If you have tried everything you can think of to hire mechanics locally and just can’t seem to find any, you may need to consider looking outside of your area and relocating a candidate. There can be great benefits to relocating candidates including:
Expanding Your Candidate Pool
- If you only look local you will be limited but if you expand the search you have so many more candidates to
Increased Employee Loyalty
- Typically a relocated candidate, especially if you offered relocation assistance, will remain loyal to their employer. This is partly due to appreciation but can also be built in with the Relocation Assistance contract.
Strengthening Company Culture
- New employees from different locations can bring fresh perspectives and experiences, contributing to a richer company culture. This can also help in spreading best practices and innovative approaches across different parts of the organization.
Improved Employee Performance
- Relocating can often lead to increased employee motivation and performance. A new environment can be stimulating and can offer employees the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.
Enhanced Skill Transfer
- Relocated employees can help in the transfer of knowledge and skills. Often mechanics from different parts of the country will have experience with different types of equipment and vehicles. They may also have learned how to do things differently. If everyone is from the same area, they likely all went to the same trade school. Those from out of State/Province may have picked up tricks they can bring with them.
Relocating candidates can be difficult but also very rewarding. For a full guide on how to relocate mechanic candidates for work, download our guide which is filled with tips, tricks, and best practices when it comes to relocating candidates.
If you need a hand recruiting mechanics, either locally or from out of town, we can help. Rockstar can help your recruit any type of mechanic anywhere in Canada and the USA.