Hard-to-fill roles.
Hands-on recruiting.

The work was there. The right people were harder to find.

With its shop in Rifle and work stretching toward Aspen, Pacific Sheet Metal was recruiting in a difficult market. Experienced HVAC candidates were scarce, and the area’s high cost of living made it harder for people from outside the region to relocate.

The company also had specific standards. Retrofit work called for people who could troubleshoot, solve problems in customers’ homes and handle installations that did not follow a standard template. A familiar job title on a résumé was only the starting point.

Meanwhile, the hiring manager was reaching out to candidates himself to arrange interviews. Finding the right people and moving them through the process both required attention.

Find the fit. Handle the follow-through.

Yellowstone worked with Pacific to define what each role actually required, then adjusted the search around those requirements. Job titles and descriptions were refined to help candidates find and understand the openings, while screening stayed focused on the experience Pacific needed.

The recruiting team paired job advertising with direct candidate sourcing, highlighted pay and benefits, and included relocation opportunities where available. Candidate reviews considered hands-on experience and location, not just whether someone had worked in HVAC.

Recruiter Cristina Hernandez stayed involved after candidates were identified. She communicated with applicants, coordinated assessments and scheduled interviews with Pacific’s hiring team. Ed could review candidates and make hiring decisions with a recruiter handling the coordination.

Support for the field and the people behind it.

Pacific’s needs changed over the course of the partnership. The recruiting work followed those priorities, from HVAC installation and sales to the dispatch and administrative roles that support daily operations.

Hiring milestones during the partnership included:

• December 2025Retrofit sales manager offer accepted
• February 2026HVAC installer hired
• May 2026Service dispatcher hired
• August 2026Office administrator hired

When Pacific filled the dispatcher position, Yellowstone shifted the recruiting focus back to HVAC installation. Later, the team supported the office administrator search, coordinating interviews as Pacific evaluated several qualified candidates.

A recruiter taking work off the hiring manager’s plate.

For Ed VanDeventer, a clear improvement was who handled the interviews. He had previously contacted candidates himself to schedule them. By August 2026, Cristina was handling that work, and he praised her communication and follow-through.

The partnership gave Pacific ongoing help with the search and the work between application and interview. As one role was filled and the next became a priority, Yellowstone stayed involved.