Sponsoring Employer Case Study
International Recruitment and Migration Case Study 04

International Recruitment has proven to be very successful for one of Ireland’s leading Renault Truck Dealerships.
Anyone that knows the owners of that dealership knows that they play with a straight bat, if you want to work for them, you graft.
That’s no secret to working at that Irish Renault Truck Dealership, just do the job, don’t make a fuss, produce quality work everytime.
It’s part what has got that dealership to being one of the Premier Renault Truck Dealerships in Ireland.
A point to note is that the Irish Renault Truck Dealership selected one of the Internationally Recruited dealer trained HGV Mechanics, above all the local Irish HGV Mechanics and Technicians, to attend training and become certified as a Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Tester for light vehicles, and is now able to conduct CVRT in Ireland.
Additionally that Internationally Recruited dealer trained HGV Mechanic has been selected to attend further training at the Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland, where he will gain certification for CVRT for Heavy Commercial Vehicles.
Huge praise indeed from an Irish Renault Truck Dealership that has very high standards.
The International Recruitment of Dealer Trained HGV Mechanics and Technicians has been a big success for this Great Irish Renault Truck Dealer.
Measure of ROI - Substantial
One of Ireland’s Leading Renault Truck Dealerships
Ireland
Due To Skills Shortages The Irish Company Was Unable to Train, Upskill or Recruit Sufficient Numbers of Dealer Trained HGV Mechanics in Ireland To Meet Dealership Demands.
Recruit highly skilled and experienced Dealer Trained HGV Mechanics globally that are suitable to work in Ireland. Apply for and obtain Irish work permits for the mechanics and deploy them into the Company’s Irish Operations.
Time taken from order placement to client interview - 26 days
Botswana
The Irish Company Managing Director and the Renault Truck Dealership’s Commercial Manager conducted the video interviews and the hiring selections.
Time taken from presentation of offer of employment to acceptance of offer - 48 Hours
Preparation lodgement and approval of the Irish work permit took - 26 days
No visa was required for Botswana nationals for Ireland
Time taken from work permit approval until arrival in Ireland and commencing work at the Company - 6 weeks
The Dealer Trained HGV Mechanics selected were initially deployed without their families.
The HGV Mechanics that were selected were sourced from industry connections and directly targeted sourcing – no job advertisments were placed.
Preparation, and assistance with Irish Work Permit applications
Workers were deployed by the Company’s teams in Ireland.
The HGV Mechanics selected were all Dealer Trained HGV Mechanics.
Candidates were tested on their knowledge by the Irish company owner and his company’s commercial manager.
The candidates were warmly welcomed into the Australian Company’s operations – The company has an excellent support network and internal processes and procedures in place and quickly the deployed workers made a positive impact on the company’s operations.
Yes and the dealership selected from all the other mechanics and technicians Internationals to attend training and become certified as a Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Testers for light vehicles, and are now able to conduct CVRT in Ireland.
International Recruitment has proven to be successful for this Irish Renault Truck Dealership.
Measure of ROI – excellent
We contacted some of the HGV Mechanics deployed to Ireland for their feedback and asked them if they were happy in the cold in Ireland and they had this to say:
Yes, yes we are all very happy they said.
They said their lives had changed for the better and they wanted to say thank you to the employer in Ireland for taking a chance on them and they thanked Skilled Migration Group for the opportunity and said they would be forever grateful for it.
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