The Client

A leading manufacturer of renewable energy products and solutions, our Client is headquartered in East Asia. The company’s products are available in 165 countries and regions around the world.

The Opportunity

Facing its first expansion into the United States, the Client needed to establish a robust infrastructure—and quickly. This effort included standing up a new facility, hiring key personnel, and navigating complex regulatory requirements in an entirely new and unfamiliar country. With 60+ years of experience in the talent acquisition industry and extensive knowledge of the energy space, our team at Acara was ready to help the company meet their ambitious talent acquisition objectives.

The Challenge

During this time of transformation and growth, Acara worked with the Client to overcome numerous challenges.

• Navigating a New Market: As part of their expansion into the U.S., the Client had to gain a thorough understanding of local regulations and cultural differences—all while establishing a workforce in a highly competitive industry
• Shifting Timelines: In the early stages of our partnership, project requirements were constantly shifting, leading to multiple reprioritizations of hiring criteria and volume.
• Diverse Staffing Needs: The company needed to fill key positions to establish its operations, including roles in HR, construction management, legal, customs compliance, trade zone management, manufacturing, facilities, E&H, and IT.

The Solution

Despite communication and timeline challenges, Acara remained committed to the partnership and worked to build trust with the Client through frequent, transparent updates and information sharing. The Acara team secured critical hires for the Client’s new facility, including leadership roles in operations, HR, construction management, legal, and customs compliance, who helped guide the company’s entrance into the U.S. market. With a foundational team now in place, we shifted our focus to addressing the company’s high-volume 12-month hiring ramp, which included hiring production operators, maintenance technicians, process technicians, quality assurance specialists/inspectors, and warehouse specialists. To ensure consistency throughout the high-volume recruitment process, we assigned dedicated project managers, a sourcing team, and recruiters to the roles we had been tasked with filling. As part of this effort, we worked in partnership with the Client to host multiple large, in-market hiring events that would deliver the necessary talent to operate their manufacturing facility. We leveraged our in-house marketing team to deploy a localized multi-platform social media ad campaign targeting and attracting jobseekers to our hiring event.

The Conclusion

The job fair was a great success, and we achieved our goal of quickly filling all required hires to meet the Client’s production timeline demands. We continue to support the Client’s high-volume hiring needs as they scale their manufacturing presence in the U.S.

Results from 4 job fairs

• 3,500 candidates sourced
• 1,700 prescheduled interviews
•  350 walk-in candidates
• 1,200 job offers
• 700+ new hires