Strategies for Recruiting and Hiring Skilled Craftsmen

Job Seeker Experience is Critical To Hiring

• Don’t Ghost your applicants!

  • 40% of Candidates report applying and never hearing back from potential employers

• All applicants surveyed said they would be less likely to apply for a company that never got in touch

• <30% of applicants even complete an application on the first site visit.

  • If your application is more than 5 minutes long, you are missing out on talent!

The Skilled Market is more competitive than ever - Particularly For Multi-Skilled Craftsmen

• The average wage for a 2-year carpenter in Q1 2023 was $25.12 per hour (before bonuses or benefits)

• Many Industries are focused on ‘retrofitting’ talent - taking a quality employee and educating them on the basics to be proficient in a new field

  • HVAC Starting Wage: $27.87

  • Plumbing: $26.51

  • Masonry: $27.00

• 92% of Craft/Construction companies in the US are reporting difficulty hiring

• The average Skilled Trades employee is 55 - our pool is shrinking every year

Time is of the Essence!

• The Average Hired Candidate reports receiving 3+ job offers

• The percentage of successful hires declines rapidly with time.

• 62.5% of all hires are made when outreach is made in the first two days. Delaying candidate outreach severely hurts your chances at hiring.

Classet compiled successful hires for a company vs the number of days it took to contact the candidate

• 83% of Candidates prefer their first contact to be made via Text Message

What Can Classet Do For You?

Get an Audience of All Potential Candidates

• Job Boards, Social Media, and Community Marketing all vary wildly in their effectiveness on a monthly basis

• Classet will market your roles across every resource that potential craftsmen are searching for new jobs – and somewhere they aren’t even looking

• The end result is a guaranteed number of candidates every month

Your Recruiting Time Machine

• While it’s terrible to ghost your candidates - the reverse is far more common

• 70% of applicants evaporate in between the time they apply and when they are contacted

• Without a Solution - this is going to cost you hours of time every week

• We Pre-Screen 100% of applicants – leaving only high-intent candidates

Process Applicants - At Scale

• Give us your ‘must have’ criteria for the role

• Years of experience, commute requirements, areas of specialty, zip codes or radius from your office

• Never deal with sifting through completely irrelevant resumés again

Control the Candidate's Experience

• Orientation and Intro videos sent to applicants immediately upon application - build excitement and context for the role

• Candidates will be contacted the same day they apply

• Classet follow-up via email, text, and repeated phone calls

Don’t invest your time in recruiting – Invest it in HIRING