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Explosive Growth Creates Urgent Talent Needs

How we helped an automotive supplier hire 75+ employees fast, without the risk of traditional direct hire.

Rapid growth is a good problem to have, until your hiring can’t keep pace with it. One automotive supplier needed to scale its workforce quickly while sticking to a direct hire approach. Here’s how we helped them do it without overwhelming their HR team or taking on unnecessary risk.
  • 75+ employees needed to maintain peak production
  • A direct hire approach, instead of a temporary fix
  • Hiring completed without adding permanent recruiting overhead
KEY STATS

KEY STATS

75+ Employees Hired
Increased Hiring Velocity
Full Benefits From Day One
Reduced Hiring Risk
No Added Recruiting Overhead
Onsite Onboarding Support

CLIENT PROFILE

COMPANY A high-volume automotive supplier (name withheld for confidentiality)
INDUSTRY Manufacturing, Automotive
LOCATION Bowling Green, Ohio
ENGAGEMENT TYPE Direct hire with onsite recruiting support
PARTNERSHIP LENGTH Project-based, during a growth phase
HIRING VOLUME 75+ employees needed during growth phase

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The Challenge

Rapid Growth, Not Enough Hands to Manage It

A high-volume automotive supplier came to The Advance Group facing a hiring challenge most companies would envy on paper: explosive growth. In practice, it meant needing to hire more than 75 employees quickly to maintain peak production, all with solid manufacturing backgrounds, while sticking to a direct hire approach instead of a traditional temp-to-hire model.

  • Needed to hire 75+ employees to sustain peak production
  • Wanted a direct hire approach to build a loyal workforce
  • Internal HR lacked the resources to manage that volume
  • Needed a cost-effective approach that reduced direct-hire risk

The Solution

An Onsite Presence and a Different Way to Hire

Standard staffing wasn’t going to solve this fast enough or safely enough. We built a two-part approach around the client’s specific growth challenge.
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PHASE 02
A Dedicated Onsite Recruiter
We placed a recruiter directly at the client's location, working alongside their HR team instead of managing the search remotely.
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PHASE 02
Seamless HR Integration
Having someone onsite meant faster communication and a deeper, firsthand understanding of the exact roles the client needed filled.
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PHASE 03
Full Benefits From Day One
Through our Commitment-Based Hiring Program, we hired new employees directly and provided full benefits immediately, reflecting the client's investment in their workforce from the start.
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PHASE )$
Reduced Hiring Risk
The Commitment-Based Hiring Program let the client hire directly at a reduced fee compared to a traditional one-time direct hire arrangement, easing the financial risk of hiring during a fast growth period.

The Results

Increased Hiring Velocity
A faster process kept production on track
Enhanced Onboarding Support
HR was freed up to focus on employee relations and policy work
Scalable Without Added Overhead
The client met its staffing goals without adding a full-time recruiter to payroll

The onsite recruiter accelerated hiring significantly, helping the client keep pace with production demands during their growth period. With onboarding support in place, the client’s HR team could stay focused on the parts of the job only they could do, rather than getting buried in high-volume recruiting. The Commitment-Based Hiring Program also gave the client a cost-effective alternative to a traditional direct-hire fee structure, reducing risk while still building a directly employed, loyal workforce.

KEY STATS

75+ Employees Hired
Increased Hiring Velocity
Full Benefits From Day One
Reduced Hiring Risk
No Added Recruiting Overhead
Onsite Onboarding Support

CLIENT PROFILE

COMPANY A high-volume automotive supplier (name withheld for confidentiality)
INDUSTRY Manufacturing, Automotive
LOCATION Bowling Green, Ohio
ENGAGEMENT TYPE Direct hire with onsite recruiting support
PARTNERSHIP LENGTH Project-based, during a growth phase
HIRING VOLUME 75+ employees needed during growth phase

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cost consultation.

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