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Bruce Tait Associates focuses on bridging employers and job seekers in the Charity sector across the UK - including Scotland. They have been helping charities grow every year since opening in 2007. BTA is a recruitment agency run by former Charity leaders. In 2015, they won the Fife & Central Scotland Regional Director Award at the Director of the Year Awards (Institute of Directors).
Jubilee House, Forthside Way, Stirling, Stirlingshire, FK8 1QZ
Wilkinson & Associates, founded in 2006, is a boutique UK-wide professional services recruitment agency with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fife. They exclusively place Qualified and Part‑Qualified Accountancy professionals across sectors including Financial Services, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, and Not‑for‑Profit, leveraging over 40 years of combined consultant experience and proactive engagement with passive talent.
50 Melville St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 7HF
Entrust Resource Solutions is a specialist recruitment firm, merged from Entrust People and SCI Search & Selection, that supplies workforce solutions in sectors like Biotechnology, IT, Pharmaceutical, and Science. They are a member of BIA, One Nucleus, SLA, Bionow, OBN, and BIVDA. They offer permanent and temporary placements for roles such as Automation Engineer, Shift Engineering Technician, and Translational Research Manager.
River Court, 5 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, Angus, DD1 3JT
Change Recruitment Group specialises in Professional Services recruitment for focus areas like Accountancy and Finance, IT and Risk and Compliance. Their network extends over 77 countries, including the UK where they have teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow. They have opportunities for permanent, contract and temporary employment. They have been in the industry since 1970 and have collaborated with prominent organisations like HSBC, PWC and KPMG.
Clarendon House, 116 George Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH2 4LH
For many years, Scotland was world-renowned for its Shipbuilding, Fishing, and Oil industries. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, Scotland is still a hub of the Goods and Service industries, and major sectors now include the production of goods such as whisky, textiles, foodstuffs (such as shortbread, salmon and beef), as well as industries such as Banking and Computer software.
The country's capital of Edinburgh is the centre of the Scottish Financial Sector, with many companies making it their home. With the city's castle, shopping district and annual Fringe Festival, Tourism also provides substantial employment.
Glasgow exports more than 60% of Scotland's manufactured goods, and Aberdeen is base to the country's considerable oil and gas production in the North Sea. Agriculture adds yet another string to Scotland's bow. Scotland has an overall employment rate of 70.7% - the second highest of all four UK countries.
Candidates can expect to see recruitment agencies advertising for staff across a wide variety of sectors, the largest being Electronic Technologies, for which it is a centre of excellence, as well as Financial Services, Energy, Life Sciences (incorporating Stem Cell Sciences), Pharmaceutical Resarch, and Bio-Manufacturing. Perhaps reflecting this, Scotland's population has a higher percentage of top qualifications than Great Britain, with 43% of people being educated to NVQ 4 level or equivalent.