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8th May Why Engaged Recruitment Delivers Better Results for Engineering SMEs Why Engaged Recruitment Delivers Better Results for Engineering SMEs

27th February The Shifting Sands of Work Ethic: From Dead Wood to Digital Nomads

23rd January How to Make Your Job Adverts Stand Out - A quick and easy guide.

19th January New Year, New Hiring Headaches? Let’s Fix Them Together Let's fix those hiring Dilemmas for 2025

17th January Trump’s Victory: What It Could Mean for the UK Manufacturing Job Market in 2025 We look at some scenarios and how it might affect the UK Manufacturing jobs market next year.

28th November Do the new sexual harassment laws apply to temporary workers? If you hire temporary workers - find out what you need to consider regarding the new legislations

26th November Hiring Field Service Engineers? Thinking about the new sexual harassment regulations? About to hire a permanent Field Service Engineer? Do you know what steps to take when on boarding to comply with the new sexual harrasement regulations?

19th November Unleashing the Potential of Psychometric Testing Unleashing the Potential of Psychometric Testing: Insights from Phil Walker, Recruitment Director at Precision People

5th November New Worker Protection Rules - Are You Ready? What changes you need to make whether you hiring perm, temp or contracting staff.

10th September How to Slash Your Time to Hire: Tips for Engineering Firms I've seen firsthand how a drawn-out hiring process can wreak havoc on production schedules and bottom lines.

9th September 7 Powerful Ways to Motivate Your Team. What can you do to give your team a kick start and get them motivated and excited?

2nd September The Importance of Pay Transparency in Recruitment

1st September Should CEO's Get Such Large Pay Rises? Do hefty pay rises for CEO's leave a bitter taste?

1st September Salary Survey for the Production Industry 2024 Check out the latest insights into Salaries for 2024.

1st September Employer Branding: The Key to Recruitment Success

20th August The Right to Switch Off – A Balancing Act for Businesses Implementing this in practice can be more complex in a smaller business

15th August The Role of AI in CV Writing and the Importance of In-Person Interviews Should candidates use AI to enhance their CV?

14th August How to Stop Staff Leaving Within 6-12 Months The onboarding process is more important than it ever has been before.

1st July The Essential Guide to Hiring Contractors The Essential Guide to Hiring Contractors

1st July The Role of Continuous Learning and Upskilling in Recruitment Success

26th June Propelling Success: How Precision People Fuels the Aerospace Sector's Growth The latest figures reveal that the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors added £38.2bn in value to the UK.

24th June Precision Celebrates 14 Years of Exceptional Service as Engineer Retires Precision People, proudly celebrates the exceptional dedication of a valued engineer, Nev Haywood, who retired this week after an impressive fourteen years of service.

19th June Skills Over Degrees - Transforming Your Hiring Approach

18th June Attracting and Retaining Gen Z Talent

14th May 4 Essential Stress-Busting Tips for Manufacturing Managers It's mental health awareness week - so here's 4 stress busting tips to help Manufacturing Managers

9th May 5 Tips for Writing an Effective Technical Job Advert (that attracts the right candidates!) Here are five tips to ensure your technical job advert stands out and attract the right candidates.

9th May The Benefits of Temp to Perm Hiring in Manufacturing In the dynamic landscape of the manufacturing industry, finding the right talent can be a challenging task, this is where temp-to-perm hiring emerges as a versatile solution.

1st May How to Attract Young Talent in Sales, Technical, & Engineering

13th March Finding Top Engineering Talent: 3 Easy Tips to Improve Your Recruitment Efforts Are you a production manager feeling the frustration of posting jobs on job boards like Indeed, only to find that you're not attracting the caliber of candidates you need?

12th March How AI and Automation are Reshaping the Engineering Job Market

3rd March Hiring the Best Lift & Escalator Engineer

6th February What benefits are there from conducting exit interviews? Don't pass on an opportunity to get honest feedback from soon to be ex-employees.

22nd January Beyond Salary - Retaining Top Engineering Talent

22nd January What are the the top 20 jobs for 2024? Discover the highest paying positions in the UK right now.

12th January Temporary Talent for your Businesses Success In the ever-evolving landscape of the workforce, businesses are increasingly turning to temporary talent to bridge crucial skill gaps.

12th January Are you struggling to work with your Facilities Manager? Red Flags to Watch. Here are 7 warning signs it might be time to hunt for a new member of the team.

1st January Why 2025 is the Perfect Time to Refresh Your Recruitment Strategy

1st January Solving Tech Skills Shortages with Precision People

7th December A festive extravaganza: Precision's Christmas Party and Annual Star Awards 2023 Embracing the festive cheer and recognising the year's the incredible talent of the team.

10th November Facilities Management Hiring with Precision People

8th November Finding the Right Sheet Metal Engineer

1st October The Benefits of Hiring a Specialist Contract Recruiter Engaging a specialist consultancy with dedicated industry knowledge cannot be overstated.

19th September Experienced Specialist Recruiter Scott Lydon Returns, Adding Depth to Precision People's Team Experienced Specialist Recruiter Scott Lydon Returns, Adding Depth to Precision People's Team. Scott Lydon brings a wealth of twenty years experience in the recruitment arena.

13th September Top Skills for Hiring

13th September Permanent vs Contract Recruitment

13th September Enhancing Workplace Happiness

12th September Tips for Technical Recruitment

12th September The Business Benefits of Working with a Recruitment Agency

12th September Improving Diversity in the Engineering Sector

12th September Understanding Contract Recruitment

12th September Top Skills for Sales Workers

12th September Signs You Could Benefit from a Recruitment Agency

5th September Advantages of a Singular Point of Contact in Contract Recruitment Why one point of contact when hiring contractors will positively impact your hiring process

2nd September The Pros and Cons of Remote Work in Engineering.

2nd August Remote Working in Engineering, Sales and Technical Sectors.

2nd August Finding the Right Candidate Fast

2nd August Discovering the Best Mechanical Engineers

1st August Top 4 Tips to Retaining Valuable Staff Employee retention is a critical factor in maintaining a successful and productive workforce.

1st August Overcoming Job Offer Rejections as an Employer With the current competitive job market, attracting and retaining top talent has become a challenge for many employers.

1st August Contract Recruitment for Engineering, Technical, and Sales Engineering, technical, and sales industries are sectors where demands change regularly. Contract recruitment is a strategic solution, providing a flexible approach to talent acquisition.

1st August Top Tips for Sales Recruitment When it comes time to recruit new people in the sales industry, it can be a daunting task to ensure you get the best talent on offer.

1st August The Benefits of Contract Recruitment in Engineering Engineering is a fast-paced and evolving field, therefore finding the right workers for your projects is vital.

1st August Hiring Top Talent in the Engineering Sector

1st August Tips for Writing Effective Technical Job Descriptions

18th July 24 Interview Tips to Make Sure You Hire the Right Candidate A CV can only tell you so much; it is the interview process which often determines the crucial decision.

1st July The Power of Specialist Recruitment for Hiring Contractors The wheels can come off quickly if contractors have not been properly vetted- discover 3 key questions to ask your recruiter

6th June Improving Employee Retention

6th June Optimising Your Sales Recruitment Process

6th June Ensuring a Streamlined Onboarding Process

5th June Strategies to Attract Top Engineering Talent

5th June Leveraging Social Media to Attract Top Sales Talent

5th June Building a Strong Employer Brand in Engineering

1st June Why Partner with a Specialist Contract Recruiter Discover 3 key questions to ask a recruiter before choosing to work with them

24th May Unlocking Success: Finding the Perfect Engineering Contractors for your Projects In today's fast-paced world, finding the right talent is crucial for any organisation's success, especially when it comes to engineering projects.

23rd May Developing a Hiring Strategy: The Process If you’re looking to succeed and grow as an organisation, you need to hire exceptional talent.

11th May How Executive Search Can Help Your Business Within each and every business, your employees play a vital part in your performance and growth so finding the best talent should be high on your agenda.

8th May Why Your Company Needs an Executive Search Partner

8th May Temp vs Contract Recruitment

8th May Recruiting Top Maintenance Workers

3rd May Top manufacturing jobs to watch in the next 12 Months Stay on top of the latest in-demand manufacturing skills and the roles that are creating real change for your competitors.

1st May Top 5 Things to Consider When Hiring for Executive Roles

1st May How to Keep Your Sales Team

1st May Essential Skills for Facilities Management

1st May Create Compelling Job Adverts - top 10 tips for engineering job roles Here are 10 tips to help you craft an engaging and effective job advert

28th April 4 Key factors contributing to the manufacturing talent shortage One of the most pressing manufacturing industry challenges is the increasing need for skilled labour.

20th April Technical Recruitment: Get Ahead of the Game Losing a highly-skilled member of staff can be a huge blow.

18th April Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams

14th April The Benefits of Interview Training for Your Business If you’re not fully prepared as an interviewer, the process can be a lengthy ordeal.

4th April Why Select Contract Recruitment? Ideal for companies working on short-term projects, contract recruitment is also a flexible solution to workforce shortages.

23rd March Find the Right Midlands Recruiter for You Here are some handy tips from getting the right talent in front of you on the interview chair and ultimately hiring the best candidate.

13th March Time is Invaluable in Technical Recruitment If you decide to get technical recruitment help, you could save a considerable amount of time and money.

2nd March Engineering Recruitment - Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes The process of engineering recruitment requires time and attention.

6th February How to maintain a positive business culture Do you know how to maintain a positive culture in your business?

1st February Seamless Payroll for Temporary Contractors It can be a mine field paying temporary workers - but it doesn't have to be with the right support.

1st February The benefits of working for a recruitment consultancy A career in recruitment entails plenty of challenges but also offers you a stable, secure, fulfilling, and financially rewarding job with a good scope of progression.

7th December Why Engineering Recruitment Specialists? It’s with the finesse of an experienced recruiter that the prospect comes alive for the applicant.

22nd November How to Onboard Your New Employees As Successfully As Google As an employer it’s important to get this part right if you want employee longevity and loyalty.

17th November 3 Signs You Need to Hire an Executive Search Firm. Are you struggling to find the right kind of candidates for your senior or director level positions?

9th November Tips on Working with a Recruiter If you are always looking for ways to evolve the way you do business, our tips will aid you on your mission.

1st November Precision Announces Anand Kakkad as Head of Technical Building a team from two to six in fourteen months by empowering and coaching.

14th September How to Be a Great Boss - 4 Tips Here are 4 proven useful tips to make you a great boss.

17th August Important Succession Planning 4 Tips for Family-Owned Businesses

5th August Hiring Strategy Help with Specific Sectors Reviewing your hiring strategy and recruiting professional consultants can help you in both achieving short-term goals and long-term aims.

5th August What to Look for in a Lift Engineer When it comes to lift and escalator recruitment, you need to hone your recruitment style to the specific sector of engineering you are recruiting for.

1st August Refresh your Recruitment with Interview Training It could be time to bring interview training into your maintenance recruitment strategy.

27th July Why Temp Worker Dave Would Recommend Working at FP Mccann

26th June Skills to Look for in Electrical Engineers There are some soft and hard skills to bear in mind as you aim to make your hiring decision.

23rd May How Every Engineering Director Can Increase Staff Happiness. What actually is Employee Engagement anyway?

28th April Discover how to keep your Sales team happy 8 useful tips to ensure you have a happy sales team selling roofing products across the country.

10th April 15 Killer Interview Questions Not sure what questions to ask? Here are 15 killer interview questions to help.

9th April 2 Interview Questions for Electrical Engineering Recruitment To proceed with confidence, here are some potential interview questions.

5th April How to Find Staff Who Fit YOUR Culture One key aspect of creating a successful culture, is really understanding what your culture is and how it makes your business unique.

31st March 7 Quick Tips to Improve Your Employer Branding What does the outside world think of your company?

29th March Is Dopamine the Secret to Maintaining Employee Engagement? How can you generate more dopamine amongst your employees to ensure they feel rewarded and inspired to continue giving their best at work?

3rd February Avoid These Job Description Mistakes Which mistakes are often made and how they can be avoided.

2nd February Top 10 Skills for Engineers We look at the top 10 most valuable skills engineers need in 2022.

27th January How to Stop Staff from Leaving Perspectives have shifted dramatically since covid came into focus in 2020 in every area of a person’s life, from relationships to employment.

24th January Engaging your workforce as industry 4.0 takes hold. The Internet of Things is changing the way manufacturing industries operate.

10th January 5 Benefits of Hiring Technical Contractors in 2020. Have you got your growth strategy in place for 2020?

7th January 5 Tips to Improve Diversity in Manufacturing Companies can’t afford to be missing out on the talent half the workforce has to offer.

4th January Hard & Soft Skills - What you Need to Know When Interviewing Understanding the main reasons why new employees are dismissed can help you avoid this happening to you

19th November Why we are the Top Technical Recruitment Agency We are not just any technical recruitment agency.

30th September Make Engineering Recruitment a Problem Solved When it comes to recruitment, engineering has its own set of particular demands.

25th June Precision Boosts Contract Team with Senior Hire Precision People has added to their growing contract team with the appointment of Principal Consultant, Chris Deverson.

10th June Are you planning for the lift service engineer Autumn rush? Why not get ahead of your competitors so your business is ready to cope with the Autumn rush?

11th May How to Motivate Your Team Returning to Work Many employees may be unmotivated to return to the office after such a difficult year.

7th May Tips for an Effective Employee Assessment We’ve put together some tips for effective employee assessments.

29th April What's your work from home criteria? 4 Tips to help Here are a few tips and some criteria to think about which will help you build a plan of action.

28th April 6 Reasons Why you Should Hire Contractors Post Pandemic Are you worried about hiring the wrong person in an uncertain economy?

2nd March 5 fatal mistakes when hiring contractors How do you find the right technical contractors?

3rd December Why Your Company Should Be Using Zoom for Interviews Recruiters need to be prepared for interviewing in ways they aren’t used to.

31st October How to run a virtual interview and recruitment process Help and guidance on how you can still make things happen in these unprecedented times.

24th September Outplacement platform launched to support HR teams during redundancy programmes Specialist Technical & Management staffing business Precision People has launched a new outplacement service.

26th March Above the Keyboard Dressing How to look your best while being viewed on screen.

4th February "I chose Precision because of their values" At the end of last year, Harriet Potter started in Precision’s Academy.

15th January How to Improve Your Technical Recruitment Improving a business’s technical recruitment process is key to ensuring the hire of top-quality candidates.

15th January Hiring Competitive Engineering Staff Our recruiters have some tips for ensuring your engineering firm is up to date.

10th December 14 Awards handed out at annual Star Awards As well as serious awards there were also a few more light hearted awards handed out.

2nd December Hiring Staff in 2020? Why Not Get Ahead Now. If you're thinking about hiring in 2020, December should be viewed as a golden recruiting opportunity.

9th September Precision Search appoints new Head of Practice to enhance growth plans. Precision Search, part of specialist Recruitment Consultancy Precision People, adds Sandy Seta to its Executive Search Team

14th August Movin' On Up - How to Rise in the Escalator and Lift Jobs Market Insider tips from specialist lift & escalator recruitment consultants.

12th March What's wrong with your recruiters....and how to fix it. Many of the problems we see stem from some fundamental issues that recruiters have wrought upon themselves and customers unwittingly propagate.

6th September Precision People Launches Bespoke Recruitment Training Academy Precision People are going from strength to strength with the recent creation of a bespoke training academy.

10th July The 3 Biggest Recruitment Trends of 2018 What are the top 3 recruitment trends of 2018?

29th June Should You Be Contacting Your Sales Team out of Work? It is important that you, as an employer, don't ignore the issue of work-related stress.

29th June Sat at my desk making a hundred phone calls a day would be my idea of hell! My impression of recruitment was sat at a desk making 100+ outbound calls to people who really didn't want to talk to recruiters.

29th June Ladies in recruitment, save the boob shots for Facebook, you're worth way more than that Would you turn up to a business meeting in your bikini top?

29th June Precision Expands Its Service Offerings Precision Recruitment is now Precision People

29th June Precision joins children's charity Rainbow's business club. Precision People is delighted to announce a new charity partnership with the fantastic Rainbows Children’s Hospice.

11th September What Every Engineer Should Discover About Body Language Body language: it's something so important, yet we give it very little thought.

11th September 7 Tips to Advance Your Engineering Career Discover these seven little known tips especially for engineers to help boost your career.