Partner success story

Frontline Hiring Without Overbuilding Recruiting

An industrial engineering company partnered with Hueman through its RPO model to support consistent frontline hiring without the cost or rigidity of a full-time recruiter. With a dedicated, part-time recruiter and the ability to flex capacity during surge periods, Hueman filled 56 frontline roles over the year and seamlessly scaled hiring to support a new location opening.

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The Challenge

The company faced a familiar problem:

  • Too much hiring for traditional direct hire agencies to make sense
  • Not enough steady demand to warrant a full-time recruiter
  • Periodic surge hiring tied to growth initiatives, including new location openings

The company needed predictable recruiting capacity with the ability to scale up quickly.

Our Solution

The client partnered with Hueman through our RPO model.

Hueman assigned a dedicated, part-time recruiter who works with the client on an ongoing basis. This recruiter functions as an extension of the internal team—learning the business, roles, and hiring managers—without the fixed cost of full-time headcount.

Key elements of the RPO model include:

  • Flat monthly pricing for predictable baseline hiring
  • A dedicated recruiter focused on the client’s frontline roles
  • The ability to flex additional recruiting resources during surge periods

When hiring demand increases, Hueman adds recruiters temporarily rather than forcing the client to overbuild internal capacity.

Results

Over the course of the year, Hueman successfully filled 56 positions, primarily frontline hourly roles, including:

  • Production associates
  • Production coordinators
  • Production supervisors

When the client opened a new location and needed to hire an additional 20 employees, Hueman flexed up recruiting capacity by assigning an additional recruiter to support the surge, without disrupting ongoing hiring.

For businesses with variable hiring demand, recruiting capacity needs to be elastic.

Through the RPO, this client gained:

  • Consistent, embedded recruiting support
  • Predictable monthly recruiting costs
  • The ability to scale hiring up or down as business needs change
  • Access to additional recruiting resources without long-term commitment

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