Case Study: Lithko Contracting boosts early talent hiring with Handshake

Lithko constructs a future-proof Gen Z talent pipeline built on a winning candidate experience

Lithko Contracting, LLC is a concrete and construction company with 5,400 employees and headquarters in Cincinnati, OH. As Lithko grew year over year and needed a talent pipeline to match, it turned to Handshake to help build an always-on recruiting strategy for early career candidates.

Using Handshake, Lithko expanded its reach to a larger and more diverse pool of students, streamlined recruiting, and used virtual events and targeted messaging to support equity goals. The company launched 80+ Handshake Campaigns, saw a 4.3x higher open rate and a 2.5x higher engagement rate than other employers on Handshake, and sourced 54% of its early talent hires through Handshake. Early talent hiring rose 46% year over year, and applications from schools with underrepresented talent increased 179%.

Lithko Contracting, LLC

Morgan Price

Director of Recruitment and Talent Development