Accelerating Workforce Growth Through Strategic Staffing Partnership

Quick Facts

Industry: Manufacturing
Service Type: Temporary or Temp-to-hire Staffing, On-site Workforce Management
Timeline: One year
Geography: Rural Minnesota
Specializations: Powersports

Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) offers a wide range of customizable employment solutions to meet each company’s hiring needs, whether it’s helping with large-volume temporary staffing, payrolling your contingent workforce, or finding the right professional to complete your team. We work alongside human resources managers, leadership team members, and other hiring professionals within your organization to ensure an efficient and timely process.

This workforce success story highlights how Doherty successfully utilized our employment expertise to demonstrate the importance of speed and quality in achieving rapid hiring without compromising candidate standards.

Company Overview

A powersports manufacturing company transitioned from public ownership to a privately held ownership group. As part of its year-one strategic plan, the company focused on modernizing IT infrastructure, upgrading and renovating facilities, strengthening R&D capabilities, and investing in advanced equipment to increase production. These initiatives required rapid workforce expansion, adding numerous full-time office positions and multiple production roles.

Hiring Challenges

The company faced significant challenges in recruiting high-quality production team members within an extremely competitive and limited rural labor market in northwestern Minnesota. Additionally, they lacked online candidate programs and an applicant tracking system (ATS) to attract and follow up with candidates. The need for speed and scale was critical, as dozens of new hires were required weekly over a short period. Ensuring a positive onboarding experience to support retention was also a top priority. Lorem ipsum

Workforce Solutions

Doherty provided a comprehensive marketing, recruiting, and retention strategy. This included developing a career page and building a dedicated applicant tracking system for streamlined hiring. They created a marketing plan and calendar to drive applicants to on-site hiring events and established a bilingual recruiting line to assist non-English-speaking candidates. Doherty also offered onboarding and training recommendations to ensure new employees had a great first experience with the company. Their on-site presence allowed them to act as an extension of the company, giving new employees a positive first impression. Additionally, Doherty delivered market data and implemented retention improvement ideas to keep employees engaged.

Key Results

Doherty exceeded expectations by consistently meeting weekly new hire quotas and adding more than 80 Assembly Technicians within a couple of months. They became a strategic partner rather than just a staffing vendor by supporting employee retention programs and providing ongoing insights and recommendations. The partnership demonstrated the importance of speed and quality in achieving rapid hiring without compromising candidate standards. Doherty’s localized expertise helped navigate rural labor market challenges, and their comprehensive approach combined recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies. Ultimately, the scalable partnership enabled the company to meet aggressive growth targets.

Summary

As illustrated in this workforce success story, Doherty is familiar with the challenges of supporting powersports manufacturing companies during seasonal ramps and knows how to apply our 45 years of employment expertise to craft contingent labor and on-site staffing solutions that can work for your business.

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