Executive recruitment in Aberdeen

Aberdeen attracts many highly skilled professionals, providing rich-pickings for recruitment agencies.

Aberdeen is home to a population of 202,370 people and is a thriving, multi-cultural city in the north-east of Scotland. This port city is not only the offshore oil capital, but it is also a global energy city. For this reason, Aberdeen is widely regarded as one of the most important cities in the UK and the world for business. This view is shared by financial institutions, advertising agencies and IT companies, to name but a few. However, its Aberdeen's position as a global centre for oil and gas recruitment which makes it popular with so many highly trained professionals.

After an engineering degree, Aberdeen is the natural place to go and begin your career. And once you've been there for a while you won't want to leave, as there are a whole host of Aberdeen recruitment agencies, some of them specialist, to satisfy even the most career-ambitious professionals.

Specialist recruitment agencies will source most of the candidates from Aberdeen and the surrounding area, but they will also look to England, Wales and Ireland for other candidates who may possess the right qualifications and who may be willing to relocate for the right package. For a specialist agency such as Staffhunt, it is not uncommon for us to look as far afield as New Zealand, Australia, Texas, Houston and West Africa. This has a two-fold benefit; it provides employers with a wealth of experience and expertise from abroad, which adds variety to any company and it gives candidates abroad the opportunity to come and live and work in a different country.

Aberdeen has long been a wealthy city and the diversifying oil and gas industry continues to bring in money. This makes Aberdeen an attractive place for people to settle. Recruitment agencies in Aberdeen are spoilt for choice when it comes to looking for experienced executives, particularly in the engineering sector. This has the knock-on effect of making engineering positions highly competitive.

Whether you are straight out of University taking the first step in your career, or you are an established professional with a family, Aberdeen has a lot to offer. It's a lively, cosmopolitan city with good sport and leisure facilities. It has good schools and plenty of art and culture. With many flights in and out of the city every day it makes it easily accessible from other parts of the UK and to holidays abroad.

If you're in the oil and gas industry, you should consider looking to Aberdeen for your recruitment solutions. Staffhunt is an innovative and proactive recruitment agency in Aberdeen, and a leader in the supply of scientific staffing solutions to the global oil and gas industry. Contact us today on +44 (0) 1259 72 66 16 or email us on info@staffhunt.org