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Career advice for engineers, hiring insight for employers, and what's happening at Talentometry.
Latest · News7 Oct 20261 min read
Celebrating 15 Years of the Bumba Foundation: A Night of Impact
At Talentometry, we believe in supporting initiatives that create vital educational and community opportunities. This past Saturday evening, we had the absol
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Employers24 Feb 20261 min read
Stop measuring how fast you hire. Start measuring how fast they contribute.
The 2-Year Safety Net is Dead. Is Your Onboarding Ready? Stop measuring how fast you hire. In the new era of UK employment law, the only thing that matters…
Employers24 Feb 20261 min read
Is your onboarding a “welcome” or a “warning sign”? New research shows it predicts 3-year retention rates.
You spent all that time and money on recruitment. Are you about to lose them because of a bad first week?
Candidates8 Oct 20251 min read
5 Resources to Kickstart (or Level Up) Your Early Career in Industrial Automation
Starting out in industrial automation or looking to sharpen your skills? Whether you’re new to the world of PLCs and control systems or already deep into…
Candidates8 Oct 20251 min read
5 tips for looking after your mental health while job hunting
Searching for a new role is hard in so many ways but it can also take its toll mentally. Rejections, uncertainty, and comparison can chip away at confidence…
Candidates17 Apr 20251 min read
Why It’s Important to Reflect on Your Career
We’re coming up to the first bank holidays of the year we thought we’d put together a post to help you reflect on your career. In the hustle of day-to-day…
Candidates19 Feb 20252 min read
Our TOP FIVE tips for aspiring Control System Engineers
You might be completing a degree or working your way through a technical apprenticeship. Either way, here are our top 5 tips on driving your career forward:…
Candidates1 Jan 20251 min read
New Year New Me? Sales taught me to work backwards
I don’t know about you, but the new year new me stuff never used to work for me 🤷 You know the drill…you think of some big goals…even write them down only…
News7 Nov 20241 min read
Talentometry have passed the APSCo Talent Acquisition Quality Assurance audit
Talentometry have achieved the APSCo AMRA accreditation. The purpose of AMRA (APSCo Member Risk Assessment) is to demonstrate the highest level of…
News22 Oct 20231 min read
Fairfield Control Systems retain Bolton based Automation & Robotics recruiter Talentometry
Bolton based recruiter Talentometry have been retained to provide end to end recruitment services to Fairfield Control Systems as they expand their teams…
Briefings10 Oct 20235 min read
Talentometry Briefing: The FCA’s Diversity & Inclusion Proposal
FCA unveils proposals for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial sector. Proposals aim to foster healthy cultures, combat groupthink, and tap into…
Briefings5 Oct 20231 min read
Talentometry Briefing: Update to the Employment Relations Act (Flexible Working) has received royal assent.
There are some small but important changes to flexible working:– You will be able to make 2 statutory requests over 12 months– Employers will go from having…
Briefings23 Aug 20232 min read
Talentometry Briefing: Failing to do your Right To Work checks could cost you £60k from the first quarter of 2024
As political positions become sharper moving towards the General Election season, it may not surprise you to see that The Minister for Immigration Robert…
Candidates7 Mar 20232 min read
Recruitment Resourcer
Recruitment Resourcer – Remote (must be UK based) Talentometry (like Geometry) is made up of two wordsTalent – meaning gift or skill and;Metria – ancient…
Candidates30 Nov 20223 min read
How to write an epic Control System Engineer CV – Our 10 Top Tips
Are you looking to break into control system engineering or want to move into a new automation role to progress your career? Don’t worry, we’ve got you…
News2 Nov 20221 min read
Welcome to the Team
We are pleased to welcome our new starter Keanan Brooks, Keanan has been appointed as a Technical Recruiter and will be working on roles within Automation &…
Briefings29 Jul 20212 min read
Talentometry Briefing: Big Day for UK Space Technology Industry – we now have a spaceflight regulator!
Colin Macleod, Head of UK Space Regulation confirmed earlier that for the last 18 months, the CAA has been preparing to be come the UK’s space regulator and…
Briefings13 May 20213 min read
Talentometry Briefing: Your recruitment partner is having a huge impact on staff turnover – here’s why
Staff turnover has the potential to really damage your business. When good engineers leave for seemingly avoidable reasons, you also lose critical client…
Briefings21 Apr 20211 min read
Talentometry Briefing: Temporary COVID-19 Adjusted Right to Work Checks ends in May
We have had many starters who have joined businesses without meeting a single person over the last year. Rightly so, on 30th March the Government enabled…
Candidates25 Feb 20212 min read
What is industry 4.0 and will a robot take my job?
You might have come across ‘Industry 4.0’ as a term used conversationally at networking events and webinars when discussing the fourth industrial…
News27 Oct 20201 min read
Talentometry Completes HQ Move
We’re delighted to announce that we have completed the move to Miller House, Bolton. Talentometry solves complex staffing problems. We often do this by…
News18 Sep 20201 min read
Talentometry awarded ‘Disability Confident Committed’ by Government Scheme
We are delighted to have been awarded ‘Disability Confident Committed’ by the Government’s Disability Confident Scheme to ensure our recruitment process is…
News18 Aug 20201 min read
Talentometry becomes member of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo)
We are pleased to announce that Talentometry Limited has been awarded membership to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). To be…
News22 Jul 20201 min read
UK Government creates Hydrogen Advisory Council
The British Government has launched a Hydrogen Advisory Council looking at the future of hydrogen. This will be co-chaired by Government Minister Kwasi…
Candidates11 Jun 20203 min read
What is it like trying to find your first NQT teaching job two years after completing your PGCE?
Every month, Talentometry Teaching will release a blog about all things schools and talent. To kick things off, we’d lime you to meet meet Lesley Key (not…
Candidates24 Apr 20203 min read
Virtual / Video Interviews – stage management tips
Like me, you might cross your fingers, toes, and whatever else you have every time a cabinet minister comes on the telly in the hope that we might get a…
Candidates2 Feb 20202 min read
Security specialists trick Tesla’s Computer Vision algorithm with a drone and a projector
A new video and a research paper have emerged from Georgia Tech and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggesting that researchers have been able to trick…
News30 Jan 20202 min read
Greg Clark elected Chair of the Commons Science and Technology Committee.
Select committees are important because they scrutinise the work of government departments. Government departments and ministers have to justify their…
Candidates22 Jan 20203 min read
Do I need a PhD to work in data science?
Correlation does not equal causation – just because you see a lot of individuals with a PhD working in data science doesn’t mean you need one.
News13 Jan 20201 min read
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