Engineering

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Your business, Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

Energy recruitment firm launches in Aberdeen

Specialist recruitment firm Agilient Talent Partners has launched in Aberdeen, focusing on permanent hiring within the energy sector.

Your recruitment business 27 May 2025

International manufacturer invests £170m in North Wales facility

Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170m in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Your recruitment business 20 May 2025

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

Jobs Watch Malaysia: Opportunities at new factory

As will be reported in next week’s April edition of Recruiter, Malaysia is a land of opportunity and challenge for recruiters.
Your recruitment business 9 April 2013

Jobs Watch: Hiring in Devon, Dublin and East Kilbride

New jobs are coming to business analytics and software firm SAS, pharmaceutical giant Novartis and two Devon manufacturers.
Your recruitment business 9 April 2013

Impellam ups Robertson to group-wide CEO

Recruitment and staffing company Impellam Group has a new group-wide chief executive officer with the promotion of Julia Robertson.
Your recruitment business 8 April 2013

Stay in UK for defence jobs, PM urges Scots

Prime Minister David Cameron has stressed the importance of the defence industry as a provider of jobs in Scotland – jobs he suggests could be lost if the country gained independence.
Your recruitment business 4 April 2013

Jobs Watch: VW to hire 50,000 by 2018, mostly beyond Europe

Car giant Volkswagen (VW) will employ an extra 50,000 people by 2018 and is hoping to become the biggest car company in the world.
Your recruitment business 3 April 2013

Jobs Watch: CH2M Hill and KFC

Engineering firm CH2M Hill is to create 500 jobs in the UK over a range of disciplines following an acquisition, while restaurant chain KFC will add 1,600 jobs within the company.
Your recruitment business 3 April 2013

Jobs Watch: Roles touch down with Bristow and Nypro

Medical devices firm Nypro is to create over 200 new jobs in Waterford, South-West Ireland, while US offshore services firm Bristow says it will bring 350 new jobs to the UK after winning a contract to operate search and rescue (SAR) helicopter services.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 28 March 2013

Transline takes sales manager from Blue Arrow

Industrial and driving recruiter Transline Resource Group has taken on Dan Carlin as group sales manager.
Your recruitment business 28 March 2013

ASOS buys into Birmingham’s emerging tech talent pool

Birmingham is “making a real name for itself as a home for digital businesses”, according to Marek Dobrowolski, investment manager at development agency Business Birmingham.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 March 2013

Jobs Watch: Cambridge Consultants, Seda UK

One firm in South Wales and another in the East of England are to create new jobs.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 March 2013

Further leaps for Spring in Asian recruitment

Spring Professional, the professional recruitment arm of Adecco Group, has launched into the Asia region with new offices in Hong Kong, and the respective capitals of Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, and an expansion of its existing Singapore base.
Your recruitment business, Companies 25 March 2013

Tech and execs see least talent movement in China

China’s technical workers in IT and engineering roles saw the lowest rate of people changing jobs in 2012 of any business function, at 18% and 24% respectively, followed by board-level staff at 27%.
Your recruitment business 22 March 2013

Jobs Watch: BT Sport, EDF at Hinkley Point, Ryanair

Two large business expansions with substantial job creation implications have been launched by communications giant BT and budget airline Ryanair respectively. Additionally, energy firm EDF’s proposed building of a new nuclear power station would result in 25,000 construction jobs if the project moves forward.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 20 March 2013

In-house recruitment: coming to a screen near you

Engineering consultancy Altran is to broadcast a live TV programme on the internet at 1pm (CET) on 28 March as it pushes to hire over 4,000 engineers worldwide this year.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 20 March 2013

Matchtech wins UK Power, retains BAE and Xchanging

Technical and professional recruiter Matchtech Group has won a new contract to work with UK Power Networks and seen its contract working with BAE Systems through its partner Xchanging Procurement Service extended.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 20 March 2013

Smart Resourcing 2013: It’s good to be scared

In-house recruiters from a wide range of private and public sector organisations gathered in London at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, to listen and learn from leading thinker John Vlastelica in a keynote talk sponsored by Jobsite, and practitioners in the field of resourcing and recruiting, to network with fellow professionals and go 2 Steps Beyond
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 March 2013
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