The number of vacant engineering jobs, both advertised and non-advertised is at an incredibly high level. Great engineering opportunities are in abundance and it is an ideal time to dust off your CV, update your profile and dip your toe back into the job market. Employers are exiting their hibernation mode created from the pandemic, have projects to deliver and milestones to achieve and many are urgently looking for strong talent to join them in order to accomplish their current goals. Confidence is returning quickly to industry and a variety of projects are resuming, so many employers are n ..read more

Check out how Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment are assisting the Fairfield Emerging Communities Action Partnership which is a working group that’s providing support to refugees and migrants who are overseas qualified engineers. The program tries to assist participants in obtaining meaningful employment and educational pathways in engineering and related professions in Australia.  ..read more

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Engineering recruitment activity continues apace across all of our different sectors, with our clients becoming much more eager to see us quickly fill required roles whilst aligning candidates’ deliverables with clients’ expectations.  We take very seriously all opportunities to help candidates in securing their next exciting role in their career pathway and will always take that extra step in order to add real and sustainable value to the recruitment cycle to the benefit of clients and candidates alike. Continue reading ..read more

The engineering recruitment market is still rich in opportunities – there’s lots of potential for candidates either seeking their first role or contemplating the idea of changing their positions. We recommend that if you do decide to apply to positions that you should be seriously prepared for leaving your current role and accept an offer should the right role eventuate. Counter offers from current employers are on the rise but why accept a counter offer if your current employer only suggests a raise when they know you wish to leave? Did they undervalue you in the past and if so, will they d ..read more

Just over 2 years ago we lost our friend & colleague Greig Connell after several strokes. We’re so pleased that Greig’s family have decided to honour his memory by establishing the Greig Connell Memorial Scholarship, awarded each year to a female engineering student at Swinburne University of Technology University.   Greig was an engineer himself and completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering at Swinburne University in 1974. He then went on to work with Exxon Mobil prior to moving into Engineering Recruitment. Greig was a director with Australia Wide Personn ..read more

Unemployment dropped during the last quarter again and is now at 4.2% which is our lowest level since before the start of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. This trend reflects that companies have exited their hibernation modes and are hiring again. We have been inundated with our clients wanting us to fill some really interesting positions. Currently, we have a very high number of open engineering jobs – all very diverse in discipline, seniority, industry segment and geographical location. If your circumstances have changed recently, please reach out to us and it will be our pleasure to h ..read more

As the Eastern seaboard states are now starting to exit restrictions we have experienced a sharp increase in engineering positions needing to be filled. These are from many diverse engineering and manufacturing businesses. There’s a great mixture of businesses looking to recruit talented engineers at the moment. Of particular interest is a sizable group of exciting new technology-based businesses looking for high level engineers in roles that wouldn’t have existed several years ago – in particular electric/autonomous vehicle technology and 3D printing. It’s definitely a great time to conside ..read more