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View all Blog Read Article5 trends impacting defence and aerospace
The global defence and aerospace industries are undergoing significant change and disruption, impacting both your business and your career. This month, we’re looking at the top five trends affecting these sectors and what this means for your future.
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View all Blog Read ArticleUnderstanding Your Future Engineers: Generation Z
Generation Z will represent 36% of the workforce by 2020 - that’s less than four months away. If you’re not preparing your business, workforce, and recruitment campaigns ready for this new generation’s first day, you could be missing out some of the industry’s finest and most promising talent. This week, we’re looking at your future engineers and how to prepare your business for Generation Z.
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View all Blog Read ArticleJob vacancy highlight: Embedded software, firmware and electronic design engineers
Now and then we have a surge of job vacancies in a particular field and this time, we have three. Topping this month’s engineering vacancy popularity contest, we have: embedded software engineers, firmware engineers and electronic design engineers.
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View all Blog Read ArticleHow to be employable when you’re not looking
You’re not actively looking for a new engineering job - the perks, people and work make you quite happy where you are. Nevertheless, if the right opportunity came along, you wouldn’t say no. Passive candidate recruitment is commonplace in the engineering industry - where the skills gap is making it increasingly difficult for companies to find active candidates with the right skills. But how do you take advantage of this opportunity and make yourself employable, when you’re not even looking? You’re about to find out.
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View all Blog Read ArticleSoft skill focus: project management skills
There are many blogs out there (our own included) about the increasing requirement of soft skills for engineering jobs and vacancies - but what these blogs don’t do, is delve into the specific requirements of those skills and what you can do now to improve them.
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View all Blog Read ArticleHow to Truly Remove Unconscious Bias From the Recruitment Process
Bias in the engineering sector is a problem. It’s strong, it’s causing a lack of diversity, and it’s affecting the overall performance of the industry. It’s not that companies set out to be biased, but, rather, that unconscious prejudices are seeping into recruitment processes and nothing is being done about it.
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View all Blog Read ArticleConducting Your First Engineering Interview
Whether you’re new to HR, a first-time people manager or you’ve just never had the budget to increase your engineering team - conducting your first engineering interview can be just as nerve-wracking as being interviewed for it. With only one hour to gauge a candidate’s skills, expertise, team-fit and likelihood to perform, knowing how to conduct your first interview is vital, and we’ve got the best tips for you.
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View all Blog Read ArticleThe top engineering CV faux pas
It’s easy to find an article on how to write the perfect engineering CV or the top skills recruiters are looking for on your resume - but what about what they’re not looking for? What about the CV fails, turn-offs and cringeworthy mistakes that see you heading straight for the shredder? We’re turning engineering CV writing straight on its head, looking at the top CV mistakes to avoid when applying for your next engineering vacancy.
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View all Blog Read ArticleThe hidden costs of recruiting engineers
You’ll be all too familiar with the figures bouncing around about the cost of attracting and hiring talented engineers in the UK - leading you to opt for internal recruitment to save some of your budget. However, have you considered the hidden costs of recruiting engineers internally?