NES Infrastructure & the Built Environment

NES NEWS ROUND UP

NES widens access to global talent pool

NES has announced the appointment of a new multilingual recruitment consultant, Gabriela Boczkowska to further develop its global candidate pipeline service. 

Widening access to the global talent pool Gabriela, originally from Poland, will work with white-collar technical and engineering personnel seeking work in the UK...read more.   

NES welcomes changes to National Shortage Occupations List (NSOL)  

NES has welcomed the government’s reclassification of Electricity Generation Engineers as Shortage Occupations, which means they are now included on the National Shortage Occupations List (NSOL).

With the resident labour force (Britain and the EU) struggling to satisfy demand for these roles, special dispensation is now in place, making it easier for non-EU jobseekers to gain approval for a Work Permit for these roles...read more.

Featured NES clients: growing popularity 

Management and technical consultancy, WSP has had its company profile added to the featured clients section of the NES UK web site.

This popular section of the NES site now has 20 different company profiles and more are available on the NES Group, NES Global, NES IT and NES Track sites...read more.

MWH company profile & vacancies  

Founded over 150 years ago MWH has grown to become a global leader in power, water and wastewater. There are now more than 7,000 employees working across the globe on some of the biggest projects around. Over the decades the company has expanded its core competencies from water and wastewater into a wide range of environmental and business services. 

MWH is the largest engineering consultancy firm within the UK water industry (New Civil Engineer Consultants File 2008). Thanks to its reputation and the skills of its teams the company has been able to win some of the biggest contracts in the sector. Examples of success include projects such as Almond Valley and Seafield PFI where MWH is undertaking a 30-year project to improve the costal waters in the Firth and Forth by improving four major wastewater treatment plants, and the refurbishment of the Thirlmere Aqueduct...read more. 

GLOBAL CANDIDATE PIPELINE: an update

The main function of the Immigration Advisory Service is to provide assistance for the placement of non-EU candidates where NES was previously unable and unauthorised to do so.

Registration with the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC), the government body that regulates all immigration advisers in the UK, allows NES to conduct this service professionally and within the law.

Recent changes to the immigration system in the UK have placed additional responsibilities upon both employers and recruitment agencies, which must ensure that an individual is eligible to work in the UK and be able to provide evidence that all reasonable checks have been made to this effect...read more.

YOUR CAREER: Business networking

We all know the type of situation that springs to mind when someone mentions “networking” - an assortment of suited individuals gathering together to swap business cards, right? That vision of a bustling function room can be enough to provoke a fluttering feeling in the stomach of even the most confident individual; which is probably why the value of networking is so often underestimated - despite this being a somewhat restricted view of what it actually involves...read more. 

NES web site in focus: document library

The library section of the NES website is something you’re unlikely to find on other recruitment agency websites. A considerable amount of time and resources have been invested into creating this section, which contains a wealth of information including: details of NES advertising campaigns; a series of career management articles; tax & legislation information and; downloads such as the latest company brochures and copies of NES terms & conditions...read more. 

TOP 10 TIPS...for recruiting the best team 

Hiring the best team members is one of the biggest worries for managers and there are many considerations that should be taken into account. Read on for our top 10 tips: 

1. Attract the right applicants to the role:  

Sounds obvious, right? But it is essential that you don’t underestimate this important part of the recruitment process. Ensure that your vacancy advertisement, job specification and person specification are carefully assembled, attracting only the most suitable applicants and discouraging those without the necessary skills and qualifications from applying...read more.
 

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