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Maintenance Recruitment in Q1 2025: Market Trends and Insights
Maintenance Recruitment in Q1 2025: Market Trends and InsightsHaving seen an extremely buoyant Q4 for the maintenance market, with many customers wanting to use up recruitment budgets before the end of the calendar year, we entered Q1 facing a certain level of economic unce...
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Industry 5.0: Why Employers Must Be Aware of the Human-Centric Shift
Industry 5.0: Why Employers Must Be Aware of the Human-Centric Shift The manufacturing and engineering sectors in the UK are in the midst of a significant transformation. In 2020, as businesses continued to make major operational adjustments to survive the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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ATA Recruitment Contractor Rates Report 2024
The ATA Recruitment Annual Contractor Charge Rates Report 2024 is available to downloadAs the demand for skilled professionals continues to rise, more businesses are turning to skilled contractors and temporary workers to support large-scale projects. With recruiting and ret...
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Why Employers Should Prioritise AI Training to Aid Workforce Retention & Development
Why Employers Should Prioritise AI Training to Aid Workforce Retention & DevelopmentA recent study by Corndel highlights a growing challenge: one-third of UK employees feel unprepared to use AI in their jobs within the next one to three years. Despite the widespread availabil...
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The RTC Group Awards 2024
The RTC Group Awards 2024On Friday 7th March 2025, we held our annual RTC Group Awards, rewarding those who have gone above and beyond throughout 2024.Held at our headquarters, the Derby Conference Centre, we gathered for a night of celebration and reflection as we looked ...
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Annual Maintenance Insights Report 2024
ATA Recruitment's Annual Maintenance Insights Report 2024 is available to downloadA comprehensive report of average Maintenance Engineering salaries, market trends and candidate behaviour across the UK in 2024, compiled using real ATA Recruitment data.ATA Recruitment pride...
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Recruitment and Retention Survey 2024
Recruitment and Retention Survey 2024To keep our clients informed on industry trends, ATA Search conducted an in-depth Employers Survey, leveraging our extensive network to explore the key drivers of recruitment and retention in 2024. The survey provided valuable insights in...
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Annual Engineering Insights 2024
The 8th edition of ATA Recruitment's Annual Engineering Insights is available to downloadWe are excited to share the 8th edition of ATA Recruitment’s Annual Engineering Insights Report with you. This data has been compiled from the placements we made in 2024, providing a r...
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Business Confidence Survey 2024
Business Confidence Survey 2024To keep our clients informed on industry trends, ATA Search tapped into our extensive network with an in-depth Employers Survey. The survey explored the key drivers of business success in 2024 and provided valuable insights into business confid...
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Using Psychometric Tools to Better Engage Your Teams in 2025
Using Psychometric Tools to Better Engage Your Teams in 2025According to ATA Recruitment’s recent survey, in 2024, 25% of Engineers left their roles due to poor management and not feeling valued. As we step into 2025, this highlights a crucial truth for managers and senior l...
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Candidate Behaviour Survey 2024
Candidate Behaviour Survey 2024As part of our commitment to delivering value-added services to our clients, we strive to provide actionable insights that support their recruitment and retention strategies. To better understand this evolving trend in job seekers' priorities, w...
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Career Paths for Ex-Forces Personnel
As part of our mission to Bridge The Skills Gap, we partner with highly skilled forces leavers, connecting them with exceptional employers in the engineering and manufacturing sectors where their unique abilities and attitudes can truly flourish. Our Recruitment Specialist, Le...
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Reflection on Charity 2024
Reflection on Charity 2024At ATA, we are deeply committed to supporting local communities and contributing to charities and good causes. In 2024, our team proudly took part in a range of activities to benefit organisations close to our hearts.In May, Luke Corr and Dom Firth...
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Recruitment Consultant FAQs
Considering a recruitment career change? Here are the questions you should be asking your future employerSwitching employers in recruitment can be a big decision, and it’s natural to feel a bit overwhelmed, especially if you're walking away from an established desk. A key el...
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How to get the most out of an interview
How to get the most out of an interviewThe ongoing skills shortage in UK engineering and manufacturing has seen the recruitment landscape shift massively post Brexit. With companies relaxing their recruitment policies and with demand out stripping supply, candidates are see...
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How well do you know your team?
How Much Do You Really Know About the Talent Within Your Organisation?In the engineering and manufacturing industries, the strength of your organisation lies in the talent you have. But how well do you truly know the people driving your success? It’s not just about job title...
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Why the Engineering Sector Needs to Engage Future Talent through STEM Initiatives
Bridging the Skills Gap: Why the Engineering Sector Must Engage Future Talent through STEM InitiativesIn 2024, around 70% of UK businesses reported struggling to recruit Engineers. To address this crisis, companies must invest in future talent by engaging with STEM (Science, ...
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ATA Search Welcomes Lauren Woolley: Expanding Our Executive Division
ATA Search is excited to expand its executive division by welcoming Lauren Woolley to the team.Lauren began her recruitment career in 2019 and moved into executive recruiting in 2021, focusing on senior executive roles across commercial and operational sectors in the UK, Euro...
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Bridging the Skills Gap with International Talent
Bridging the Skills Gap with International TalentPost Brexit the UK has seen a huge shift in the demographic of Engineers looking to migrate to the UK. Before Britain left the European Union, we typically saw a large number of Engineers from the EU looking to forge career...
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Why 60% of New Managers Fail Within the First Twelve Months in Their Role in the UK
The alarming statistic that up to 60% of new managers fail within their first twelve months on the job in the UK has sparked concern across industries. This high failure rate highlights systemic issues in how businesses prepare and support employees transitioning into managem...
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