Structure of Success:
Solving the Architecture Hiring Crisis
From curated talent matching and pre-vetted professionals to contract flexibility and cultural alignment, Enoch and Camila shared how small firms are scaling smart in 2025—without the usual hiring headaches.
On July 10th, Camila Brugger, CEO and Founder of WorldTeams, and Enoch Sears, Founder of Business of Architecture, came together for a candid conversation on one of the biggest challenges in the industry: hiring top talent in architecture today.
The session sparked strong engagement and surfaced key hiring issues firms are facing in 2025:
When I’m interviewing people for architectural positions, I found that everyone began to look the same. Maybe we had five or six applicants, but they would all blend together in my mind.
Enoch Sears (Business of Architecture)
Hiring architects in a small rural town has proven difficult for us. Most candidates want to be in the big city.
M McCourt (VanderMac Architecture)
You are trying to figure out what resources you’re going to be able to work with.
Stewart Straus (Stewart Gordon Straus Architect)
Hiring is not a single step. It is a layered process.
From attracting talent to filtering, interviewing, and narrowing down candidates over and over again, it requires consistency and strategy.
“Do it constantly. This process is long and you need to do it carefully. Interview all the time so in the course of a year you’ll have seen tons of candidates. If you don’t do it constantly, it’s not going to work as efficiently.”
— Camila Brugger, CEO and Founder of WorldTeams
Camila also explained how remote teams are helping studios grow faster, and how at WorldTeams we interview over 5,000 professionals each year and take the time to vet candidates carefully, for you. For busy architects running firms, it is nearly impossible to execute a deep and repeated selection process while managing projects and operations.
“There are signs that things are getting shaky out there but this is a sign of hope.”
— Enoch Sears, Founder of Business of Architecture
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