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Snelling of Northern Colorado Staffing, Recruiting, & Executive Search partner. We make thoughtful, intentional placements, focusing on people, not resumes.

Snelling is a select staffing firm specializing in talent recruitment, professional development and candidate sourcing.

10/19/2026

Steve Elfering of 1,4GROUP, Inc. brought a perspective to Forging the Future that every growing manufacturer should hear.

In light industrial and manufacturing, most of our energy goes into filling open roles. But for companies in a period of rapid growth, the harder work often begins after the offer letter is signed.

Steve described the tension well: "People have a hard time buying into, why are we changing? It's going good right now."

That question deserves a real answer from leadership. Growth brings new processes, new structures, and new expectations, often faster than trust can keep pace. Some turnover in that season is not a sign of broken culture. It can mean the role someone signed up for has quietly evolved into something new.

If you are scaling, a few questions worth asking:

*Are we hiring for adaptability, or only for the job as it looks today?

*Are we explaining the why behind change as often as we announce the what?

*Can our best people see themselves in the next version of this company?

Strong retention during growth is not about keeping everyone. It's about building a team that wants to grow with you.

Happy National Boss’s Day to Trish Bowen-Banister!Every team hopes for a leader like Trish, and we’re lucky enough to ac...
10/16/2026

Happy National Boss’s Day to Trish Bowen-Banister!

Every team hopes for a leader like Trish, and we’re lucky enough to actually have one. She’s always the first to roll up her sleeves and jump in wherever she’s needed, no task too big or too small. She leads with generosity and compassion, and she’s endlessly resourceful when challenges come our way.

What stands out most is how much she genuinely cares about her people. Whether you’re part of our internal team or one of our field employees, Trish will always go to bat for you.

Thank you, Trish, for making Snelling a place where people feel supported and valued. We appreciate you more than you know!

On the plant floor, “doing more with less” isn’t a prediction about the future. It has been the reality for years. Lean ...
10/15/2026

On the plant floor, “doing more with less” isn’t a prediction about the future. It has been the reality for years. Lean lines, cross-trained operators, and fewer supervisors per shift are standard, and AI and automation will only speed that up.

The real risk isn’t the leaner team itself. It’s when a broader role quietly turns into covering three stations for the same pay with no visible path forward. That’s exactly when your best people start answering recruiters’ calls.

As Macaire Montini of HiBob puts it, “A leaner organization shouldn’t mean a smaller employee experience.” In manufacturing, growth doesn’t have to mean a promotion to lead or supervisor. It can mean certifying on a new machine, picking up maintenance skills, training new hires, or owning a quality process.

Employers who make those paths clear in the interview and reinforce them in the first few months will fill roles faster and keep people longer. So the next time you sit down with a candidate, don’t just ask what job they want next. Ask what they want to be able to do next.

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10/12/2026

Growth exposes every weak spot in a manufacturing operation. Orders climb, the floor gets stretched thin, and the old tension between sales and operations usually turns into finger pointing.

On the latest episode of Forging the Future, Steve Elfering of 1,4GROUP, Inc. shared what happened when his company hit that point. His teams were undersupplied and moving fast, yet the blame never showed up: "I've never once heard anybody say, you didn't do this. We're out because of this, or you didn't sell this>"

That kind of culture doesn't happen by accident. It's a hiring outcome as much as a leadership one. When you bring on people who fit, tell them plainly where the company is headed, and then trust them to do the job, collaboration becomes the default instead of the exception.

For light industrial and manufacturing leaders in a tight labor market, it's worth thinking about. Every hire either adds to the friction or helps absorb it. Filling a seat quickly matters, but filling it with someone who will work across departments matters more when the pressure is on.

Are you hiring for collaboration or just for capacity?

10/05/2026

Manufacturing doesn't have a hiring problem so much as a development problem. Every year, plants lose decades of expertise to retirement, and the instinct is to open more requisitions instead of building the people already on the floor.

On this episode of Forging the Future, Steve Elfering of 1,4GROUP, Inc. shares how he thinks about leadership, and one line stuck with us: "I have a passion for bringing more out of people than they think they can get out of themselves."

That's the standard light industrial employers should hold themselves to. A new operator or a supervisor in their first year shouldn't need three decades to become valuable. When leaders walk beside them, bring them into the rooms where the industry is talking, and help them picture where they could go next, people grow faster and stay longer. Retention follows investment.

So before your next opening, ask yourself: are you hiring to fill a seat, or hiring someone you're ready to build?

Stop hiring the resume. Hire the skills. The person who ran a food processing line or kept a dairy operation going alrea...
09/29/2026

Stop hiring the resume. Hire the skills. The person who ran a food processing line or kept a dairy operation going already has the mechanical aptitude, process discipline, and safety habits that plant work demands.

The biogas boom is a great example. As the Snelling team put it, "Money is pouring into biogas. People to run the plants aren't." New digesters and renewable natural gas facilities keep coming online, and every one of them needs operators, maintenance techs, and production workers on every shift, often in rural areas with thin talent pools. Employers who hire for transferable skills and train for the rest will have crews ready when the ribbon is cut. The ones waiting for the perfect resume will still be waiting.

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09/21/2026

Scaling a high-volume distribution center isn't just about implementing the latest automation, it's about having the specialized workforce ready to lead that transformation.

In this clip from our Forging the Future podcast, Christopher Wheeler shares what it took to lead one of Ulta Beauty’s first locations through a massive automation and platform overhaul, moving 20,000 to 30,000 orders a day.

When you shift manual processes toward automated auto-sortation and high-speed pick-pack-and-ship models, your workforce needs to evolve right alongside the technology.

Watch the full conversation with Christopher on Forging the Future.

The Snelling team has had so much to celebrate lately! We recently enjoyed a team lunch to recognize three incredible wo...
09/16/2026

The Snelling team has had so much to celebrate lately! We recently enjoyed a team lunch to recognize three incredible work anniversaries that all fell within the same two weeks.

*Melanie for 11 amazing years!

*Katrina for 6 wonderful years!

*Bennett for 5 fantastic years!

We're so grateful for an amazing team that complements each other's strengths, collaborates beautifully, and continually strives to support one another while pushing each other to grow and improve. Here's to many more successful years together!

The push toward advanced automation is transforming the plant floor, but a recent Manufacturing Dive article highlights ...
09/15/2026

The push toward advanced automation is transforming the plant floor, but a recent Manufacturing Dive article highlights a significant blind spot. A recent Intel report shows that while seven in ten senior manufacturing leaders expect their organizations to manage robot fleets by 2030, only a fraction have established a formal strategy to handle a mixed human-robot workforce.

John Healy of Intel points out, “This move from repetition to interaction is changing the role of robotics entirely, and it also exposes an uncomfortable truth: most organizations are unprepared.”

Closing this readiness gap requires more than just buying advanced technology, it demands intentional talent planning, upskilling, and a clear vision for how human teams will collaborate with autonomous systems.

Is your hiring strategy aligned with the future of plant floor automation?

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09/14/2026

Every operations leader knows the challenge: technology, automation, and supply chain strategies change drastically from site to site. But as Fanimation Ceiling Fans VP of Operations Christopher Wheeler shared on our Forging the Future podcast, the ultimate differentiator isn't the software stack, it's building the right infrastructure to let people succeed.

What does true operational resilience look like when scaling from coast to coast? Catch the full conversation to hear how modern supply chain leaders are future-proofing their teams.

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