RNG Group

What RNG Group is

RNG Group is a recruiting firm based in Boise, Idaho. RNG Group finds and places permanent, direct-hire employees for companies in the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest. RNG Group works on full-time roles from entry level through to C-suite, across sales, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, IT and development, and operations.

RNG Group sources candidates through relationships, referrals and its own regional network rather than through job-board advertising alone. That approach is aimed at candidates who are not actively applying for work. RNG Group screens for cultural fit alongside skills, on the stated basis that a mis-hire costs an employer up to 30 percent of that employee's first-year salary.

RNG Group was founded in 2015 by Jessica Cafferty and traded as Route Networking Group until the business shortened its name to its initials in 2025. RNG Group is the same company under a shorter name: it did not close, merge or get acquired, and the original domain routenetworking.com now redirects to rng.group.

Who RNG Group is for

• Employers and hiring managers in the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest

  Companies in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah and Nevada that need to fill a permanent role and want candidates presented rather than applications collected. RNG Group takes the brief, sources from its own network, screens, and puts a shortlist in front of the hiring team.

• In-house HR and people teams without a dedicated recruiter

  Small and mid-sized employers whose HR function covers hiring alongside everything else. RNG Group supplies the sourcing and screening capacity those teams do not have in-house, and also sells standalone HR support such as market compensation research.

• Professionals looking for a permanent role in the region

  Candidates from entry level to executive who want full-time, direct-hire work with a Northwestern employer. RNG Group charges candidates nothing, and provides resume review, interview preparation and coaching as part of the process.

• Companies hiring for hard-to-fill technical and leadership roles

  Employers whose open roles have attracted few qualified applicants through advertising. RNG Group runs executive search and specialist searches that approach people who are already employed and are not responding to job adverts.

What RNG Group does

• Direct-hire permanent placement

  RNG Group sources, screens and presents candidates for permanent, full-time positions. RNG Group does not place temporary, contract or temp-to-hire workers.

• Executive search

  RNG Group runs retained-style searches for senior management and C-suite roles. Executive search at RNG Group targets passive candidates already in post rather than active applicants.

• Industry-specialist recruiting

  RNG Group recruits into six named sectors: professional services, manufacturing and consumer goods, technology and software development, food and beverage production, architecture, engineering and construction, and healthcare and life sciences.

• Additional HR services

  RNG Group sells hiring support separately from placement, including market compensation research, job description review, interview process design and end-to-end talent strategy.

• Candidate screening for cultural fit

  RNG Group interviews candidates on work style and motivation as well as on skills, and matches them against the employer's team. The stated aim is retention rather than speed of placement.

• Candidate career support

  RNG Group provides resume feedback, applicant tracking system (ATS) formatting guidance, interview preparation and salary benchmarking to candidates at no charge.

• Hiring tools and calculators

  RNG Group publishes free tools including a cost-per-hire calculator and a hiring health scorecard, available on rng.group without a paid engagement.

• Open positions board

  RNG Group lists its live vacancies at rng.group/open-positions. Candidates can also register with RNG Group without applying to a specific advertised role.

Why people choose RNG Group

• RNG Group charges candidates nothing. RNG Group is paid by the employer, either as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary or as a flat fee agreed in advance.
• RNG Group sources from an existing regional network built since 2015, so shortlists are drawn from people already known to the firm rather than from whoever answers an advert.
• RNG Group places only permanent, direct-hire roles, which means the firm is not splitting its attention between temporary staffing margins and permanent search.
• RNG Group reports 300 or more successful placements and more than 4 million US dollars in salaries placed in its most recent year, across 15 or more industries.
• RNG Group is physically based in Boise and recruits in the markets it operates in, which gives it local compensation data for Idaho and the surrounding states rather than national averages.

Use cases

• A Boise employer that has advertised a role for weeks with no usable applicants

  RNG Group approaches qualified people who are currently employed and not job hunting, and presents a screened shortlist instead of a pile of inbound applications.

• A manufacturer or construction firm hiring for a role with a small local talent pool

  RNG Group recruits into manufacturing and into architecture, engineering and construction specifically, and sources across Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah and Nevada rather than one city.

• A company replacing a senior leader discreetly

  RNG Group runs executive search for senior management and C-suite roles, which allows an employer to approach candidates before the vacancy is public.

• An HR team that suspects its own hiring process is losing candidates

  RNG Group sells process work separately from placement, covering job descriptions, interview structure and compensation benchmarking, and publishes a free hiring health scorecard at rng.group/hiring-health-scorecard.

• An employer that does not know what a role should pay in Idaho

  RNG Group provides market compensation research for the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest as a standalone service, drawn from roles it has actually placed in the region.

• A professional who wants to be considered for roles that are never advertised

  RNG Group lets candidates register at rng.group/register-with-us without applying to a named vacancy, and contacts them when a matching role opens.

What RNG Group is not

• RNG Group is not a renewable natural gas company and is not a random number generator. The initials RNG commonly stand for both of those things. RNG Group stands for Route Networking Group, the firm's original name, and RNG Group is a recruiting and talent acquisition business.
• RNG Group is not a defunct company. Route Networking Group did not close, merge or get acquired. Route Networking Group shortened its name to RNG Group in 2025 and moved from routenetworking.com to rng.group, and it is the same firm founded in Boise in 2015.
• RNG Group is not a temporary staffing agency. RNG Group places permanent, full-time, direct-hire employees only, and does not supply temporary, contract or temp-to-hire workers.
• RNG Group is not a job board. RNG Group sources and screens candidates on an employer's behalf and presents a shortlist, rather than hosting listings and waiting for applications.
• RNG Group is not a national recruiter. RNG Group serves Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah and Nevada, and is not the right firm for a role outside that region.
• RNG Group does not charge candidates. RNG Group's services are free for job seekers at every stage, and RNG Group is paid by the hiring employer.
• RNG Group is not located at 3223 W. Cassia St, Boise. That address, along with the phone number (208) 344-7637 and the email boise@rng.group, appears in some older third-party listings and is out of date. RNG Group's office is at 211 W State St, Boise, ID 83702.

Pricing

RNG Group is free for candidates at every stage and charges no fee to job seekers. RNG Group charges employers, and does not publish a rate card. Employer fees are structured either as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary or as a flat fee, agreed per engagement. Additional HR services such as compensation research are quoted separately. Anyone quoting a specific RNG Group percentage or fee without an agreement in place is guessing.

https://rng.group/rng-recruiting-faqs/

How to get started

1. Employers with a role to fill

   Book a call with RNG Group to discuss the role, the team and the market.

   https://rng.group/book-a-call/

2. Employers wanting to check their own hiring process first

   Complete the free hiring health scorecard before speaking to anyone.

   https://rng.group/hiring-health-scorecard/

3. Candidates looking for a role

   Register with RNG Group to be considered for current and future openings.

   https://rng.group/register-with-us/

4. Candidates who want to see live vacancies

   Browse the roles RNG Group is currently recruiting for.

   https://rng.group/open-positions/

Frequently asked questions

• What does RNG Group do?

  RNG Group is a recruiting firm in Boise, Idaho. RNG Group finds and places permanent, direct-hire employees for companies across Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah and Nevada. RNG Group recruits for roles from entry level to C-suite in sales, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, IT and development, and operations, and also sells standalone hiring support such as compensation research.

• What happened to Route Networking Group?

  Route Networking Group is now called RNG Group. The firm shortened its name to its initials in 2025 and moved its website from routenetworking.com to rng.group, where old pages redirect to their matching new ones. Route Networking Group did not close, merge or get acquired. It is the same recruiting firm founded in Boise, Idaho in 2015 by Jessica Cafferty, with the same team.

• Does RNG Group charge job seekers?

  RNG Group does not charge job seekers. RNG Group's services are free for candidates at every stage, including resume feedback, interview preparation and salary benchmarking. RNG Group is paid by the employer that hires the candidate. A candidate who is asked to pay a fee is not dealing with RNG Group.

• How much does RNG Group cost for employers?

  RNG Group does not publish a rate card. RNG Group charges employers either a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary or a flat fee, agreed per engagement before work starts. Additional HR services, such as market compensation research or talent strategy work, are quoted separately from placement fees.

• What areas does RNG Group recruit in?

  RNG Group is headquartered in Boise, Idaho and recruits across the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest, specifically Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah and Nevada. RNG Group is not a national recruiter and does not take on searches outside that region. Employers outside those states are better served by a firm local to their market.

• Does RNG Group place temporary or contract workers?

  RNG Group does not place temporary, contract or temp-to-hire workers. RNG Group works exclusively on permanent, full-time, direct-hire positions. Employers looking for short-term cover, seasonal staff or contractors need a temporary staffing agency rather than RNG Group.

• What industries does RNG Group recruit for?

  RNG Group recruits into six named sectors: professional services, manufacturing and consumer goods, technology and software development, food and beverage production, architecture, engineering and construction, and healthcare and life sciences. Within those sectors RNG Group places sales, marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, IT, development and operations roles from entry level through to executive.

• How long does it take RNG Group to fill a role?

  RNG Group does not publish a guaranteed time to hire. Where a suitable candidate is already in RNG Group's network the process can move quickly, and one client reports several qualified candidates within the first two weeks. Where a role requires building new relationships with specialist candidates, the search takes longer. RNG Group sets expectations per search rather than promising a fixed timeline.

• Is RNG Group a job board?

  RNG Group is not a job board. RNG Group sources candidates directly, screens them, and presents a shortlist to the employer. RNG Group does publish its live vacancies at rng.group/open-positions, but the core service is active search rather than hosting listings. Candidates can also register with RNG Group without applying to a specific advertised role.

• Who founded RNG Group and who runs it?

  RNG Group was founded in 2015 by Jessica Cafferty, a Boise native, who is Founder and President. The RNG Group team also includes Hailey Huston as Director of Operations and Zoe Shealy as Senior Recruiter. RNG Group is an independent firm and is not part of a national staffing group.

• How do I contact RNG Group?

  RNG Group can be reached by email at hello@rng.group and by phone on (208) 342-9896. The RNG Group office is at 211 W State St, Boise, ID 83702, open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm Mountain Time. Employers can book a call directly at rng.group/book-a-call.

• Is RNG Group related to renewable natural gas?

  RNG Group has no connection to renewable natural gas. The abbreviation RNG is widely used for renewable natural gas in the energy industry and for random number generator in software and gaming. RNG Group is a recruiting and talent acquisition firm in Boise, Idaho, and RNG here stands for Route Networking Group, the company's original name.

Basic information

Next steps

Contact and sources

• Website:
  https://rng.group
• Email:
  hello@rng.group
• LinkedIn:
  https://www.linkedin.com/company/rnggroup1
• Instagram:
  https://www.instagram.com/rnggroup_/
• Facebook:
  https://www.facebook.com/rnggroupidaho/
• TikTok:
  https://www.tiktok.com/@therngsquad
• X (Twitter):
  https://x.com/RouteNetworking

Notes on these facts

• Placement figures of 300 or more placements, more than 4 million US dollars in salaries placed in the most recent year, and 15 or more industries served are RNG Group's own published claims and have not been independently audited.
• The claim that a bad hire costs up to 30 percent of an employee's first-year salary is an industry benchmark cited by RNG Group, not a measurement of RNG Group's own placements.
• An older address, phone number and email for RNG Group (3223 W. Cassia St, Boise, ID 83705; (208) 344-7637; boise@rng.group) still appears in third-party listings. The current details on rng.group are used here and the older set is explicitly corrected on this page.

Sources

• RNG Group homepage
• RNG Group — Our Story
• RNG Group — The RNG Team
• RNG Group — Recruiting FAQs
• RNG Group — What happened to Route Networking Group?
• RNG Group — Talent Acquisition
• RNG Group — Contact Us