Skills shortages in the North West

At a time when outsourcing business to India is never far away from the news, it may appear unlikely that there could be skills shortages for the right candidates here in the north-west region ñ but that is the feedback being received by clients approaching Bull Technology ñ the Lancashire based specialist IT, Telecommunications and Technical Sales recruitment Consultancy.

Bull Technology Ltd, and Managing Director, Robert Mather, have been approached by several clients, who after advertising their new and exciting positions independently, have found candidate quality not high enough to meet their exacting needs. As a result, such companies have turned to Bull Technology to solve their recruitment problems for them.

Bull Technology are in the enviable position of recently winning a major blue chip contract to supply the right staff to a major telecommunications player in the region, having supplied consistently highly skilled, flexible specialists from their candidate pool.

Robert Mather said ìAt Bull Technology we have a wealth of resources available to us to locate suitable interviewees including media / internet advertising, radio advertising, open days and networking events. We have found that we are having to be innovative to ensure the continued high quality of our candidates, as the right person does not always respond to the traditional forms of adverts. Feedback from other agencies would indicate that there may not be the right profile of skilled, flexible candidates to go around - even our clients are finding their own direct recruitment activities are having little or no response. I am happy to say Bull Technology have overcome this issue.î

Major innovations to ensure the right calibre of professional has included the commissioning and installing of a bespoke software system, allowing the recording of specific and accurate information for each role, which meet ever more stringent criteria set by the technology industries.

Bull Technology, originally formed in January 2003, follows the philosophy of its driving force, Robert Mather. It is a forward looking agency, who attains the highest professional standards at all times.

The demand for their services has resulted in the team growing quickly to 3 specialist recruiters, plus support staff and the growth is testament to the high demand for Bull Technology candidates that is currently being experienced.

Robert Mather said ìBull Technology assure all, whether looking for staff or looking for that new role, that we will place candidates with the right mix of experience, skills and culture to match the position.î