Maintenance Recruiting

The Technical Staffing Leader
For many companies, technical staffing, especially for the maintenance department, can be one of the single most difficult job categories to recruit for.

Anyone who has spent time in a technical staffing chair knows, including people who have spent time at one of the national contract recruiting firms or maintenance recruiting companies, gaining access to maintenance candidates, especially Technicians/Mechanics, can be a challenge.

Why Is Recruiting Maintenance So Hard, Even For Maintenance Recruiting Companies?

Candidate Based Challenges

• An estimated 85% maintenance professionals DO NOT have an online profile (Includes LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, etc…). Top candidates aren’t looking for jobs and don’t have their resume or profile posted
• Retirement, combined with a lack of capable new talent, has created a shortage of qualified Technicians
• Plant closures and layoffs stripped away a class of early career candidates who would now be ready to progress into these roles. As companies have added back jobs, many candidates are opting for careers outside of manufacturing.
• The result has produced a shortage of qualified candidates at all levels.
• The economic downturn annihilated employee loyalty. Candidates now change companies much more easily and frequently have stunted their development in the process.
• With candidate demand outweighing supply, companies who do not have the ability to adjust their cost structures to accommodate for the higher wages needed to land (and keep) maintenance talent are struggling.