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About Escape Recruitment Services

Escape Recruitment Services are an award winning Recruitment Agency based in Scotland, UK specialising in recruiting for a number of disciplines including: Engineering & Manufacturing, Trades & Industrial, Commercial & Administration, Accountancy & Finance, HR and Occupational Health.

Meet the Team: Laura Barnet

Laura Barnet | Escape RecruitmentAs we’re always interviewing other people we thought it might make for a change to interview ourselves! Each month we’ll pick a member of the Escape team for a 60 second interview.

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A book by its cover

Man measuring his faceInteresting, isn’t it, what academics research?

A recent study from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee claims that men with wider faces are ‘more devious and willing to cheat’ while thinner faced men are ‘more likely to be honest and open’.

It got me thinking about the power of observation and how we make assumptions about people without them even having to look at us never mind speak to us.

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LINKEDIN: Network or Database

Job Application FormSo at long last LinkedIn are actually nailing their colours to the mast, for many months I’ve suspected that the ‘business networking tool’ was actually becoming a recruitment database, cleverly marketed but none-the-less a recruitment tool and it seems that with recent news it is now moving further into this terrain. Continue reading

Optimistic Outlook from the Scottish Engineering Industry

Engineering | Machine PartSCOTTISH ENGINEERING ANNUAL DINNER

Escape sponsored and attended the 2011 Scottish Engineering Dinner at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow. As usual the event was very well attended with many of Scotland’s leading lights from the engineering and manufacturing sector present. Continue reading

The Bribery Act: Corporate Hospitality

So the new Bribery Act comes into play in July this year. While it is understandable in terms of what it is trying to achieve it is probably going to be very difficult for sensible employers to draw a line between what is a ‘bribe’ and what is a legitimate business activity.

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Beginnings of a New Blog

Escape Recruitment Logo

It’s great to have a new opportunity to communicate with jobseekers, hiring managers and organisations both locally and globally and hope the information we provide in this blog will be of help to you whether you’re looking to find your next job or you’re a hiring manager looking for information on recruitment in your market sector!

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