What are the recruiting trends in 3D printing?

Behind additive manufacturing technologies lies the know-how and knowledge of qualified people on cutting-edge subjects. It is quite clear that 3D printing attracts many profiles and companies have been recruiting, but in what proportions? What are the recruiting trends in 3D printing?

To learn more about the state of the job market in 3D printing, we are offering you today a study based on the ‘3Dnatives Job Board’, which counted more than 250 international job offers in 2018. So what sectors are recruiting? What kind of profiles are most interesting to recruiters? Who is employing the most, startups or large groups? The results of our study are supported by Audrey Chikhaoui who founded Rosa Parks Consulting in 2014, a recruitment firm dedicated to the Industrial IT and Additive Manufacturing sectors. She gave us her vision of the market and her forecasts.

An increase in job offers, most often over the long-term

Of all the job offers published by 3Dnatives’ Job Board, 78.2% were full-time contracts followed by 15.1% internships. These results are explained by a long-term adoption of the technology, requiring profiles capable of supporting the resulting developments. It can also be noted that many companies that have relied on 3D printing are growing, justifying the need to recruit candidates for longer assignments. They now have confidence in this technology, which they consider to be more mature and are putting more resources into developing.