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Last month was our 22nd anniversary of being in business. In 1996 I left a moderately well paid job in engineering (at that time I think all jobs in engineering were moderately well paid) to start up a technical recruitment company. Mainly because I could see a real need for a recruitment service that could think like an engineering employer and to be quite frank, my mates a...

I once worked a glorious summer in a factory with no windows, an aggressive production manager and a miserable workforce. My supervisor told me it was character building, to which I replied it was in fact soul destroying! I needed the money to pay for college so I stuck it out to the bitter end and in the process became one of their longer serving shop floor employees, which...

How much would you pay to keep your staff? Do you have a member of staff who makes your heart flutter every time they come near your door with an envelope? Or do you have that sinking feeling when someone asks you to chat in private? Chances are you dread the idea of losing at least some of your people to the competition and will do everything possible to keep them. This mig...

The 7 reasons why a top performing employee will join your business: 1. Offer them the opportunity to expand their knowledge, research has proven this to be the number one reason ambitious performers change jobs. 2. You wouldn’t want to eat the same meal for dinner every day, and Top Performers seek a similarly varied work diet. Look for ways to include challenging objective...

You never get a second chance to make a first impression and the first three minutes of a job interview are the most critical. Even in the logical world of engineering and manufacturing recruitment, most interviewers will form a sub-conscious opinion of you during this time, with the remainder of the interview being spent with their conscious mind feeding this perception wit...

Hiring new staff is a lengthy and expensive process. There are therefore fewer things more frustrating in business than seeing all that time and money walk out of your door within the first twelve months. The Euro Projects Recruitment Settling in Survey has now been running for two years and we are delighted to report on the results of our latest research to help your busine...

Starting a new job can be quite daunting and the first 6 months are a critical time during which enduring opinions will be formed about you. Here’s my quick list of 9 things every new employee should make sure they do to create the right impression and build a great new career. 1. Remember your ‘number one thing’ What was the main reason you were hired for? What is the numbe...