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From Costly Turnover to Confident Hiring:

How Built by Skill designed a structured process that delivered two successful hires from a single search

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Client Snapshot:

Aremco Products is a growing manufacturing company based in Valley Cottage, New York, operating with a lean team and no dedicated HR function, where hiring was essential, but never anyone’s full-time job.

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Challenge:

High Turnover: Despite a friendly work environment & good salaries, Aremco struggled to find quality employees.

Expensive Hiring Mistakes: Recruiter fees and mishire salaries drained thousands of dollars per role.

Operational Distraction: Senior staff diverted time from revenue generating work to handle hiring.

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Solution:

Build a structured, end-to-end hiring system grounded in the on-the-job work.

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Approach:

    • Interviews, shadowing, and work product review

    • Defined what competence looks like on day one versus long term

    • Built a role specific competency framework

    • Production skills and technical thresholds

    • Behavioral indicators and reliability signals

    • Clear definition of minimum viable competence

    • Custom interview guide

    • Practical work sample with scoring criteria

    • Standardized evaluation rubric

    • Week one, month one, and 90 day check ins

    • Compared hiring assessment to on-the-job performance

    • Identified training gaps and retention indicators

Results:

✓ Two high performing hires from one search

✓ Lower salary cost by identifying strong non-traditional talent

✓ A repeatable, structured hiring system

✓ Confident decisions backed by clarity and data

Get the Right Hire, The First Time

Work With Us
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For a small business without a dedicated recruiting team, thoughtfully attracting candidates, reviewing resumes, interviewing, and onboarding requires a significant investment of time—time we don’t always have.

Sameea helped us move these initiatives forward without relying on traditional recruiters, which was a major win for us.

— Jeff, Sales Marketing Engineer