Casting the Line: UMC’s Challenge of Attracting the Right Talent
Taking the Bait
A custom website attracts new clients, but it can also boost your business as you search for quality potential candidates to join your team. It’s like business leaders stand at the water’s edge, fishing pole in hand. With the right lure, the ideal location, and the perfect timing, they catch and retain incredible employees. Many companies crowd the water, casting their lines, each one trying to stand out. They promise a unique work experience, growth, and purpose. But simply dropping bait into the stream doesn’t guarantee a bite. Magnetism requires more than a bulleted list of job perks. Otherwise, you business leaders go home empty handed.
UMC, Inc, a multi-generational HVAC and plumbing company, specializes in large, multilevel construction projects. They built their reputation on integrity, family values, and the kind of culture that employees stick around for. But their website needed to focus less on client projects and more on reeling in the right crew. They envisioned a masculine redesign that put their employee experience front and center. No client-facing sales funnels needed. They wanted a hiring beacon, a site that showcased their paid training, generous benefits, and upward mobility.
Hook, Line, and Solution
JamboJon customized a website for UMC by creating a space directed specifically towards employees. We repurposed previous website elements into tantalizing, future-focused hooks for potential team members. Designed with a bold, masculine edge, it eliminated the need for in-office personnel to collect applications and forms or track employee recognition manually. Not only does it benefit employees, but it continues to generate social proof to business partners that UMC is credible and service-oriented.
Our ongoing partnership with UMC keeps the site evolving. We provide regular updates for their golf tournament pages, and we maintain their shopping cart experience for employee uniforms and rewards. This is more than a website. It’s a digital fly rod, always ready to cast the right message to the right recruit.
- Repurposed previous website text and elements
- Eliminated the need for an HR representative to manually track forms
- Generated social proof and credibility for business partners
- Continue to do regular updates and maintenance.