Does your organization perform projects in remote areas that struggle to provide qualified local talent? You’re far from alone. Contractors nationwide are experiencing a shortage of qualified talent for commercial and industrial construction projects. While the demand for qualified skilled trades workers has been consistently high over the past few years, the demand for an experienced traveling workforce remains even stronger.
Top Engineering Jobs – Vehicle Integration Engineer
Are you seeking a top notch career in engineering? Trillium Technical offers over 30 years of experience in locating long term contract and direct hire engineering jobs for top engineering firms across the country! Below is today’s featured top engineering job in Michigan!
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Are you a stand out professional, technical professional, driver, or skilled worker seeking contingent, temporary, or long term career opportunities? Visit our job board for more information! Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of professionals and skilled workers? Contact us today!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
Meet The Team: Kelly Blaskie
Kelly Blaskie, Account Manager, began her career with Trillium in 1994. Kelly was looking to rejoin the workforce part-time after having a child. Today, Kelly’s career with Trillium spans over 3 offices and many progressive roles.
“My role today is as an Account Manager while still maintaining my recruiting responsibilities to assist the West MI – Skilled Staffing team. What started out as a part-time job working 25 hours a week has progressed into a career with a team of people that are second to none.” stated Blaskie.
Kelly accepted a part-time role within our Marshall, MI office in 1994, where she quickly became full time and remained for 14 years. Her role involved recruiting, administration, and job placement for a multitude of manufacturing and clerical positions. As the local job market needs began to change, Kelly adjusted to meet the changing demands of her client base. “I worked in Marshall for 14 years until I was asked to split my time between Marshall and Battle Creek to grow the professional placement business.” stated Blaskie.
As the local economy changed, Kelly was relocated to our Kalamazoo, MI office as a Senior Recruiter, which led to more career progression including roles as Operations Manager, Branch Manager, and eventually to her current role as Account Manager.
Kelly’s progression with the organization over the past 20 years, highlights some of the major changes to the recruiting field in recent years. Kelly located her position with the organization after her mother saw an ad in the local weekly paper. Today, Kelly’s recruiting is done primarily through online job boards, direct recruiting, and using Trillium’s applicant tracking system. The local paper that Kelly found her original position in still exists today with only a few job advertisements for manufacturing positions with local factories.
Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent?Contact us today! If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
Heavy Industrial Staffing: Finding An Industrial Staffing Agency
Have you tried unsuccessfully to partner with traditional staffing agencies for your heavy industrial staffing needs? There are several factors that set heavy industrial staffing agencies apart from traditional staffing agencies.
Many light industrial staffing agencies recruit for positions such as welders, fabricators, and other semi-skilled positions. The majority of these positions are light in nature and require far less training and experience than skilled trades positions. Hiring unskilled workers for heavy industrial positions such as pipe fitters, pipe welders, industrial electricians, combo welders, and millwrights could result in losses and damages in the tens of thousands of dollars in as quickly as one day on the job. In addition to damaged materials, equipment, and loss of production, unskilled workers performing heavy industrial jobs are more likely to get injured on the job.
The processes, tools, and equipment involved in industrial construction projects can often result in serious injuries when duties are performed by unskilled workers. While the ability to get someone in place for the position faster by partnering with an existing partner may seem appealing, the consequences can be long term.
So how do you identify a skilled trades staffing agency or industrial staffing agency? Here are a few ways to identify a skilled trades recruiter:
- The company website shows that at least a portion of their staff is dedicated to skilled trades or industrial staffing.
- They should provide a list of positions that they staff for industrial projects such as pipe fitters, pipe welders, industrial electricians, combo welders, and millwrights.
- Ask them how many shutdowns and turnarounds they supplied staff for in the past year. If they seem confused, continue your search elsewhere.
- Ask them to describe how they support and encourage safety for their industrial and skilled trades workers. If their answer is generic in nature such as a basic safety quiz or video is performed upon hire, they likely do not specialize in industrial and skilled trades placements.
- Inquire as to what safety services and training are available through their company. Do they employ a full time safety team?
- Ask for references. If you are still unsure about a staffing agency’s ability to provide you with safe and skilled industrial workers ask them to if they are able to provide a list of industrial projects they have provided skilled trades staff for in the past.
Obtaining, running, and managing heavy industrial construction projects can be difficult enough with qualified and experienced industrial workers. Don’t chance your company’s reputation, financial state, and future with unskilled talent on the job.
Are you a stand out professional, technical professional, driver, or skilled worker seeking contingent, temporary, or long term career opportunities? Visit our job board for more information! Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of professionals and skilled workers? Contact us today!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 22,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
How Do You Find Your Work / Life Balance?
Managing a fair balance between your personal life and professional life can be challenging, regardless of your career path.
Between summer events and extended work hours, how do you maintain a fair balance between your professional and personal life? Share your advice with others on our social media profiles and be entered to win a $50 VISA gift card! We will share a list of your recommendations with our followers in the next couple of weeks.
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Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent?Contact us today! If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
Meet The Team: Chrystel Parsell
Chrystel Parsell, Staffing Coordinator, began her career with Trillium over 7 years ago. Chrystel’s flexibility and passion for the industry has allowed her to work in several capacities within Trillium, giving her a well rounded vision of the organization and its goals. Currently Chrystel is heavily involved in the sourcing, evaluation, and representation of talent for our East Michigan Skilled Staffing group which includes administrative, light industrial, and on-site staffing services.
“I have worked for another staffing organization both as an internal employee and as a contract employee. Trillium Staffing sets the bar high in comparison based on it’s eagerness to watch it’s employees excel in their careers. It is very rewarding to work with an organization that is leading the way in the staffing industry and leaves you with a sense of pride when you turn off the lights at the end of the day.” stated Parsell.
As a Staffing Coordinator, Chrystel’s role within the team requires her to act as an agent and provide professional guidance to candidates and employees to assist them with salary negotiations, job offers, and career development all while balancing the skill sets of her talent with the needs of her clients. “I work towards finding the best qualified candidates to meet my client’s need. My goal is to find a common ground for both my clients and perspective employees in that their relationship will be to a mutual benefit for all involved.” stated Parsell.
Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent?Contact us today! If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
Our Talent Magnet
Have you ever wondered just where in the world we locate our talent? Well the answer is complex but simple at the same time. We have a number of unique tools and processes that allow us to obtain top level talent in a multitude of niche industries. Two of our most powerful tools work very closely together and couldn’t be anymore different in nature.
Our strongest recruitment tools today are our job board and referrals. Ironically, referrals are one of the most traditional and longest standing recruitment forms that exist and our website incorporates state of the art technology and marketing including social media.
So how do the two co-exist? They have two common threads; trust and people.
With over 30 years of recognition as a leader in staffing and recruitment, people across the country have experienced the level of commitment our recruiters dedicate to their career search. We’ve become one of the most trusted recruitment firms in the country, allowing us the opportunity to speak with the referrals of our happy employees! The majority of these referrals learn more about us as an organization and our opportunities through our job board before contacting us.
Here is a snap shot of our website in 1998:
Here is what it looks like today:
Our job board houses approximately 1,000 job postings daily and allows candidates an added level of confidentiality that they don’t receive from major job boards. How is that? Your current employer likely has access to your state job board and the major online job boards, giving them the opportunity to locate your resume.
Our candidates and employees take great comfort in knowing that their resume cannot be discovered by their current employer or anyone outside of our organization. That piece of mind is priceless for a passive or currently employed person seeking a change.
As such our clients get the benefit of our ability to attract and identify the best candidates in their industry, not just those who are willing to post their information for any employer to view or are actively seeking a career change.
Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent? Contact us today! If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
30th Anniversary Food Drive Results Are In!
We are beyond thrilled with the results from the 30th Anniversary Food Drive! A huge thank you to our communities, clients, and employees for their assistance with this project! Our team is excited to share our results with you, please click the image below for a video highlighting our efforts nationwide!
30 Years in Review
It’s amazing to think of the changes and progression our world has seen since 1984! We put together some information on some of the changes we as an organization have seen and some changes we’ve seen as a country. Check it out!
Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent? Contact us today! If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!
Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.
The Food Drive Is Going Full Strength!
Our branches are hosting a friendly competition to benefit the local food banks in over 80 communities across the nation! Our hope is to give a little something back to the communities who have welcomed and supported us in the past 30 years! Want to help your local branch in the competition? Simply drop off any non-perishable food items through next Monday, the winning branch will be announced next week!
