Ok…here goes *deep breath aaaaand exhale*…working with multiple recruitment agencies is HARMING your hiring process! Good, phew! I’m glad I got that off my chest! Wait, you want reasons why this is th...

Congratulations! You’ve finally scored your dream job, and now you want to kick off on the right foot and make a positive impression. The first few weeks are always awkward; ‘I’ve not had my full indu...

Sweaty palms, stomach in your throat. You’re rambling about topics not situated with the question, or you’ve gone deathly silent. Almost all of us know the feeling of making a BIG mistake during an in...

Burnout. More specifically ‘Corporate Burnout’ has taken out many top executives. It does seem all too easy to add a little more room on your day-to-day to take on ‘one more small wee thing’ and then…...

...and Sales is not Marketing. There. I said it. But it's true, people have misunderstood the meaning and the role of two key business functions for, well, quite some time. Some SME's often think that...

At the beginning of this year, I decided to start running as I wanted to lose weight and get fit. Now, I'm a bit of a stranger to any kind of formal exercise so, for me, this was a big leap into the u...

Talking to tech candidates every day is one of the best bits about recruitment. Recently, I was pointed to a superb blog by Scott Pringle, a Lead Software Engineer about his interviewing experience - ...

OUR CLIENT MAKES THE EARTH MOVE. LITERALLY Do you remember why you wanted to be a design engineer? Our client, Volvo Construction Equipment, has been making the Earth move since the 1950's, from their...

You get the best out of a recruiter by building a relationship with the RIGHT person... If you're recruiting in volume, it makes sense to select (more of that later) a young energetic recruiter from a...

A year ago, I started on my second new adventure in 20 years - the starting up of a brand new business! So, welcome to Engage Recruitment! I was every bit as excited and nervous as the first time, if ...