Manufacturing Recruitment
Our expertise in the manufacturing industry ensures that we recruit the best candidates to fulfil our clients' staffing needs.
The manufacturing industry specialises in converting raw materials into finished goods. The process includes design, testing and ensuring that everything runs smoothly. Sectors in manufacturing include, automotive, engineering equipment, aeroplanes, medication and other everyday items. Much activity is B2B, supporting businesses that are then consumer facing, bringing raw materials from across the globe together in the manufacturing process. Back in 2023, there were around 2.7m people employed in the manufacturing industry across the UK. This is unfortunately in decline, having dropped by 1.5m since 1997, with the closing of many manufacturing businesses and the development of software, AI and robotics to replace human work. This has however created a new area for demand, including software development and data-based roles, along with marketing recruitment for the manufacturing industry.
The manufacturing industry is using recruitment agencies to source for specialist roles as they are in tune with the market and have a specific knowledge of active and passive candidates in the industry. With the increased demand for robotic, software and automation candidates, agencies hold large databases of available candidates for roles that are being recruited from a range of sectors. Where there are skills shortages, agencies can identify candidates in similar sectors that have transferrable skills to fill essential roles. This involves an assessment of their complementary skills and how applicable they will be to the job vacancy. The emergence of environmental targets and green policies has also put an additional requirement on the manufacturing industry which recruiters have begun to specialise in to identify hard to find yet highly sought after candidates.
The Candidate has been recruiting for the manufacturing industry across a range of sectors since our launch in 2012. These have included cladding, fuel, automotive, medical equipment and chemicals to name a few. Our specialisms are around marketing, analytics, software, creative and data all in this area to support the manufacturing industry, ensuring they have a solid grasp of the industry-specific terminology and technical knowledge in order to be successful and progress in their manufacturing careers. We have access to these specialist candidates through our databases and networks, premium subscriptions to candidate lists and software to product the ultimate shortlist.
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Manufacturing recruitment covers businesses that convert raw materials into finished goods, spanning sectors like automotive, engineering equipment, aerospace and medication. Most manufacturing activity is B2B, and hiring increasingly includes software development and data roles alongside traditional production and engineering positions.
As software, AI and robotics take on more of the work traditionally done by people, manufacturing businesses have created new demand for software development, data-based roles and marketing recruitment to support this shift, even as headcount in some traditional roles has declined.
Where a manufacturing business faces a skills shortage, a recruitment agency can identify candidates from adjacent sectors with transferable skills, assessing how applicable their experience is before putting them forward. This widens the pool beyond candidates with direct manufacturing backgrounds.
Increasingly, yes. Environmental targets and green policies have created additional requirements for manufacturing businesses, and recruiters have begun specialising in sourcing candidates for these harder-to-fill, in-demand positions.
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