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Overall the number of candidates placed into permanent roles has accelerated as demand for staff remains strong - especially in IT & Computing and Engineering, which have shown the sharpest increase of number of vacancies.

In addition to this, starting salary inflation holds close to multi-year high which is due to a sustained fall in candidate availability. There are many possible reasons for this fall in candidate availability ranging from tight labour market restrictions as well as growing uncertainty due to Brexit.

 Are you considering a move into a new position?

On Tuesday 17th July 2018 Google launched it's much anticipated job aggregation tool in the UK. Users will now see direct links to adverts at the top of the page for relevant searches.

It also provides commute times, salary comparisons, ratings and other information where available.

September is THE month when it comes to companies hiring staff. Last year, we secured the highest number of interviews & new job vacancies for our candidates during September compared to any other month that year, and we know from talking to our clients that this September will be no different.
 
So, what do you need to do?
Send your updated CV to mail@enterpriserecruitment.com take advantage of our new job prospects.

 
Why should you do this?

• Updating your CV now will put you in the best position for new job vacancies as they come in.
• Preparing now will put you ahead of your peers/competition.
• Make use of the Summer which can be a ‘quieter period’ to get your CV in shape!

 
When should you do this?

• Now! We work with many sought-after organisations whose opportunities won’t stay open for long, in fact, many positions we come across are filled before they reach the open market.

If you've reached the end of the year with one eye on the Christmas break being a chance to dust off your CV and get out job hunting then you are not alone.

But why waste time worrying if your CV is up to scratch when you could be sending it out for job applications instead?

With something as important as your career it pays to not waste a single second and this is where you can make use of a service that not only gets your CV into ship shape order but also gets you into the unadvertised job market.

Best of all, it's FREE to any engineers in our core sectors!

If you would like an expert to review your CV then please call Jamie on 01442 874884 or mail@enterpriserecruitment.com before 5pm on Monday the 19th of December and you will have a top notch CV prepped before Christmas ready to grab interviews for your next move.

If you already have a brilliant CV and would simply like to start the job search then just use our CV upload button. Many positions we come across are filled before they reach the open market.

If you know someone who may be suitable for a Recruitment Consultant role at Enterprise then why not refer them to us and earn £500 if they get the job !

See our "Work for us" page for more details.

Real interest in technology can be difficult for employers to gauge when considering candidates, especially candidates without years of employment experience. A level and GCSE results are considered good indicators of academic and intellectual ability but may not be the best criteria by which to judge a candidate’s technical ability or interest in a technical area.

Increasingly recruiters are being asked to look for hobbyists and tinkerers. What employers want to see is a candidate who has genuine interest in a relevant area and has taken steps outside of their learning environment to pursue that.
For these reasons it is important to highlight your relevant technical interests within your CV and make clear that you have taken the initiative and pursued those interests, beyond your academic studies.
Employers want to see motivated candidates who they can rely on to finish tasks. Getting involved in community projects in Open Source or building a profile of development on Github are great ways of showing real technical ability and a willingness to learn new skills unprompted.

In many cases, successfully demonstrating technical ability in a hobby can offset poorer academic results. After all, employers would much rather bring on candidates with technical interest and proven ability than those without. So next time you are looking at your CV don’t be afraid to mention that game you have been working on in your spare time.

If you are seriously considering making a career move you need to put aside time for your interview preparation. Even a simple telephone interview needs forethought. You need to have done background research on the company, prepared some interview questions and become familiar with the job spec. Interviewers will have read your CV and be familiar with your background, and they expect the same from you.

Telephone and Skype interviews are used widely these days, and interviewers see these as a way of deciding whether or not to call you for a full face to face interview – it’s no longer all about them trying to impress you. So you need to take them seriously and be able to demonstrate the effort you’ve made in getting to know them. If a company or job is of interest you need to show this – because there are candidates out there who certainly will.

It’s all too easy these days to assume you are the person for the job and wait for a company to woo you. Sadly those days are long gone – companies may well want to woo you but you have to show them you’re worth wooing first. Having a great CV is a good first step – but never underestimate how important it is to demonstrate your interest in a company by putting some basic effort in prior to an interview.

That’s the amount of time you have to make a visual impression at an interview, or when meeting someone for the first time…………..so it pays to get it right. If you get it wrong you could have an uphill struggle during the rest of the meeting.

Interviewers aren’t looking for model looks or designer labels, but they will notice if your clothes are creased, scruffy, torn, dirty or similar.

The effort put into ironing a shirt or doing make-up will be wasted if your tie is dirty, your shoes need heeling or polishing, your hem is hanging down or something has a rip in it. We are constantly amazed how many of these get over looked, make sure you don’t fall into that trap.

For more detailed ideas of what to wear and how to conduct yourself at interviews – please call us to ask for a copy of our interview tips sheet. 

 How do you set yourself apart from all the other applicants who are applying for the same jobs as you? If you're at university and have no work experience yet this can be difficult – but projects and dissertations you undertake can really help here. They make your CV different from the others, and you stand out from the crowd. Obviously you need to choose something relevant to your degree – and your tutors are best placed here to advise – but something useful and relevant to industry would be a real bonus when it comes to securing employment.

Research the fields you're currently considering – are they too narrow or specific? If so, only a handful of companies may be interested. Try to choose a project that will be of interest to a broad spectrum of industries, in growth areas, as this will open more doors for you.

Is there a practical content? Doing something very theoretical may be interesting to you but it's likely to be of less interest to companies who are generally after practical skills. Can you demonstrate that you have been able to learn new skills (software languages for example) in your own time? This demonstrates independence, interest and motivation – all qualities that are sort after by employers.

Does your dissertation offer the opportunity to spend some time in industry, however short? This shows that you have had at least some experience in the work place – and this is always of interest to employers.

Consider if you could present your findings at an industry specific conference? This could enable you to meet people in industry, get you some exposure and make contacts – all of which could prove useful when securing work.

If you are finding the prospect of finding work daunting..........try to imagine yourself on the other side of the fence - in the shoes of the managers looking for staff. They will receive hundreds of applications for each and every job – many of which will be remarkably similar to yours. They will have to sift through all of these before deciding who to call for interview. It's a time consuming task. Anything you can do to set yourself apart from all the others has got to be a good thing

We are happy to offer advice to you if you're at the stage of deciding what to do – we know what's going on out there in industry and our advice is both well-grounded and impartial.