The Engineers at Dyson take their festive celebrations seriously….very seriously!
With employees (engineers and non-engineers) working through the night, like Santa’s Elves in their workshop, they create unique and amazing costumes in hopes of being crowned winner at the Christmas party. Continue reading
It’s not everyone who would walk over 300 miles for a job interview, especially if there hadn’t even been a job advertised. But that’s exactly what Ayrshire born, William Murdoch, the inventor of gas lighting did at the age of 23 in 1777.
So what was this amazing opportunity and why did William make the journey from Cumnock to Birmingham (a route, google maps tells us would take 87 hours on foot today!)? Continue reading
Throughout 2015 employers have continued to highlight their concern over skills gaps within the engineering and manufacturing sectors. To create opportunities for the next generation of engineers to develop their knowledge, skills and gain recognised qualifications and a genuine understanding of the industry, a new engineering foundation apprenticeship started its two year pilot in 2014.
Helen Young, Depute Head of Engineering at West Lothian College, one of two Scottish colleges involved in the trial, caught up with us to let us know how the pilot is progressing after its first full year, share feedback from those on the course and learn how industry can get involved in developing talent for the future. Continue reading
As active members of Scottish Engineering, our specialist recruiters regularly attend the quarterly regional meetings across Scotland.
Andrew Dow, Engineering Recruiter , based in Escape’s Glasgow office, attended one of their most recent events held at Peak Scientific. Continue reading
In our first industry poll we asked our Engineering customers, “What inspired you to become an Engineer?”.
Was it making things with Lego as a child, following in the footsteps of family members or perhaps taking the advice of careers advisors at school?
We love that Engineers are innovative, creative and fascinated by how things work.
So this month we loved watching Electrical Engineer and YouTube user “Sufficiently Advanced”, build a real life Mjolnir (Thor’s Hammer) with electromagnets and a thumbprint scanner.
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This year’s Scottish Engineering awards dinner, celebrating their 150 year anniversary, was a genuinely stirring and thought provoking event.
It was kicked off in excellent, patriotic style by the award winning Scottish Power Pipe Band which served to focus the audience on the real significance of the event. Continue reading
As 2015 celebrates Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink, a recent Scottish Government report shows industry sector growth of 20% in four years. Currently employing 360,000 people, Scotland’s Food and Drink industry is estimated to be worth over £16bn by 2017 and will clearly play a significant role in Scotland’s future economic success.
To ensure the industry achieves its ambitious target, Food and Drink employers must look at how to attract, retain and develop talent into what is becoming an increasingly competitive sector.
Providing services and support designed to influence Government policy, develop new training initiatives and promote best practice, the Scotland Food and Drink Skills Academy (SFDSA) is one organisation focussed on skills development across the industry.
To find out more about the services they offer, where they fit into the supply chain and how Food and Drink organisations can benefit from their work, we spoke with Angie Foreman, Operations and Partnership Manager at SFDSA: Continue reading
As active members of Scottish Engineering, our specialist recruiters regularly attend the quarterly regional meetings across Scotland.
Tommy White, Engineering Recruiter with Escape attended their most recent event held at Heliex Power in East Kilbride on 2nd March 2015. Continue reading
For many of us, ‘looking for a new job’ is one of our top New Year resolutions, along with ‘going to the gym’, ‘healthy eating’ and ‘spending less’.
At Escape, we unfortunately can’t help you with your fitness programme or household budgets but we do know recruitment and we hope the information below will help you in your job search in the year ahead. Continue reading
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