Connecting Manufacturers with Skilled Talent
With many years in manufacturing, PIO Products understands what makes a great hire — from a skilled shop floor technician to engineers and designers shaping the future of manufacturing. Our recruiting process blends technical insight with a deep understanding of the manufacturing landscape, ensuring candidates are not only skilled but a cultural fit for your operations.
Our Advantage:
Industry Insight: Years of theory and hands-on manufacturing experience. This gives us the ability to evaluate technical skills in ways many recruiters can’t.
Referral Standards: Each candidate is pre-vetted for technical ability, work ethic, and culture fit. We do the screening avoiding “resume spam” and presenting only qualified individuals.
Efficiency: We manage the job posting, search, and evaluation. You spend time interviewing the right candidates, not sorting through resumes.
Our Fee Structure:
Permanent Placement of first-year base salary:
10–15% Entry Level-Skilled
15-20% Skilled-Senior Level
Guarantee: Replacement or prorated refund
Client Hiring:
Job promotion (Indeed, LinkedIn, zip): >$150-$450 per month depending on visibility
Internal HR labor (resume sorting, screening, scheduling) 10–20 hours per hire
Lost production due to slow hiring: Thousands in missed production/output
PIO Hiring:
Eliminates wasted ad spending PIO handles promotions
Reduces internal HR time by up to 50%
Improves hire quality, reducing costly turnover
Cost Breakdown:
$60,000 is the average Skilled Trades base salary in Mid-Michigan
18-25% Industry average agency fee = $10.800-$15,000
10-15% PIO’s fee = $6,000-$9,000
Saving Calculation:
$4,800-$6,000 Variance from agencies
$2,000 HR Labor (20hrs @ $100 Rate)
$4,000 + Regained productivity (minimum 40hrs @ $100 Rate)
Total Potential Savings:
$10,800-$12,000 per hire!
Ready to hire better talent at a lower cost?
~ PIO Products LLC