SME Announces “Ready to Hire” to Provide Qualified Talent Pipeline for Developers

As today’s manufacturing industry embraces advanced technology, companies are constantly challenged to attract, develop and retain effective employees who can thrive in an evolving environment. To ensure the manufacturing industry remains competitive, SME has launched a new program, “Ready to Hire,” in partnership with Cengage Group that builds sustainable talent pipelines by giving manufacturers access to pre-trained talent, pre-trained and for sale. .

There is a great need for additional staff, especially for the first level units, who are trained in technical and soft skills, who have strong performance and are committed. In fact, American manufacturing may need about 3.8 million new workers by 2033, and about 1.9 million of these jobs remain unfilled, according to a Deloitte study.

Accelerating productive hiring, Right to Hire streamlines the process by implementing a sophisticated, onboarding program that produces quality candidates, often untapped talent. Ready to Hire deals with finding, screening, training and onboarding talent so employers can focus on building their team and boosting retention. By driving training up front, Ready to Hire provides a risk-free talent pipeline that can scale up or down as needed by each organization.

“It is our responsibility as one of the leading labor organizations for more than 90 years to create and invest in innovative programs like Ready to Hire, which will strengthen the supply chain of production and people with experienced, productive,” said Jeannine Kunz, Chief Workforce. Development officer at SME. “Through our partnership with Cengage, we are able to address not only the skills gap but also the applicant gap, ultimately, positioning manufacturers and individuals to better prepare for the future.”

Ready to Hire thoroughly screens all candidates, saving developers time and effort by only presenting qualified and qualified candidates for job openings. Candidates must meet all program requirements including the development of soft skills and specific technical instructions before being referred to employers. New hires will continue with hands-on training delivered on-site and assessed by experienced professionals whose knowledge is essential to support these new hires. In addition to providing strong candidates, this approach ensures that multi-location providers find the same qualified, consistent, and predictable candidates at each facility.

Ready to hire guarantees that all registered people will be retained for up to three months from the date of hire, which is an important retention period.

“Instead of traditional recruitment and training models. We’re creating a new, local, talent pipeline of skilled, pre-trained recruiters for employers to fill first-in-demand jobs.” ,” said Rya Conrad-Bradshaw, SVP & General Manager. , Ready to Hire by Cengage Group “Our top-notch, data-driven and trained engineers draw local, untapped talent looking for educational opportunities that will give them a career in manufacturing – not just another job .”

The Ready to Hire approach has been successful in other industries where affiliates are hiring 91 percent of their hires, and 94 percent are being hired beyond the guaranteed retention program period. To help the manufacturing industry, Ready to Hire combines best practices found in solving talent shortages in health, crafts, and IT/cybersecurity with extensive industry experience, networking and SME training.

To provide opportunities to all eligible students who are interested in learning, the program is free for students. Training programs focus on in-demand jobs such as CNC machinist, welder, roboticist, printer, additive manufacturing and automotive technician. Individuals can also train for an SME’s Certified Manufacturing Associate (CMfgA) certification.

For more information on how Ready to Hire can help, please contact Chad Schron, Managing Director, Tooling U-SME, chad.schron@toolingu.com.