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  • Helped a Client Diversify Their Workforce
  • Filling "Essential Workforce" Positions During COVID-19
1.Background

As businesses look for ways to enhance their company culture and overall productivity rate, they recognize areas that need improvement. Workforce diversity is a growing demand for most companies because studies have shown a diverse workforce increases productivity and boosts employee morale by helping employees feel welcome and valued.

2.Business Challenge

Our client was challenged with finding diverse workers to fill key roles across their facilities in the U.S. One of the client facilities located in Millersburg, PA was especially challenged to find qualified workers to fill open positions and was lacking diversity in the existing workforce.

Millersburg, PA has a population of less than 2600 people and its main demographic is Caucasian (98%). Harrisburg, PA is the largest nearby metro which is located 25 miles South of Millersburg. Finding enough talent from the local market presents many challenges for the client, but they had been unable to find workers from non-white backgrounds and needed help solving the issue.

3.Solution

TekWissen Group was onboarded as a supplier to the Medical Device client program in March 2019.

TekWissen was able to tap into a pool of foreign workers with legal immigration, and work authorization, status to bring a fresh prospective on how to solve the diversity of talent issue. The workers we identified had all the requisite engineering or manufacturing skills required for the position. They were willing to relocate to Millersburg, PA with support provided by TekWissen.

Here are some of the keys to success:
  • Attracted a uniquely qualified talent pool with authorizations to work in the United States
  • Provided training and upskilling opportunities to the resources
  • Offered work opportunities in multiple locations and client sites across the country
  • Provided corporate housing and relocation assistance to the resources
4.Results Delivered

In 2019 TekWissen Group filled 64 QA Engineer, Production Assembler or Manufacturing Process Associate positions with candidates from Asian and South Asian backgrounds. Through October 2020 TekWissen Group has filled 88 additional positions in the Millersburg, PA facility.

TekWissen has also helped the client fill 52 other positions with diverse workers across 15 U.S. locations during the same period.

Key Statistics
  • 204 total positions filled in <18 months
  • 97% of positions filled with workers from non-white ethnicities
  • 10% of the positions were filled with female workers
1.Background

The US auto industry lost millions of jobs in the early days of the pandemic, but demand for vehicles rebounded quickly and auto manufacturers are facing worker shortages due to lingering fears of COVID-19. Companies are offering increased wages, attendance bonuses, and turning to a larger pool of staffing vendors to attract more workers but are still struggling to find enough people to manage their production lines.

2.Business Challenge

Our client was unable to keep up with demand for new vehicles and leaned on their Master Service Provider to find the right sub-vendors to fill their open skilled trade Production Assembler positions.

TekWissen Group was added to the program to support and add supplier diversity. The decision to add TekWissen Group was based on prior performance in other programs with similar skill shortages for production assembly workers and engineering roles.

3.Solution

TekWissen Group was onboarded as a supplier to the auto manufacturing client program in mid-July 2020.

TekWissen was able to tap into a pool of resources with the required engineering and manufacturing skills that are able to relocate across the United States. By providing the resources access to affordable housing and relocating groups of people together TekWissen was able to bring the workforce to the work.

Here are some of the keys to success:
  • Attract a uniquely qualified talent pool with authorizations to work in the United States
  • Provide training and upskilling opportunities to the resources
  • Offer work opportunities in multiple locations and client sites across the country
  • Provide corporate housing and relocation assistance to the resources
4.Results Delivered

In less than three full months as a supplier to the client TekWissen Group filled 143 production assembly / manufacturing process associate positions.

  • July 2020 – Filled 34 positions for our client in less than three weeks as an active supplier.
  • August 2020 – Filled an additional 77 open positions.
  • September 2020 – Filled an additional 63 open positions.

TekWissen was recognized by the master vendor team for making an immediate impact on the open request volume and for having an average time to fill of less than seven days.

In this time, TekWissen has also drastically reduced contractor attrition by maintaining a fall off rate of less than 11 percent, which is well below industry norms.

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