With the speed of the energy transition increasing rapidly, thousands of people who have been working in the oil & gas industry could be forgiven for wondering what's next for them. What was once an industry offering an interesting, varied and lu ...

Onboarding new employees has been one of the biggest challenges that businesses have had to tackle in 2020. In this piece we talk to Shelley Lloyd about how Brunel recruited and successfully onboarded Jana, our Global Mobility specialist in Brazil.

From the 1st January 2021, any UK company who needs to hire skilled workers from outside the UK will need to sponsor their employment and their immigration applications via a Sponsor License from the UK Home Office. This includes EU nationals already ...

We’ve come a long way from the first factories, where each step in the process relied on manual energy and physical labor. Today, we need a completely different set of skills.

Hiring engineers in the current landscape is challenging. Engineers are in high demand, which means they can pick and choose which jobs to apply for.

Direct hire is one of several options for filling job openings. When you work with a recruitment agency, this is known as direct placement hiring. It’s usually the best choice for permanent positions, not temporary help. Use a recruitment agency to h ...

Do you work flexibly? Is it something you're interested in? Take a look at some of the benefits.

The impact of Covid-19 has affected each of us on a personal and professional level. Our roles at work and at home have been significantly altered, and we've had to adjust to the new normal. In most industries, the impact of face-to-face meetings ha ...

In a fast paced and changing world, finding and attracting engineering talent is a challenge for many companies. This challenge is twofold. First, demand for engineering talent is very high. Second, the new generation of workers is hard to reach with ...

In the midst of global instability, projects, companies and contractors worldwide are learning to improvise. So is Brunel. Our operations teams are working harder than ever to bring a sense of stability to the lives of our clients and contractors cau ...

Workforce planning is a process that is often poorly understood and rarely implemented within organisations. One reason is that it implies long-term thinking. This can be in contradiction with the short-term orientation of companies. However, the ab ...