Hiring Engineers Across Borders: What Changes Between the UK, Germany, France and Switzerland
Hiring engineers across multiple countries is rarely as straightforward as replicating a domestic recruitment process. While job titles may appear similar, expectations around salary, seniority, qualifications and working style differ significantly between markets. Employers expanding engineering teams across Europe often underestimate these differences, which can lead to delayed hires, failed offers and increased hiring risk. […]
Leading recruitment agencies specialising in technical sales roles
Hiring technical sales professionals is one of the most challenging recruitment tasks for engineering-led businesses. These roles sit at the intersection of technical understanding, commercial skill, and relationship management. The talent pool is small, competition is high, and the majority of suitable candidates are not actively applying for jobs. A leading technical sales recruitment agency […]
How to Handle Sudden Hiring Surges Without Expanding Your Talent Team
When your business wins a new project, experiences a period of unexpected growth, or expands into new regions, hiring demand can quickly increase. Vacancies start building up, hiring managers need more support, and your internal talent acquisition team soon reaches its limits. The obvious solution might be to hire additional talent acquisition staff, but when […]
WhatsApp Recruitment Scam: What You Need to Know
We’ve recently been made aware of a scam where fraudsters are contacting individuals via WhatsApp, falsely claiming to represent our recruitment company. They are using the name “Lucy” and sharing fake job opportunities to try and obtain personal information or, in some cases, request money. Since Wednesday, we’ve received almost 100 calls from people asking […]
Hiring Technical Sales People – Why is it so Difficult?
Introduction Hiring technical sales people is no easy task. It demands finding individuals who possess both deep technical knowledge and exceptional sales skills. This is a rare combination that’s increasingly hard to find. From the difficulties in attracting talent away from their current roles to the generational shift away from choosing sales careers, this blog […]
Quiet Quitting: 5 Warning Signs and How to Address Them
Employee turnover is a significant challenge for many employers, but an even subtler issue is increasingly emerging – Quiet Quitting. This phenomenon, where employees disengage without formally resigning, can have a negative impact on productivity and morale across the whole team. In this blog, we look into the five warning signs of quiet quitting and […]
Why Job Adverts Don’t Work for Niche Technical Sales & Engineering Roles
Recruiting for niche roles like technical sales or engineering positions has become more challenging each year. Job advertisements that once reliably attracted quality candidates have become less effective due to the rise of AI created CVs and the ease of ‘quick apply’ tools, which have flooded job adverts with unsuitable applications. For specialised positions requiring […]
Service Engineer | Case Study
We were contacted by a European construction machinery supplier to recruit a Service Engineer in France after previous candidates lacked the required hydraulic and on-site experience. With downtime affecting live projects, the client needed a fast, specialist recruitment solution.
Area Sales Manager | Case Study
We were contacted by a specialist building materials manufacturer to recruit an Area Sales Manager for the South of England, after internal recruitment efforts failed to attract candidates with strong merchant and contractor sales experience.
National Sales Manager | Case Study
We were approached by a UK-based HVAC manufacturer to recruit a National Sales Manager after internal efforts attracted candidates without specialist HVAC knowledge. With key framework agreements due for renewal, the business needed a technically credible sales leader who could step in quickly and perform at a national level.