Overview

A $3 billion industry-leading printing & packaging company with more than 25 locations in the U.S. needed to efficiently and effectively fill a large number of Light Industrial openings in their 300+ employee, around-the-clock facility.

Challenge

The standard direct hire model — paying a placement fee per hire — simply wasn’t sustainable, and for the nature and number of hires needed, our client couldn’t achieve their hiring goals without a dedicated team, which they didn’t have internally.

Solution

RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING

In a 3-month period, Spark helped our client fill 53 positions with talented, qualified staff. Our target was to fill 60 interview slots, 5 per week, over a 12-week period. We managed 166% attainment on interview slots, seeing 100 candidates in total. With this many interviews, our client could feel confident that they were truly hiring the best possible candidates for the job.

Under a contingent model, these services would have cost them upwards of $463,000 (that’s 20% contingent at an average of $21.00/hr for each position). By handing us the reins and allowing our team to do what we do best, this client filled all their open positions and saved $409,000 over 12 weeks. This doesn’t count the time and energy the current team saved focusing on other critical roles to the facility.

Overview

An industry-leading, Midwestern paper mill and manufacturer with more than 25 locations was in need of a Converting Supervisor.

Challenge

The previous Converting Supervisor left the company before the role was filled. More than 30 days after the initial job posting, the company had zero candidates in motion, leaving an entire team without a leader.

Solution

DIRECT HIRE

A team member’s previous employer had a positive experience with Spark, so they recommended our services to leadership. This client had never worked with us and had no support for their recruiting and staffing initiatives. This was a great opportunity for our team to show the benefits of Spark as a staffing solutions partner.

Though our consultative, data-driven process is comprehensive, we were still able to source, screen, hire, and onboard a Converting Supervisor a mere 41 days after our initial intake call with the client. In just over a month, they had all of their shifts covered, and their Converting team was no longer leaderless.

Overview

A complete packaging manufacturer with over 80 locations worldwide needed to fill a larger number of hourly industrial roles.

Challenge

With so many locations to manage and jobs to fill, our client found that recruiting and staffing was a drain on their resources. They needed long-term, expert support to fill their vacant roles without draining current team members.

Solution

RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING

The Spark team became a direct extension of this client’s Talent Acquisition department. By taking over the entire process of filling the high volume of hourly industrial workers, Spark gave the client’s Talent Acquisition team the opportunity to focus on other roles across their other locations.

Over a 9-month period, 38 weeks total, we sourced, screened, and submitted all the candidates for these open roles, including scheduling interviews and relaying job offers. Our goal was a minimum of 2 interview slots per week, which we met all 38 weeks of our contract. The initial interview expectation was 76, and we were able to schedule 162 interviews – 213% to target. In all, 78 offers were presented.

In addition to the staffing solution, we also provided post-hire support. To provide the best possible candidate experience, and with the goal of increasing long-term retention, we reach out to all our staff at least once a week for the first 90 days after hire.

Overview

An independently owned Flexographic Printing company based out of Green Bay, WI, needed help filling multiple highly specialized roles quickly and efficiently.

Challenge

Consistent growth is great for any organization, but without a dedicated recruitment team to source new team members it can be challenging. That was the case for this client, who had been hiring new staff on an individual basis, but it was time consuming. The lack of staff was causing the client to have up to four lines down at any given time, preventing them from being able to continually run – limiting the opportunity to create additional revenue for company.

Solution

RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING

With 10 niche roles that needed to be filled immediately, our Recruitment Partner Services was the best solution for this client. This allowed our team to dig in and actively recruit the specialized staff needed, in this case, Wide-Web Central Impression Flexo Operators. These are not roles that can be filled by posting on job boards or other passive recruitment tactics. Here, the client needed the specialized staffing expertise that Spark offers to stop them from losing any more money.