Case Study: Grote Industries achieves $110,000 in recruiter fee savings and cuts time-to-fill by 37 days with Cornerstone OnDemand

Building a stronger internal brand and decreasing recruiter costs by $110,000

Grote Industries, a global manufacturer of LED lighting for heavy-duty trucks and vehicles, faced an outdated HR operation built on paper files and a clunky, outsourced talent platform that hurt usability and slowed hiring. When a new HR director set out to modernize the function, the company needed an integrated system that its vendor actually owned and that could handle applicant tracking, learning, performance and succession.

Grote implemented Cornerstone’s talent management suite, customized the Learning portal to reinforce its internal brand, and integrated with ADP for automatic updates. The changes drove a 60% jump in Learning activity in the first month (21% year-over-year), cut time-to-fill by 37 days, enabled hiring 72 people while using external recruiters for only six — saving $110,000 in fees — and significantly reduced administrative effort.

Grote Industries

Andrew Garrett

Training Coordinator