How to hire a professional technician

How to hire a professional technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step professional technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a professional technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new professional technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your professional technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a professional technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   A professional technician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, professional technicians from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of professional technician salaries for various roles:

   Type of Professional Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Professional Technician	Computer support specialists provide help and advice to people and organizations using computer software or equipment. Some, called computer network support specialists, support information technology (IT) employees within their organization... Show more	$30-50
   Technician Support Tier	A technician support tier focuses on providing technical support to clients or employees within a company. Typically working in a team setting, a technician support tier addresses technical problems and troubleshoots to identify the root of the issues and perform necessary corrective measures or repairs... Show more	$18-37
   Information Technology/Support Technician	An information technology (IT) support technician is a professional who is responsible for providing support and troubleshoots software and hardware problems faced by customers. As for larger organizations that have their own IT department, technicians must work together internally with their IT staff members... Show more	$14-31

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Customer Service
   • Cloud
   • Project Management
   • Technical Support
   • Windows
   • Technical Expertise
   • Patient Care
   • PowerPoint
   • SQL
   • Linux
   • Java
   • IDS
   • EPC
   • API

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   Responsibilities:

   • Limit scripting (Linux) to automate data-gathering processes on multiple vendor hardware types.
   • Manage and maintain the engineering lab; debugged/repair production servers and desktop computers
   • Develop a few windows services.
   • Perform EPC project design for relate to power, e.g.
   • Create GUI for web-base CRM application using DHTML and JavaScript.
   • Maintain ISO documentation for waste disposal and pollution control systems.

   More professional technician duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the professional technician job description is a good way to get more applicants. A professional technician salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a professional technician in Kansas may be lower than in California, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level professional technician. Additionally, a professional technician with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average professional technician salary

   $81,726yearly

   $39.29 hourly rate

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   Entry-level professional technician salary

   $64,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average professional technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$112,465	$54
   2	Washington	$97,086	$47
   3	Oregon	$86,681	$42
   4	New York	$86,601	$42
   5	New Jersey	$82,305	$40
   6	Connecticut	$81,272	$39
   7	Texas	$80,974	$39
   8	Massachusetts	$80,468	$39
   9	Pennsylvania	$79,738	$38
   10	Arizona	$79,221	$38
   11	Minnesota	$78,875	$38
   12	North Carolina	$76,286	$37
   13	Colorado	$75,659	$36
   14	Illinois	$75,459	$36
   15	Ohio	$75,069	$36
   16	Wisconsin	$73,648	$35
   17	Missouri	$73,493	$35
   18	Arkansas	$73,330	$35
   19	Georgia	$72,537	$35
   20	Indiana	$71,738	$34

   Average professional technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Microsoft	$123,579	$59.41	55
   2	Citi	$116,119	$55.83	9
   3	MUFG EMEA	$114,940	$55.26
   4	CoreLogic	$113,493	$54.56	1
   5	Splunk	$110,770	$53.25
   6	Humana Insurance Company	$109,453	$52.62
   7	Western Digital	$108,403	$52.12	10
   8	ICONMA	$107,042	$51.46	1
   9	Argonne National Laboratory	$106,966	$51.43	1
   10	CNA Insurance	$105,807	$50.87	13
   11	Equifax	$105,528	$50.73
   12	AT&T	$105,427	$50.69	14
   13	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	$104,578	$50.28	6
   14	BASF	$104,402	$50.19
   15	Dun & Bradstreet	$103,635	$49.82
   16	Learning Care Group	$98,926	$47.56
   17	Bank of America	$98,864	$47.53	9
   18	Humana	$98,745	$47.47	209
   19	Dean Health Plan	$98,235	$47.23
   20	Velocity Partners	$95,328	$45.83

4. Writing a professional technician job description

   A professional technician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a professional technician job description:

   Professional technician job description example

   Job Title: Technical Writer
   Location; Hybrid /Bend, OR 97701
   Duration: 3 months contract (With possible extension)
   
   How will you make an impact?
   The Technical Writer authors solid oral dosage form pharmaceutical development reports based on data from formulation, process and analytical development experiments (e.g., tablet compression, spray drying, dry granulation, HPLC, GC, XRPD). They assimilate information and data from multiple sources, including the technical project leads and lead scientists assigned to the projects, to create seamless report deliverables that support regulatory submissions.
   
   What will you do?
   1. Author high quality technical pharmaceutical development reports summarizing the experiments performed and conclusions made for the purpose of supporting regulatory submissions.
   2. Maintain and continuously improve library of report templates.
   3. Work directly with project team leads in multiple departments to collect and organize data for presentation.
   4. Draft & revise Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Formulation and Process Development (FPD) group in collaboration with FPD team members, FPD management, and other departments' personnel as appropriate to produce high quality, instructive documents.
   5. Work with management to author deviations, change controls, and other documents as needed to support ongoing operations. Provide clear and high quality technical rationale for actions to be taken.
   6. Take responsibility for overall management of formulation development reports, including revisions, approval routing and timely status reporting to project teams and management.
   7. Work with pharmaceutical scientists to observe operations in practice and uses knowledge gained to make master documents more user friendly and valuable to end users.
   8. Perform other document-related duties as assigned by management.
   
   How will you get here?
   Education
   Bachelor's degree in physical science, engineering, or technical writing preferred.
   
   Experience:
   Two years of experience creating technical documents in an environment governed by document standards or protocols such as pharmaceutical, device, academia, healthcare or related field. Preferred Solid Oral Dosage manufacturing or analytical expertise.
   
   Equivalency:
   Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.
   
   Competencies:
   Excellent technical writing, oral communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills are essential. Ability to manage client expectations in a professional manner is important. Knowledge of technical writing standards and protocols preferred. Familiarity with GMP, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) or equivalent standards is a plus. Familiarity with pharmaceutical equipment, processes, formulations, analytical techniques and Good Documentation Practices (GDP) desired. Must be highly proficient/advanced with Microsoft Word and an expert/fast typist. Skill with other Microsoft programs such as Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint are also valuable. Must be extremely detail oriented and organized. Ability to progress and track multiple projects simultaneously against tight deadlines with minimal oversight is important for success.
   
   Physical Requirements:
   Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office and manufacturing locations; ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time; manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pound pounds; arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time; visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time; ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time.
   
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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right professional technician for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your professional technician job on Zippia to find and recruit professional technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit professional technicians, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   Sometimes, it's not enough to interview professional technician candidates, so you can ask them to do a test project. If you are not a technical person and don't know what a test project should be, you can use these websites:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new professional technician

   Once you've selected the best professional technician candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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