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Progressive Recruitment

Bridget McewanAnnette Smith - Client services manager

Melissa Freer - Engineering Team Leader (Engineering Division)

[email protected]

About UsProgressive is a leading recruitment consultancy, specialising in

- IT

- Engineering

- Telecoms

- Public Sector

- Oil & Gas

- Pharmaceutical

Our premier recruitment service has been designed so that you can capitalise on your time as we take care of your recruitment requirements.

About Us

From our 5 UK hub offices in the key city locations of London, Reading, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow we provide a full and comprehensive recruitment service. We are also based in Amsterdam, Paris, Munich and Brussels as well as Singapore and Sydney.

Representing both permanent and contract professionals, we place exceptional staff in exclusive industry specific roles across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific markets.

Focusing on your specific and individual requirements, our consultants draw on their market expertise, insight and contacts within their sector to source highly skilled talent.

Consultant Market Knowledge & Training

Each consultant benefits from extensive internal training & networks exclusively within one area of Engineering. They only work with the candidates you are looking for and are technical market specialists with local knowledge

Internal Network of Consultants & Database / Candidate Acquisition

As soon as your vacancy is registered, each consultant within the technical sector is alerted and assist your consultant with candidate referrals & recommendations. This is particularly effective if you are looking for people with a blend of skills and have a ‘difficult to fill’ position.

Consistency

Progressive Engineering has above industry average staff retention, meaning you benefit from a consistent service delivered by experienced & senior consultants.

Advertising

When your vacancy is registered it is automatically advertised on up to 8 IT and Engineering job boards, across a mixture of mainstream and niche advertising channels to ensure best coverage. This is provided free and represents a significant cost saving for our clients not having to advertise vacancies directly.

Placement & Post Placement

Getting the details right at the start of a new job improves staff retention and employee satisfaction. We have standard recruitment procedures and Account Managers to ensure that the recruitment process runs smoothly & your new employee settles in well.

Business Intelligence / Marketing Function

If suitable candidates are thin on the ground our Business Intelligence Function is utilised to research the availability of niche skill sets. Their research can also offer alternative job descriptions & salary scales, based upon the experience of other organisations.

How we successfully recruit in Engineering

Engineering Division

Mechanical Controls Electrical QualityCNC PLC LV / HV Health & Safety

CMC Engineer SCADA Electrical Senior ManagersProgrammer Control Systems Design Quality AssuranceCNC Setter Instrumentation Power Systems Quality

ControlApplications Installation Power RiskService Engineer Controls Project Engineer ARMSales Engineer Field Service Maintenance NADCAP Design Process/ChemicalSafety

Mechanical Electronics Real Time & Embedded Manufacture & ProductionCAD & CAM PCB Hardware Continuous ImprovementMechanical Engineer Design Design Lean ManufacturingDesign Engineer Electronics ProgrammerChief Engineer Analogue FirmwareCFD Engineer Digital Test Senior AppointmentsProject Engineer PM Embedded Project ManagersDevelopment Test Project EngineersTest Engineer RF Civil/Structural Supervisors

Stress Engineer EMC Highways Engineers Site Managers

Building Services Sales Engineers

Engineering Division

Contract

Mechanical/Senior Appointments Melissa Freer (Engineering Team Leader)Mechanical Natalie OgilvieEC&I Russell CleverleyQuality/ Health & Safety / Manufacturing Ben HinerEmbedded/Electronics Paul Dennett

Permanent

Mechanical/Senior Appointments Alex PrenticeEC&I Nadia AquilinaQuality / Health & Safety / Manufacturing Noa Muratsubaki

Bespoke Recruitment Solutions

Permanent & Contract Recruitment

Contingent - Tailored service offering a high level of commitment and market expertise

Headhunting - Contingent services with the benefit of obtaining pre-identified candidates

Retained - Cost effective and comprehensive recruitment solution with an unmatched success rate.Structured approach is implemented to achieve the best results fast. We ensure key deliverablesare met and that your objectives are achieved upon completion of the mandate. This resourceincludes:Understanding the opportunity & allocating exclusive resourcesDevising & implementing an action planEngaging candidatesLong-list & ShortlistCandidate dossierInterview feedbackHelp with on-boardingWeekly progress report & Business analysis

Key Client Service

Account ManagerYou are assigned your very own Account Manager, who is: Dedicated to gaining a greater insight into your company Focused on developing strong long-term relationships with you and across all your business

departments and HR Your one point of contact for all job types, and at every stage of the recruitment process

Monitoring Process and CommunicationYour Account Manager will: Work closely with your HR/Procurement department Ensure all consultants work in a manner that fits your business needs, following process and

maintaining effective communication channels

Key Client Service

Interview ProcessWe offer a managed day of interviews: At our site or your location This allows for immediate feedback from candidates to our specialist consultants

Placement & Post Placement Once a candidate is placed we validate the details of the new job We follow through with post-placement care to ensure employee satisfaction and help you with

staff retention

How We Recruit

Consultant Market Knowledge Each consultant works exclusively within one technical sector They focus only on the candidates you are looking for

Internal Network of Consultants All consultants within your technical sector are notified once your vacancy is registered Working collaboratively, they assist your specialist consultant to help them secure you the best

talent This approach is especially useful if you are looking for people with a blend of skills or need multi-

lingual staff

How We Recruit

Database• Progressive have spent the last 4 years and over £3m developing a unique “intelligent search”, web

enabled database which enables us to source candidates more efficiently, this has reduced the time period from job to placement by 27%

Advertising When your vacancy is registered we automatically advertise it on up to 12 mainstream and niche

job boards concurrently We regularly advertise in industry specific journals To do this independently would cost over £7,000 per week

Progress report:

Example

• Gas Turbine Division - 2 contract Performance Managers• 3 Engineering Specialists assigned to this role• 250 candidates contacted, 15 shortlisted, 8 cv’s sent: 4 interviews: 2 offers

• Gas Turbine Division - 2 Field Service Engineers• 2 Engineering Specialists assigned to this role• 379 candidates contacted, 27 shortlisted, 8 cv’s sent: 2 interviews: 2 offers

• Small Worlds (Cambridge) - Product Marketing Leader• 173 candidates contacted, 14 shortlisted, 3 cv’s sent: 3 interviews: awaiting

feedback/offer

UK Job Boards

Financial Report

2007 2008 2009

Revenue 69461000 76548000 63627000

GP 24481000 27049000 26775000

OP 6742000 7187000 12369000