Engineering

Morson advances with technical specialist buy in the US

Morson Group has strengthened its position as a global talent solutions leader with the acquisition of US-based technical recruiter PTS Advance.

Granger Reis appoints natural resources expert Phendler

Global executive search firm Granger Reis has announced the appointment of Rowan Phendler (right) as partner.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Eames Consulting, Eightfold AI, SF Recruitment

Cross-continent MoU could boost environmental health profession amid recruitment struggles

An agreement has been signed, which could help boost recruitment of environmental health officers (EHOs) globally.

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Faststream Recruitment Group, Gi Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Oyster, Starfish Search, Sellick Partnership

Supplier, Your business 28 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Cheshire-headquartered Gap Personnel acquired by Rcapital

Cheshire-headquartered recruitment agency Gap Personnel has been acquired by Rcapital in a corporate carve-out.

EADS celebrates Franco-German treaty with international internships

Aerospace and defence firm EADS is marking 50 years of the Élysée Treaty and Franco-German co-operation by offering 50 internships apiece to French and German youths not in employment or training.

Permanent placements grow at fastest rate in over two years, finds REC

June saw growth of permanent staff placements rose significantly, reaching the fastest rate since April 2011, according to the latest REC/KPMG Report on Jobs.

Safety clothing deal for industrial recruiter gap personnel

Industrial labour supplier gap personnel has taken on Midlands-based worker specialist MI Promotions to provide safety clothing, including high-vis jackets, protective gear, gloves and footwear to its temporary workers.

ScottishPower upgrade plans to include £90m recruitment bill

Gas and electricity supplier Scottish Power has set aside £90m for attraction, recruitment and training programmes as part of a multi-billion upgrade plan due to create 2,500 jobs.

Impossible interview questions? Here’s one that really was…

Many a jobseeker will know the frustration of getting through to a job interview only to be stumped by a tricky question – but the Royal Australian Air Force have managed to put an impossible one at the very start of its hiring process.

Recruiters welcome government’s £100bn infrastructure investment

Recruiters have welcomed the government’s plans for investment in Britain’s infrastructure, but warn of impending skills shortages.

Transline Group gets UK-wide implementation manager

Industrial and driving recruiter Transline Group has taken on a new implementation manager who will work up and down the country handling newly-launched Transline client sites.

Recruitment scam in UAE

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has warned candidates of bogus job offers and employment contracts, which are circulating in the region.

Oil recruiter NES Global puts project management training online

Oil & gas recruiter NES Global Talent has launched an e-learning service, making its project management training available to clients anywhere in the world.

NOW: Pensions to provide gap personnel auto-enrolled pensions

Industrial labour provider gap personnel has appointed multi-employer pension trust NOW: Pensions to provide its workforce and temporary workers with an auto-enrolment pension plan from October 2013.

PM launches scheme to tackle engineering shortfall

The Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind an industry scheme designed to add 100,000 engineering technicians to the UK’s skills-short technical industries by 2018.

Jobs Watch: Tech staff at AOL and Connor, Perth’s road to jobs

AOL Ireland, a subsidiary of media giant AOL, and engineering and manufacturing service firm Connor Solutions are on the look out for technical talent, while the Scottish city of Perth is looking at new jobs and economic development thanks to a road-building plan.

Birmingham masterplan to create jobs and growth

Engineering and planning consultancy Arup has developed an ambitious plan alongside local authorities in the Midlands to put the region at the centre of UK economic growth, creating 100,000 jobs and boosting GDP by as much as £19.5bn.

Not all work experience equal for graduates

With most graduates having work experience, the quality of that work experience has become more important, says Gerry Wyatt, operations director at graduate-jobs.com.

Cox to steer oil & gas recruitment at Larson

Recruitment specialist Larson has appointed Ian Cox as associate director in the oil & gas team.

More action needed to tackle female under-representation, say MPs

The government has been urged to take concerted action to tackle female under-representation in the workplace.
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