Kearys

How Recruitroo Solved Kearys Automotive Group's Critical Labor Shortage After Multiple Failed Attempts

Overview

Kearys Automotive Group is one of Ireland's leading motor dealership networks, representing premium brands including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Renault across multiple locations throughout the country.

After exhausting the local labor market and experiencing several costly failures with traditional recruitment agencies attempting international hiring, Kearys faced a critical workforce crisis that threatened their service operations. By partnering with Recruitroo's global hiring platform, they successfully recruited over 30 specialized technicians, secured work permits for every candidate, and transformed their approach to technical staffing.

The Challenge: Desperate Search for Skilled Technicians After Multiple Failed Attempts

Kearys Automotive Group faced an increasingly dire situation after exhausting every traditional hiring avenue:

  • Completely depleted local talent pool – Years of aggressive local recruitment yielded zero qualified applicants.
  • Failed attempts with multiple agencies – Previous recruitment partners delivered unsuitable candidates or no candidates at all.
  • Costly international recruitment failures – Earlier attempts at global hiring resulted in wasted resources and visa rejections.
  • Business-threatening skills gap – Service departments operated at reduced capacity, turning away business and damaging customer relationships.

Finding a Solution After Multiple Failed Attempts

Before discovering Recruitroo, Kearys had tried numerous approaches that all ended in disappointment:

  • Exhausted traditional recruitment – Posted jobs continuously for years with no qualified applicants.
  • Wasted resources on multiple agencies – Paid substantial fees to various recruiters who couldn't deliver.
  • Failed DIY international recruitment – Attempted to navigate global hiring independently, resulting in costly visa rejections and compliance issues.
  • Considered downsizing service operations – Nearly made the difficult decision to reduce capacity permanently.

What they desperately needed was a complete solution:

  • Proven international recruitment pipeline – Access to pre-vetted global talent with verified automotive skills.
  • End-to-end immigration expertise – Guaranteed work permit approvals to avoid previous visa failures.
  • Transparent, predictable process – Clear timelines and expectations after experiencing multiple false starts.
"We were in a desperate situation. We'd spent years trying to find technicians locally with absolutely no success. When we attempted to recruit internationally on our own and with other agencies, we got burned badly – wasted time, rejected visa applications, and candidates who never materialized. We were turning away service business daily and considering scaling back operations."
Brendan Keary
CEO, Kearys Motor Group

How Recruitroo Transformed Kearys' Hiring After Years of Failure

After multiple setbacks with other approaches, Kearys found success with Recruitroo's comprehensive platform:

  1. Trusted Partner Status Fast-Track: Immigration Expertise That Actually Delivered
    • Secured coveted "Trusted Partner" status with Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
    • Eliminated previous compliance issues that had caused visa rejections with other providers.
  2. Guaranteed Skills Verification: No More Unqualified Candidates
    • Utilized proprietary skill demonstration videos to validate technical abilities before interviews.
    • Implemented standardized assessment protocols specific to automotive manufacturer requirements.
  3. End-to-End Process Management: One Solution Instead of Fragmented Approaches
    • Consolidated recruitment, immigration, and relocation into a single streamlined experience.
    • Provided transparent tracking and communication at every stage of the process.

The Results: From Crisis to Competitive Advantage

After years of struggling with staffing issues and failed recruitment attempts, Kearys achieved remarkable success with Recruitroo:

  • 30+ specialized technicians hired – Successfully filling roles that had been vacant for years.
  • 100% work permit approval rate – Every candidate successfully received authorization, compared to previous rejection experiences.
  • 40% reduction in time-to-hire – Dramatically faster process than previous failed attempts.
  • Expanded service capacity – Ability to accept all service appointments, eliminating lost revenue.
30+
skilled technicians hired
40%
reduction in time-to-hire
100%
work permit success rate

The Future: From Staffing Crisis to Strategic Growth

With their critical staffing issues resolved after years of struggle, Kearys is now positioned for:

  • Business expansion – Planning new service centers with confidence in staffing capabilities.
  • Sustainable talent pipeline – Established reliable access to skilled technicians when needed.
  • Competitive advantage – Operating at full capacity while competitors continue to struggle with technician shortages.
  • Focus on core business – Management attention redirected from constant recruitment crises to strategic initiatives.

After spending years trying numerous approaches that failed to deliver qualified technicians, Kearys now views Recruitroo as an essential strategic partner in their ongoing success and expansion plans.

"Recruitroo's platform has been a game changer for how Kearys recruited from outside the EU. Recruitroo supported us through every stage of the process. Through their platform we secured Trusted Partner status with the DETE, we easily assessed, interviewed and offered contracts to candidates that met out requirements and then Recruitroo removed all the immigration headaches and secured 100% permits with excellent communication on expected arrival times. As we continue to expand our business we will certainly use Recruitroo to support us."
Brendan Keary
CEO, Kearys Motor Group
Industry
Automotive Sales & Service
Customer
Brendan Keary, CEO - Kearys Motor Group
User Since
March 2023
Website
kearys.ie
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"The video profiles were a game changer for us to assess the candidates English ability and core skills. Their dashboard totally transformed our experience with work permits and made the whole a breeze."
Jacinta Greene
Head of HR, Supermacs
"Recruitroo took away so much of the repetitive and bureaucratic work we endure with hiring internationally and renewing work permits for our staff.

Their platform is user friendly and informative allowing our HR team to easily handover these tasks to the Recruitroo team."
Tara Curley
HR Generalist, Só Hotels
"Their platform simplified the entire process. From assessing the candidates skills and their English ability to securing all the immigration permission I was supported at every stage of the journey. Recruitroo really has simplified the entire process, especially for contractors looking to hire crews of people at the same time."
Richard Hatton
CEO, Hatcon Limited
"Recruitroo's platform has been a game changer for how Kearys recruited from outside the EU. removed all the immigration headaches and secured 100% permits with excellent communication on expected arrival times."
Brendan Keary
CEO, Kearys Motor Group
"The video profiles were a game changer for us to assess the candidates English ability and core skills. Their dashboard totally transformed our experience with work permits and made the whole a breeze."
Jacinta Greene
Head of HR, Supermacs