Last week’s "Welding Wire" e-newsletter described what Turner Industries did to find workers for a pipe fabrication shop it built two years ago in Pasadena, Texas. As related in an article on chron.com, Personnel Manager Brian Daigle needed to hire 100 workers quickly, because the company had orders to fill from refineries and chemical plants. With most people working — "the economy was blowing and going" and "everyone who wanted to work already had a job" — a traditional staffing firm could not meet the hiring needs. The company had to "think outside of the box." (more...)