Scaling Success: Multi-State Printing Workforce Solutions in Minnesota and Pennsylvania
Quick Facts
- Industry: Printing
- Service Type: Temporary or Temp-to-hire Staffing & On-site Workforce Management
- Timeline: 12 months
- Geography: Minnesota & Pennsylvania
- Specializations: Machine Operators, Press Operators, Material Handlers, Equipment Technicians
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 utilized our employment expertise to help provide a customized staffing and on-site workforce management solution for a print materials manufacturer in need of talent at their Minnesota and Pennsylvania facilities.
Company Overview
This company is a powerhouse in the direct mail & printing industry, focusing on client customer acquisition. With print production facilities in Chanhassen, Minnesota, as well as two sites in Pennsylvania, they required a strategic staffing partner to support their fast-paced growth and ensure that multi-state operations ran seamlessly with the rapid influx of customer orders. As this company expanded under new private equity ownership, they turned to Doherty Staffing Solutions (Doherty) for a best-in-class manufacturing workforce solution, which was tailor-made to meet their immediate hiring demands and growth trajectory.
Hiring Challenges
This organization estimated a need for 50 new print production workers within the quarter in order to meet increasing production demand. The direct mail and printing company’s nationwide facilities, including its unique disaster recovery printing site in Pennsylvania, each posed distinct hiring challenges, from remote recruiting to rapid onboarding. They needed a multi-state manufacturing staffing partner capable of delivering highly qualified print production candidates who were ready for an immediate start.
Workforce Solutions
Doherty rose to the challenge with a tailored, responsive approach, including on-site workforce management, hiring events, and remote recruiting. For their Chanhassen, Minnesota facility, Doherty placed a team member on-site to manage recruitment, onboarding, and retention, along with employee check-ins and feedback loops at 30, 60, and 90 days. This vendor-on-premise (VOP) approach allowed new hires to integrate smoothly, boosting employee retention and productivity from day one. In combination with in-person hiring events, Doherty was able to swiftly fill open positions with the right talent.
At the Pennsylvania printing facilities, Doherty’s team worked closely with local supervisors to identify candidate profiles aligned with each facility to successfully hire remotely for open positions. A custom recruitment analytics dashboard provided the HR and operations teams with real-time hiring insights into recruitment milestones, including the number of screened candidates, internal response times, time to start, employee turnover, and more. This visibility allowed HR and Operations to be able to make data-driven decisions for their multi-state hiring needs.
Key Results
Doherty’s partnership with this direct mail and printing company delivered high-impact results, with all 50 roles required to meet production goals filled on schedule, ensuring operation at full capacity. Many of Doherty’s contingent workers have converted to permanent positions, which met a secondary need for a higher full-time headcount and resulted in a strengthening of this company’s long-term workforce and stability.
Additionally, the transparency provided by Doherty’s custom recruitment analytics dashboard resulted in data-driven decision-making and effectively highlighted operational bottlenecks, fostering improved communication and coordination between this company’s internal HR and operations teams.
With Doherty’s expertise, this print production company confidently navigated its scaling challenges, maintaining seamless operations and delivering on its mission of providing reliable, high-quality print communications.
“Working with Doherty felt like having an extension of our own team. Their dedicated support, from recruitment to retention, was instrumental in meeting our aggressive hiring goals without sacrificing quality.” – Talent Acquisition Manager
“Doherty’s hands-on approach to workforce management gave us the confidence to scale quickly. Their personalized engagement with candidates and employees ensured we not only met but exceeded our staffing objectives.” – CHRO
Summary
As illustrated in this workforce success story, Doherty is familiar with the challenges of building a skilled manufacturing workforce and knows how to apply our 45+ years of employment expertise to craft a custom workforce solution that can work for your business.
Are you in need of multi-state manufacturing staffing solutions that truly work? Partner with The Employment Experts for strategic vendor-on-premise (VOP) staffing programs that deliver results.
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