Meet Your Match:
Tradeability.Ca’s Candidate Manager System
Good help is hard to find. Searching for a promising apprentice or qualified journeyperson just got much easier. Tradeability.ca offers a Candidate Manager System (CMS) that supplies employers with a shortlist of qualified candidates, pre-screened to meet their specifications.
How it works:
The CMS matches up mutually compatible profiles. It operates a little like a computer dating service. Candidates with skills to offer enter their resumes into a computer database. Employers post their training or job opportunities or ask Tradeability.ca to do so on their behalf.
The CMS sifts through the pool of candidates for resumes that meet the criteria and generates a list of names. Tradeability.ca refines the shortlist by double-checking that the candidates are qualified, available and interested, and that their resumes are up-to-date. Tradeability.ca then hands over a manageable number of prime prospects to the employer.
What’s in it for me?
Just ask Jason Bowen of Trim Tech Interiors and Glass.
“Small business owners—we don’t have the time or the funds to advertise, put up job postings, filter those candidates and go through an interview process.” Those job postings can attract hundreds of responses from eager, but incompatible jobseekers. He doesn’t have time for a hundred interviews, says Bowen, and he can’t rely on qualified people finding him.
“We do custom automotive interior restoration. It’s a very technical, specialized, hands-on business: ‘automotive industry experience’ simply isn’t enough. That could mean anyone – from somebody working on the line at Lear to somebody who changes oil at Jiffy Lube.”
A match made in heaven
When he had an opening, Bowen consulted Tradeability.ca Project Officer Sandy Smiles. He filled out a detailed job posting and handed it back to Smiles. “She said, ‘I know just the type of person you’re looking for.’”
Smiles ran the profile through the CMS system. Five resumes and two job interviews later, Bowen had his man.
“It was an easy find for us. She basically led that person straight to our door. The employee is still with us and it’s been two-and-a-half years now.”
Tradeability.ca’s free service saved Bowen the price of advertising and interviewing. His new, experienced employee required substantially less training. And because the newcomer worked out, Bowen hasn’t dealt with turnover costs.
It’s all about finding the right fit, he says. “We find an employee that likes the type of work we do -- they get a job they enjoy at a place that they like. It works for both parties.”
Questions?
How much does it cost?
It’s free—your tax dollars at work.
Do I have to hire one of the people on the list?
Not at all.
What if none of the applicants possesses the skills I need?
Tradeability.ca can extend your reach by canvassing community colleges and local Employment Service Providers, and by holding job fairs.
Won’t people just knock on my door directly?
CMS listings show Tradeability.ca as the employer. Only shortlisted candidates learn you’re hiring.
Tradeability.ca provides a single point of access and referral for information on careers in skilled trades. Tradeability.ca is committed to promoting the skilled trades as an exceptional and rewarding career. By acting as the conduit between jobseeker and employer, Tradeability.ca strives to meet current and future market demand for skilled trades people in Durham Region. For more information contact Sandy Smiles, Tradeability Project Officer at sandy@tradeability.ca or call 905-666-3620, toll free 1-800-483-4845.
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