Welcome to the 13th edition of NES Process, where we've described how the recession has impacted upon recruitment within the sector. Within this edition, we've also included: an explanation about how the NES Value Proposition has helped companies and jobseekers that we work with; a selection of our latest news; some career management advice; a review of jobs board Energy Job File; and a selection of our most recent process vacancies. If you'd like to submit your comments about this edition or would like to contribute to future issues, contact us now at newsletters@nes.co.uk
CONTENTS:
RECESSION OR RECOVERY? Take your pick!
The NES Value Proposition
NES Process and the IChemE Australia
NEWS: Applications at an all-time high
NEWS: NES - Best Engineering Recruitment Firm
NEWS: Demand for career advice up 20%
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED - Will the recession obstruct my professional development?
YOUR CAREER: Older & Wiser?
WEBSITE REVIEW: Energy Job File
...and, of course, our latest process vacancies!
Recession or Recovery? Take your pick!
Since the financial year at NES runs from November to October, September is always a busy time for me, as it means I have to forecast our activity and revenue for the 12 months to come. The mandate this year from our CEO, Neil Tregarthen, was pretty straight forward: “just tell me what you think you can do, not a penny more, not a penny less’. Perfectly reasonable on the face of it, until you look back on what has been unquestionably the most volatile, unpredictable year in my 12 years in recruitment. When the Bank of England and the chief economists in the land have openly admitted that they have continually got their forecasting wrong in the last 12 months, what chance does a lad from Manchester who only got a C in A Level Business Studies have? ...read more.
The NES Value Proposition
The NES Value Proposition was established in October 2007 to convey in one concise statement, the core service deliverables of the business. It is a clear statement about what we are here to do and what it is that clearly differentiates NES from the other recruitment consultancies in our market.
The NES Value Proposition of "guaranteed recruitment solutions, engineered from the global talent pool, by discipline specific consultants," has proved to be a key differentiator for our range of multinational clients and fits perfectly with the Group's strategy of being ever more global and specialist. It is our experience in highly technical, engineering positions, across our focused range of sectors (oil and gas, power, infrastructure and life sciences) along with the portfolio effect of many different geographies across the world, that has provided the downside resilience that so many organisations covet in the current economic turmoil.
You can find out more about the Value Proposition HERE or contact your recruitment or account manager for a discussion about how it can work for you.
NES Process and the IChemE Australia
NES supplies white-collar technical and engineering personnel to the oil & gas, safety, pharmaceutical, biotechnology & validation, water & wastewater, mining, bulk chemical, petrochemical and food & dairy industries in Australia.
Our clients’ requirements include: process design engineers, process commissioning engineers, process development engineers, project engineers, process plant engineers, process plant managers, process managers, project managers, flow assurance engineers, process safety engineers, field development engineers, and process study managers ...read more.
NES NEWS ROUNDUP
Applications at an all-time high
Job applications at technical and engineering recruitment firm, NES, are at an all-time high, with statistics showing one application every ten minutes recorded throughout May on the company’s websites.
With competition in the jobs market at a recent high, Matt Cody, marketing director at NES is not surprised that applications have soared ...read more.
NES - Best Engineering Recruitment Firm
It’s official: NES is the best engineering recruitment firm. Announced on 28th April at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence in London, NES secured the title ahead of three other finalists in its category and of course countless other staffing businesses in the UK.
Recruitment companies were evaluated by a wide panel of distinguished judges, on their quality of service, innovation and profitability. NES’s commitment to the engineering marketplace - particularly its work with the next generation of engineers - as well as its partnership agreement with the IChemE, career management articles in The Chemical Engineer and presentations at specialist engineering conferences clearly set NES apart from its competition, leading the judges to their final decision ...read more.
Demand for career advice up 20%
Jobseekers facing an increasingly competitive marketplace are taking advantage of the free career management advice offered by recruitment agencies, according to specialist technical and engineering recruitment firm, NES.
Visits to the career management tips page of the company’s website have increased by 20% in just two months, with CV writing guidance increasing by 17% and interview advice up 22% ...read more.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
Will the recession obstruct my professional development?
I have worked as a process engineer in a medium-sized company since graduating two years ago and am now seeking new opportunities within a larger organisation. I appreciate that I should be grateful to have any job with redundancies and recruitment freezes dominating the headlines, but I’d still like to try to follow my intended career path despite the economic conditions. Do you have any advice about uncovering hidden opportunities or is this outlook completely naïve at the moment? ...read more.
YOUR CAREER: older & wiser?
Highly qualified, skilled and experienced engineers direct questions such as, “…But, will they think I’m too old?” towards me frequently. It is as though, at some (unspecified) part of their life, a jobseeker’s experience and skill set are counteracted by something from which none of us can escape…age!
What is especially surprising about this popular opinion among those who have been working for, say, 35 years, is that it exists within an industry in which suitably qualified personnel are in short supply - organisations face fierce competition for the best candidates…and even more obscure is that this perception does not reflect the way in which hiring managers view their prospective employees...read more.
WEBSITE REVIEW - Energy Job File
www.energyjobfile.com - a recruitment website for jobs in oil & gas, nuclear, power & renewable energy.
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