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.

Your recruitment business 15 May 2025

Granger Reis appoints natural resources expert Phendler

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

Your recruitment business 15 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 MAY 2025

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

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 May 2025

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.

Your business, Your recruitment business 8 May 2025

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

Your business, Your recruitment business 28 April 2025

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.

Your recruitment business 25 April 2025

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.

Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

Long-term view needed for oil & gas contractors

The world’s oil & gas market is lacking talent here and now – but taking a long-term view is key in the employment and deployment of contract staff.
Your recruitment business, Companies 18 June 2013

Construction and professional services grow Singapore jobs

The construction and professional services sectors continued to be the fastest-growing employment sectors in Singapore in the first quarter of 2013.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 14 June 2013

Barker Ross rail division is ready to recruit

Multi-sector recruiter Barker Ross has launched a new rail division.
Your recruitment business 14 June 2013

Staffgroup grows as non-EU section gains prominence

Staffgroup, the parent company of specialist recruiters Earthstaff and Eurostaff Group, saw both turnover and profit grow by well over 50% in the calendar year 2012.
Your recruitment business 14 June 2013

Elance reveals freelance demand

The availability of freelance work was brighter than average between early 2012 and 2013 for IT specialists with skills in the Windows Azure cloud platform, marketers with proficiency in Twitter and creative professionals who write and edit, according to freelance platform Elance’s ‘Global Online Employment Report — Q1 2013’.
In-house recruitment 13 June 2013

Qatar: no open goal for recruiters new to region

Recruiters hoping to take advantage of a possible bonanza in Qatar in the years leading up to the 2022 World Cup will face a tougher challenge than that faced by recruiters in the Gulf state up to now.
Your recruitment business 13 June 2013

Ford drives Higher Apprenticeship programmes with degree

Auto maker Ford has added a four-year Higher Apprenticeship programme, which includes a degree level qualification, to its September 2013 apprenticeship recruitment.
Your recruitment business 13 June 2013

Recruiters see shale demand as UK extraction comes closer

An announcement today from British Gas owner Centrica further confirms the likelihood of more shale gas projects in the UK – but in a skills-short market, workers with the right experience are already in demand across the globe.
Your recruitment business 13 June 2013

US-built smartphone brings 2,000 Motorola jobs

Mobile phone maker Motorola is to design, engineer and assemble its new Moto X smartphone in the US, creating 2,000 jobs.
Your recruitment business 13 June 2013

Sector Analysis - Oil & gas

In this skills-short market, the secret to good recruiting is… good recruiting — ideally supplemented by strong learning & development
Analysis, Your recruitment business 12 June 2013

Unemployment rate steady despite jobless drop, vacancies rise again

The number of job vacancies on offer in the UK grew 3.8% in the three months to May, as the number of people out of work dropped slightly, although not enough to impact on the 7.8% unemployment rate, finds the Office for National Statistics.
Your recruitment business 12 June 2013

NRL plans to grow into oil & gas with Petrolic Consultants

Technical recruiter NRL has acquired oil & gas recruitment specialist Petrolic Consultants.
Your recruitment business, HOT 100 12 June 2013

BAE Systems sees cyber security growth posting grads to Detica

Security and defence giant BAE Systems has made a clear signal of its priorities for the workforce of the future, by placing nearly half of its 2013 graduate intake into its cyber and security business Detica.
Your recruitment business 11 June 2013

Temp and perm recruitment build across (almost) all sectors

An increase in permanent staff and contract employee demand was seen in eight of the nine sectors of the REC/KPMG Report on Jobs for May – with construction the only blip on the chart.
Your recruitment business 10 June 2013

FINANCIALS: More from recruiters Encore and Steria in 2012

Blue collar recruiter Encore Personnel and IT staffing firm Steria Recruitment both saw upturns in turnover in the year to 31 December 2012.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 10 June 2013

FINANCIALS: SThree down in first half, HR GO in profit

Staffing group SThree saw group gross profit drop 6% year-on-year in the six months to 26 May (H1 2013), the same day independent recruiter HR GO reported a profit for 2012.
Your recruitment business, Companies 7 June 2013
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