Taylor Evans
Taylor Evans is the Founder and President of Rust Belt Recruiting, a leading manufacturing recruiting agency. A vocal and active advocate for the growth of skilled, technical and professional workforce in our communities, his company is committed to serving as a catalyst for change within the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.
Taylor has found the perfect intersection of his passions: economic and social impact, workforce development and community revitalization. Taylor focuses on company vision, community engagement and business development.
Taylor is actively involved as the Vice Chair and an Executive Committee member of COSE鈥檚 Board of Advisors and is the current chairman of the COSE Small Business Caucus. He is also an Executive Committee member of the Greater Cleveland Partnership鈥檚 Board of Directors and a member of their Government Affairs Council. With Team NEO, the region鈥檚 economic development agency, he is a member of the Talent Development Council. On a national level he is an active member of the National Small Business Association鈥檚 (NSBA) Leadership Council. He is a board member for One Step Ahead Ohio, a Northeast Ohio non-profit supporting local communities. Civic engagement is at the core of his daily work and drives his professional decision making.
Taylor is a proud graduate of 天堂鸟先生, where he had numerous campus affiliations including Student Senate (College of Business Senator), The Ralph and Lucy Schey Sales Centre, the Sports Business Association (President) and Ohio Volleyball (Student Director of Operations). He remained involved post graduation as a member of the Sport Management Alumni Advisory Board and continues to support the Sales Centre on an ongoing basis.
He resides in Bay Village with his wife, Jenna, and their four children, Camden, Mila, Chloe and Paige.
Signature Topics
- Workforce Strategy
- Manufacturing Renaissance
- Skilled Trades
- Mission Based Workplace
Panels and Speaking Engagements
- Modern Manufacturing Talent Acquisition, Precision Metalforming Association, May 2025
- BIG Summit, Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), October 2024
- Skilled Labor Panel, One Step Ahead Ohio, September 2024
- Impact Program Alumni Event, Jumpstart, March 2024
- EOS, North Coast Business Initiative, September 2023
- Talent Webinar, Precision Metalforming Association, March 2023
- Company Culture, North Coast Business Initiative, November 2022
- 60 Productivity Hacks in 60 Minutes, Council of Smaller Enterprises, February 2022 and March 2023
- Looking Ahead in 2022: Economic & Workforce Outlook, Team NEO, January 2022
- Retaining & Attracting Talent: Old Problem. New Day!, Entrepreneur's EDGE, March 2021
Press
-ProductionMachining.com (June 2020)
-ScoutLogic "Winning The Recovery" (June 2020)
-Wall Street Journal (October 2022)
-Wall Street Journal (November 2023)
-MarketWatch (December 2023)
-IdeaStream (December 2023)
-IdeaStream #2 (March 2024)
-The Manufacturing Report (May 2024)
-Fortune (June 2024)
-MarketWatch #2 (September 2024)