Migrant Cap Hindering Dyson Recruitment

Dyson, the pioneering electrical
manufacturing firm, is being hindered in its latest recruitment drive by the
government's migrant cap, according to a company spokesman. 



The company representative said that the limit on the number of skilled workers
they are allowed to bring in from outside the European Economic Area is making
their previously announced recruitment drive, for 350 new engineers, very difficult. 



It should be easier for promising graduates with good degrees in STEM
subjects to stay in the UK through the post-study work route, the
spokesman said. We find that there is a shortage of high-calibre
graduates in the UK – finding the right person for a role isn't always
easy.



He said that the problem chiefly affected some of the more specialist roles,
such as those in the motors team, leaving them with vacant positions for
impractically long times. 



The revelation came in the same week that the company's founder, Sir James
Dyson, told The Daily Telegraph that if recruitment difficulties persist then they could seriously have to think about
taking the company abroad. 



The company has said that they aim to find problem solvers when
they are recruiting, and want to find people from a range of disciplinary
backgrounds who will look at problems from oblique angles.