If you are struggling to hire experienced Service Engineers, you are not alone. This is one of the most common frustrations we hear from employers across engineering, manufacturing, automation, scientific equipment and industrial technology. The usual explanations get thrown around quickly. Skills shortages. Younger generations not entering engineering. Too much

Hiring across multiple countries sounds straightforward until you are actually doing it. On paper, the role is the same. In reality, interviews drift. Expectations shift. Decisions slow down. What gets approved easily in one country becomes a debate in another. Candidates get mixed messages. Hiring managers lose confidence in the

When a job opening becomes available within an organisation, there is usually an urgency to fill it quickly. However, rushing to fill the vacancy can lead to poor hiring decisions that won’t benefit your business in the long run. Although it is understandable to want to hire someone as soon

Growth rarely happens neatly. New contracts land. Projects accelerate. Investment is released. Suddenly you need five, eight, maybe ten technical hires, and you needed them yesterday. Engineers, Service Engineers, Technical Sales professionals, Sales Engineers, team leads. All critical. All hard to hire. This is where many businesses hit a wall.

If you manage technical teams, you already know the pattern. You hire someone who looks spot on on paper. Strong CV, solid interview, the right tools and technologies. Then six months later, they are disengaged, clashing with stakeholders, struggling with autonomy, or quietly job hunting. Most retention problems in engineering,