Success storyMGM sourced and hired highly-qualified candidates in just a few days on Skillit
MGM General Contracting needed niche acoustical ceiling workers fast — and found them on Skillit in four days, going from signed contract to three hires before their first week was over.
April 20252 minutes readPhoto: UnsplashGoals
Hire 3 full-time acoustic ceiling workers as soon as possible
Source for 6 states: Colorado, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Utah
Challenge
Job boards had yielded zero results for acoustic ceiling workers
Results
3 direct hires
8 qualified candidates in active pipeline
63% connection rate
Successful position fill in short time to ensure project completed on time
Customer since: 2024
MGM is the general contracting firm for the commercial, industrial, aviation, retail, residential, education, and food and beverage sectors in South Florida. Hanging our shingle in 2006, MGM offers an extensive range of high-end, state-of-the-art construction services predicated on the commitment to establishing and maintaining trust with our clients through collaboration, innovation and quality construction. Our expertise and experience is proven time and again, and ensures the success of our clients’ projects before we even break ground.
How MGM General Contracting used Skillit to fill key roles and ensure they were staffed for a new project
MGM had a project that they needed some specialty craft workers to fill an important role to finish the project. Looking to hire a few acoustical ceiling workers, MGM turned to typical channels - such as job boards - and could not find the workers they were looking for despite trying to hire for the position for some time.
Under a crunch with a niche craft worker need, MGM turned to Skillit. They embraced the platform for their hiring needs and actually pushed through the onboarding cycle quickly. Once they completed onboarding, they started reaching out to candidates. From the time they signed with Skillit to their first hire was four days! They sent out 8 contact requests to qualified candidates and received 5 responses. From that pool, they managed to hire 3 workers before their first week with Skillit was finished.
This quick turnaround ensured that they had the talent they needed and the job would not be delayed. Skillit’s ability to acquire hard to source workers combined with the user-friendly AI-backed platform pushed MGM over the top by filling niche hiring needs.
I used Skillit to hire the crew I needed. Overall it was a great success with minimal effort.
Malcolm G. MacInnes
Owner · MGM General Contracting
About Skillit
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