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Performance-based Recruitment Marketing for
Construction & Homebuilders

With short social videos,we build a system that brings in applicantsand run all of it for you.

  • Agency fee¥0
  • PricingPerformance-based
  • Until they joinSupport

We focus on the working day of site managers and craftspeople and the process of a home going up, and use it to bring in applications from people job boards never reach.

Platforms we cover

  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Meta ads
  • Official LINE account
  • Graduate applications at a hair salon

    30x

  • Part-time applications at a restaurant

    370 applicants

  • Total views across accounts we run

    500M+

Construction job seekers now check companies on social media

69.6%

Seven in ten construction firms are short of people

Construction companies reporting a shortage of permanent staff. The highest of the 51 sectors surveyed, 17.3pt above the 52.3% all-industry average

Teikoku Databank, Survey of Corporate Labour Shortages, January 2026 (n=10,620)

8.00×

Eight firms compete for every tradesperson

Jobs-to-applicants ratio for structural construction trades. Across all occupations it is 1.17, so eight firms compete for each candidate here

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Employment Referrals, March 2026 (published April 2026)

14%

Of school-leaver vacancies, only one in seven gets filled

Against 92,980 school-leaver vacancies, 12,654 school leavers actually joined the construction industry. Posting the vacancy isn't reaching them

Calculated from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's school-leaver vacancy statistics and the Ministry of Education's FY2025 School Basic Survey

25.7%

One tradesperson in four is over 60

Share of construction trades workers aged 60 or over (776,000 people). Most of them are expected to retire within ten years

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Current State and Issues in the Construction Industry, May 2023

68%

Seven in ten firms turn work away for lack of people

Small and mid-sized construction firms who sometimes turn work away for lack of people. Not being able to hire becomes the ceiling on revenue

Craftbank Research Institute, Survey of Labour Shortages and Pay Rises in Small and Mid-Sized Construction, 2025 edition (5-100 employees, n=1,659)

34.5%

One in three Someone who sees social media stops applying

Share who have abandoned an application after seeing social media or reviews. 83.8% check something other than official information before applying

Workport, The Influence of Social Media and Reviews on Job Searching, May 2026 (n=308)
  • POV video of cleaning a guest room at Shimoda View Hotel

    Shimoda, Shizuoka

    Hotels & ryokan

    Shimoda View Hotel

  • POV video of a stylist coloring hair at a Shibuya salon

    Shibuya, Tokyo

    Hair salon

    A hair salon in Shibuya

  • POV video of a food truck selling braised-pork burgers at an event

    Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

    Food truck

    Iwasaki Honpo (braised-pork burgers)

  • POV video of making toppings in a pudding kitchen
    Sweets maker

    Tokyo Tenryu

  • POV video of a coin ring workshop

    Asakusa, Tokyo

    Craft workshop

    RAGTIME COIN FACTORY

  • Video of an acai bowl shop owner presenting the menu

    Kawaramachi, Kyoto

    Café

    Sugary, an acai bowl shop

  • POV video of a J.League home match, filmed through the eyes of the club's media officer
    Football club

    Reilac Shiga FC

  • POV video of cutting an exhaust and fitting a variable valve in a repair shop
    Auto repair

    Doggies outfit customs (Dufflyer LLC)

  • POV video of a glamping site staff member checking guests in

    Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki

    Glamping

    Izura Hot Spring

4 benefits of performance-based recruitment marketing for construction and homebuilding

  1. 01

    Reach high schoolers who don't read job ads

    Neither the atmosphere nor the work fits on a paper job posting. Video reaches students before they choose a path.

  2. 02

    See the reality of the site before joining

    People who have seen even the hard work on video won't be caught off guard by the gap once they start.

  3. 03

    Your company is there when they search

    People thinking of applying look at social media too. Posts build up on your own account and are still visible for next year's hiring.

  4. 04

    Site videos reassure clients too

    Videos of a site that is careful from setup to clean-up help clients choose a builder too.

Four reasons construction firms and homebuilders choose TripClear for performance-based recruitment marketing

  1. 10M+views/month

    Strong in video creative

    We tailor the message for site supervisors and tradespeople. Safety and legal rules are set before filming. POV Studio

  2. Results-based

    No ad management fee, no monthly fee

    In a month without results, you pay us nothing. Ads are set up to reach parents and teachers too. See pricing

  3. Through to hire

    Full support, down to candidate nurturing

    Whether they come via job sites, referrals or school recommendations, everyone lands on the page and official LINE, with contact kept up through scheduling.

  4. Tied to marketing

    A full range of marketing solutions

    With one camera operator on site, work doesn't stop. Site videos can also become posts that show how carefully you build. Services to combine with

Creative that moves people

Now that social media has become the main battleground for business, what it takes is strategy and memorable content, together. Delivering both is what TripClear does best.

By focusing on the experience people get through a product or service, and on the process of how things are actually made, we turn that content into brand recall, sales, and hiring.

  • Video save rate

    3.8×

    Average save rate versus standard video

  • Branded search growth

    +68%

    Growth in brand-name searches driven by POV video

  • Lower ad CPA

    -42%

    Measured CPA reduction versus existing social ads

Our creative work

See all
  • POV video of cleaning a guest room at Shimoda View Hotel

    Shimoda, Shizuoka

    Hotels & ryokan

    Shimoda View Hotel

  • POV video of a stylist coloring hair at a Shibuya salon

    Shibuya, Tokyo

    Hair salon

    A hair salon in Shibuya

  • POV video of a food truck selling braised-pork burgers at an event

    Japan National Stadium, Tokyo

    Food truck

    Iwasaki Honpo (braised-pork burgers)

  • POV video of making toppings in a pudding kitchen
    Sweets maker

    Tokyo Tenryu

  • POV video of a coin ring workshop

    Asakusa, Tokyo

    Craft workshop

    RAGTIME COIN FACTORY

  • Video of an acai bowl shop owner presenting the menu

    Kawaramachi, Kyoto

    Café

    Sugary, an acai bowl shop

  • POV video of a J.League home match, filmed through the eyes of the club's media officer
    Football club

    Reilac Shiga FC

  • POV video of cutting an exhaust and fitting a variable valve in a repair shop
    Auto repair

    Doggies outfit customs (Dufflyer LLC)

  • POV video of a glamping site staff member checking guests in

    Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki

    Glamping

    Izura Hot Spring

See our results →

Process

From the first conversation to going live. All the site provides is the time to film

Strategy, filming, the landing page, advertising and LINE, all held by us rather than split up

Illustration of our team member and a client talking across a table

01Contact us

We learn about your hiring situation and walk you through the next steps.

Illustration of the discovery phase, sorting through hiring problems and building the persona

02Discovery and persona work

It starts with how many people short you are, role by role.

Illustration of the filming phase, capturing employee interviews and the workplace

03Filming on site

We film the site without stopping the work.

Illustration of the build phase: the dedicated landing page, official LINE and ad accounts

04Build

The place applications land gets built before delivery.

Illustration of the launch phase: campaigns live on Meta and TikTok, monitored daily

05Launch

Delivery starts as little as ten working days after filming finishes.

Illustration of the optimization phase, improving the page and creative against live campaign data

06Optimization

Budget keeps moving to the videos that work.

The platform mix for construction firms, and what we watch on each

TikTokdiscovery Showing a day on site to people who aren't job hunting

What we watchViews, average watch time, profile visits

Instagramwhere searches land What the applicant and their parents see after searching the company name

What we watchProfile visits, saves

Meta and TikTok ads Narrowed by commuting distance and age, split by role

What we watchCost per application, arrivals at the landing page

Dedicated recruitment landing page The destination. The job, the pay and the form, on one page

What we watchArrivals at the landing page, form completion rate

Official LINE account Follow-up after applying. Scheduling and reminders

What we watchInterview rate, LINE follows

The set-up above is only an example. The roles you are hiring for and the catchment around your sites change where you start.

All of this, with no ad management fee and no fixed monthly fee.

Ad spend is billed at cost.

TripClear compared with other ways to hire

TripClearPay for results only Job boardsPay-to-list Typical
ad agency
Agency fee ¥0 Listing fee Around 20% of ad spend
Fixed monthly fee ¥0 Charged per listing period Often charged
Months with zero results ¥0 Listing fee still due Fees still due
Middleman cut None The board's cut is added None
Video, LP and LINE All handled by us Job ad copy only Often arranged separately
After hiring ends Your account
and LINE remain
Contact ends Depends on contract

The job board and ad agency columns show common pricing examples. What counts as one result, such as an application or a scheduled interview, is agreed in writing before the contract.

We'll lay out the approach and cost for your business when we talk

Consultations and quotes are freeRequest a quote

FAQ

Questions we are often asked by construction firms and homebuilders

Do you have recruitment results in construction?

We explain examples and the process from close industries when we meet. The results with numbers behind them are collected on the performance-based recruitment marketing pages for restaurants and salons.

We share case studies with builders and construction companies and results from similar industries, along with how we would proceed, when we talk.

Can you film without stopping work on site? We're concerned about safety.

We agree the filming rules first. Four of them: don't stop the work, don't film from dangerous angles, don't publish anything with protective equipment removed, don't show the client's information. Choose POV, with one operator alongside the crew, and no talent and no lighting come onto the site. How we film is set out on POV video for construction and homebuilders.

We only hire one or two people a year. Is there any point posting widely?

There is. Someone considering applying looks beyond the posting and the company site to social media and reviews. Even if you hire one person, that person will search your company name.

To make school-leaver recruitment, when should we start?

Before the July vacancy filing, and ideally at the start of the year. School visits begin on 1 July and applications are accepted from 5 September, so the dates are fixed in advance.

Will applications increase straight away?

Honestly, no. It takes time to surface as applications, so we ask for a six-month minimum in the design.

Nobody here can post. Can you take all of it?

All of it. Concepts, filming, editing, posting, ad delivery and reporting sit with us, and what we ask of the site is attending one or two shoots a month.

What does it cost, and what is the going rate?

It's performance-based. There is no ad management fee and no monthly fixed fee; you pay only for the results you get. What counts as one result, such as an application or a scheduled interview, is agreed in writing before the contract. Ad delivery costs are paid to the platforms at cost, separately.

We want a recruitment-focused company to handle recruiting videos and social media job ads. Can you do that?

Our recruitment marketing support is a recruitment-focused service. We run social media job ads with short-form video ads on TikTok and Instagram, on a performance-based fee. The package covers recruiting video production, a landing page with an application form and an official LINE account, application follow-up on LINE, and ad management.

Which company runs this service?

TripClear Inc., based in Shinsen-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo. Our core is social media management and vertical short-form video production, and we support construction firms and homebuilders. For the company profile, see Company.

How far does your recruitment support go?

From planning, shooting and editing recruitment videos (vertical short videos) to running recruitment-focused social accounts, building the path to your job page, and measuring applications with a monthly report. The job is to reach the people job boards cannot, by showing the work itself on video. Pricing is performance-based.

We also run recruitment TikTok and social recruiting accounts using TikTok and Instagram Reels.

Do you also work with construction companies and housing makers, not only builders?

Yes. Builders, construction companies, housing makers and renovation companies all use the same approach of showing the site and the craftspeople at work.

The approach also builds in the long consideration period typical of the housing industry.

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