Not long ago, the challenge in manufacturing recruitment was generating enough applicant volume. Job postings sat with a handful of responses, and the pressure was on TA teams to get … Read More
The word “temporary” has always undersold what a contingent workforce actually does in industrial operations. For mining, manufacturing, and semiconductor companies, contract and flex labour isn’t a stopgap. It’s a … Read More
Most operations leaders track time-to-fill as an HR metric. The ones who’ve lived through a bad vacancy know it’s something else entirely. An open role on a manufacturing floor, a … Read More
Summer vacation season is one of the most predictable workforce challenges in manufacturing, and one of the most consistently mishandled. Every year, between June and September, production floors across North … Read More
Manufacturing is losing its most experienced workers faster than it can replace them. Baby Boomers, the generation that built and sustained North American industrial output for four decades, are retiring … Read More
High-volume hiring in manufacturing creates a specific operational challenge that most onboarding processes aren’t designed to handle. When you’re bringing on 20, 50, or 100 workers in a compressed timeframe, … Read More
Turnover in the first 90 days is one of the most expensive and preventable problems in manufacturing. You’ve spent weeks sourcing candidates, running interviews, completing background checks, and getting someone … Read More
When a machinist position opens up on your floor, the instinct for most manufacturing HR teams is to post the job and wait. Applications come in, you screen them, you … Read More
Most manufacturing job descriptions are written for the wrong audience. They’re built to satisfy an ATS, approved by legal, and posted online, where they proceed to attract a flood of … Read More
Most manufacturing leaders can tell you their cost-per-hire. Very few can tell you their cost-per-wrong-hire. That number is almost always larger, and almost always the one that matters more. A … Read More
