I love it when people have a big vision for Australia!
Please take a few minutes to read this article – it’s about Andrew Forrest’s plans to develop a green steel industry in Australia and a green hydrogen energy future. Instead of just shipping iron ore offshore, he will be building a green steel plant in the Pilbara which will produce steel powered by hydrogen – […]
Engineering Recruitment – Market Commentary – January 2021
A lot has changed in the last quarter with a very strong upsurge in the number of new opportunities that our team are working diligently on. Many clients appear to have come out of hibernation mode and are now looking forward to a brighter future, with the result that we saw a large number of […]
Engineering Recruitment – Market Commentary – October 2020
Recruitment activities continue to build momentum as we have seen an increasing level of demand over the past 3 months. We’re filling a wide range of interesting engineeringpositions across Australia, some advertised and others often not. Hence, if you are looking for a change or keen to see what roles might suit your area of […]
Engineering Recruitment – Market Commentary – July 2020
Overview During this last quarter, a significant milestone within Australia Wide was reached with one of our Directors, Greig Connell, deciding to retire from the business. Greig worked for the company since 1987 and had dealt with hundreds of clients and thousands of candidates, always with the same passionate, professional, and result focused approach. We have been inundated with well wishes […]
Engineering Recruitment – Market Commentary – April 2020
Overview Much has changed since our last commentary in January. Bushfires were finally extinguished but then a dramatic change with the COVID-19 pandemic with resulting social distancing, self isolations and lockdowns. From a duty of care perspective we have been extremely busy ensuring that our ~400 on-hired employees and all our internal staff were safe […]
Engineering Recruitment – Market Commentary – January 2020
General Commentary 2019 has concluded with still great opportunities and many varied interesting roles across all of our sectors – Software/Firmware/Hardware Engineers, Vice President of Engineering, Data Scientists, Principal Structural Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Production Engineers, Senior Fire Engineers, Quality Managers, HVAC Engineers, Draftspersons, Project Managers, Contract Managers and many more! Required locations are currently mainly […]
Engineering Recruitment – Market Commentary – October 2019
The engineering recruitment market continues to be volatile although there are some areas such as technology and building services where lots of interesting opportunities abound, albeit the roles are often quite challenging to fill!! Other areas such as manufacturing and operations still present opportunities although volumes are less than at the same time last year. In uncertain economic times, we often see the number […]
Australia Wide’s 40th Birthday
Celebrating Australia Wide’s 40th birthday last Friday with the people who make it happen – our staff and our families.
Indian Film Festival Melbourne
Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment has a long history of recruiting engineers for Australian companies involved in the Indian Film industry. Great to see Shah Rukh Khan as the Chief guest at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on Thursday 8th August 2019. See more here
Recruitment – an inside perspective by Rob Solic, Recruitment Manager – Engineering & Operations
I am often asked, “how did you end up in recruitment”. Ironically, it is not something that I ever seriously contemplated during my working career, nor is it something that I aspired to do whilst in the midst of my studies. The simple answer is that the timing was right to give something new a […]