Starline – Legrand

Legrand UK & Ireland is a leading specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructure, providing solutions that improve how people live, work and meet. The company manufactures mechanical, electrical, electronic and digital products across six UK sites, focusing on sustainability, energy efficiency and innovative connected technologies. Its portfolio spans cable management, power distribution, lighting controls, and smart building systems, supporting diverse sectors ranging from healthcare to data centers. 

Our Task

Legrand tasked us with hiring 12 new starters every week for two months to build an entirely new shift. This was high-volume, shopfloor, blue-collar recruitment, with candidates required to start immediately and no interview process in place. The most significant challenges were candidate reliability, consistency of supply, and maintaining the required volume week in, week out. They needed a partner who could deliver fast, dependable, repeatable results under pressure. 

Our Actions

To meet the brief, we assigned a fully dedicated delivery consultant and account manager who worked exclusively on this project until every position was filled. Although not permanently based on site, the consultant was available to attend site whenever required, ensuring close support throughout. We introduced a weekly assessment and induction day where we met all new starters, participated in the health and safety training, and completed full right-to-work checks. A fast-track onboarding process was implemented to move candidates from screening to start date efficiently, supporting the no-interview approach. We also set up a separate clock-in/clock-out system for temporary workers, giving the client clear visibility of attendance, lateness, absences, and sick days across a high-volume workforce. Throughout the project, we strengthened reliability screening and maintained continuous communication to ensure consistent weekly delivery. 

Our Results

We successfully filled a whole shift, which doubled the shopfloor. We also maintained a level of 12 new starters and backfills each week.