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Establishing your Employer Brand By Tricia Hay and David Tovey The ability to attract and retain the best talent in the market is key for any organisation, but never more so than in highly competitive sectors where niche skill sets are in high demand. Right now there is fierce competition for the best ‘talent’, employment […]

We are actively recruiting for job roles that we are struggling to fill; finance admin, FLT drivers, reliable packers and warehouse operatives as well as (as always) engineering staff with the following skills: CNC Programmers (milling and turning), Setters and Operators – familiarity with precision engineering preferred – apprentice trained ideally Welders (MIG and TIG), […]

    With combined experience of over 40 years in the Engineering and Manufacturing sector our team recruits for many of the leading Engineering and Manufacturing employers in the region and are specialists at finding those hard to find skills. From Warehouse to Assembly Line and Production, Andy, Magda and Ian are experts with a reputation for […]

  We welcome on board Mr Ian Mayo. Ian recently joined the First Base team as technical recruitment consultant and brings with him a deep understanding of the Engineering sector. With a successful career that included Technical, Purchasing, Operations and General Management, Ian combines his first hand experience of the sector with real enthusiasm for finding the highly […]

Join me at our offices in Stroud; 9-10 Rowcroft, Stroud, Glos. GL5 3AZ If you, or anyone you know is looking for a new job, pop in between 11.00am and 2.00pm on a Wednesday for coffee, biscuits and job opportunities! We’re a friendly, local, owner managed employment agency in Stroud; currently looking to recruit people* […]

Finding the most skilled and talented individuals with the right attitude to help grow our businesses has never been easy. At a time of high employment and high candidate expectations – whether recruiting permanent or temporary staff; it has never been more important to focus on your reputation as an employer. Just as a company […]

Does your business suffer from initiative fatigue? I’m really fortunate. I get to work with some great people in great organisations. I frequently get to facilitate off site strategy meetings with senior managers at fabulous locations in the UK and internationally. Strategic planning meetings are really important. They give the senior team time away from […]

So you’ve got that job interview coming up — how prepared are you? You might know that you’re the best person for the job, but will you be giving the best interview? One major hurdle between you and the job of your dreams is that first interview and the other people you’ll be up against. […]

Despite the many gloomy predictions of a global economic slowdown that have occupied some pundits since Christmas, the British economy appears to remain robust. The number of people moving into permanent job placements increased throughout March and April, although the rate of growth is the lowest it has been for more than six months. The biggest […]

Businesses these days can pick up job candidates through a bewildering number of online channels. Successful job matches have been made through LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and even Tinder (so we’ve been told!) However, there is still no substitute for the traditional job advert. The majority of candidates, when looking for a new position, will either […]