ever been strung along on a sign-on promise, you know exactly why this needed to exist.
Would love feedback from people actually in the trades. What would make this more useful for you?