Insights from the manufacturing talent authority
Practical hiring guidance, market insight and interview tools from people who’ve hired, managed and been the technical talent you’re searching for.
How to Hire Maintenance Technicians Who Actually Stay
The real reasons your maintenance reqs sit open for months — and a practical playbook for sourcing, screening and closing technicians in a tight market.
Read articleWhy Good PLC Technicians Are So Hard to Find
Supply, retirements, and the skills gap between “talks about PLCs” and “can diagnose one.” What’s driving the shortage and how to compete for the few who can.
Read article20 Maintenance Manager Interview Questions That Reveal the Real Ones
Go beyond the resume. Technical, leadership and reliability questions that separate maintenance managers who manage from those who only supervise.
Read articleRed Flags When Hiring Controls Engineers
Buzzword fluency isn’t competence. The warning signs we screen for so you don’t discover them three months into a struggling automation project.
Read articleWhat Makes a Great Maintenance Supervisor
The bridge between the floor and the front office. The traits that predict a supervisor who reduces downtime instead of just reacting to it.
Read articleDirect Hire vs. a Generic Staffing Agency for Manufacturing Roles
Why specialist direct-hire search outperforms volume staffing for hard-to-fill maintenance, controls and engineering seats.
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