Testimonials
Please find below Testimonials from Clients and Candidates ASTUTE have worked with;
Candidates
Production Shift Manager, July 2011
“I could not fault Matt Dickens at ASTUTE Technical Recruitment’s service; helpful, professional and at the end of the day he got me a position I am really excited about. Matt wrote me an excellent introduction letter and I’m sure it was partly down to his persuasion I got an interview. It was a long road to get me fixed up in the position I wanted and he managed it. I would recommend Astute and Matt Dickens to anyone looking for a technical or management position in the power generation industry.”
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Operations Technician, June 2011
“After leaving the Royal Navy in the early part of 2011, I was faced with finding a new career which would match my previous experiences within the royal navy. After speaking to colleges who had left the forces a number of years before myself, they suggested I contact Astute Technical. I visited their offices in Portsmouth and Matt Dickens guided me through my options, informing me of the sector and what type of work might suit me. Unfortunately there weren’t any immediate opportunities within the area I was moving too but after a few months Astute contacted me about a position as an Operations Technician. Astute then helped me gather information and advised me on the interview and what to expect as part of the job. After the interview process they remained in touch and thanks to their help I was offered the position. I can honestly say that without Astute’s contacts and information I would have found it very hard to enter into this sector. I would recommend their services at the drop of a hat.”
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Shift Team Leader, June 2011
“After a 28 year career in the Royal Navy I was able to find employment utilising the services of Astute Technical Recruitment. The team at Astute were extremely helpful in offering advice on the structure of CV’s and offered practise interviews to enable me to best present myself at interviews. I applied for 5 advertised vacancies with Astute within the Power Generation area and was able to secure 4 interviews through Astute. The Power Generation team led by Matt Dickens ably assisted by Matthew George were very thorough in the pre interview stage preparing me for interviews and offering their expertise to allow me the best opportunity to “sell” myself at interview. Through their efforts I was able to secure employment with one company and would have been offered a further position had I not already accepted the position most suited to my requirements.
I cannot recommend them highly enough to any recruiters or job seekers for their professionalism, knowledge of the jobs market and helpfulness. I would happily use Astute in the future should I be seeking another position or were I in the position, as an employer, to be seeking high calibre applicants for a vacant position.”
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Operations Technician, March 2011
“I’ve always found Dan Bissett at Astute an absolute pleasure to deal with, very professional and thorough also extremely helpful to me as a candidate. He’s able to offer great advice on the companies he deals with and on the positions he fills, which shows he’s put in an extensive amount of research, he deserves all the success that comes his way.
Before being contacted by Astute, the thought of working in the power industry had never entered my head, two and a half years later I’m in a well paid position and hopefully looking forward to a ‘bright’ future, I really can’t thank you enough. I would be more than happy to recommend Dan and Astute to any prospective recruiters and candidates.”
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Process Engineer, February 2011
“I posted my CV onto Jobsite and received a call from Darren Simmons at Astute asking if I would be interested in the job I now have as a Process Engineer. I was very impressed with the support, knowledge and service provided by Astute. In particular, Darren had an excellent understanding what the company did and what my role would be. Before my interview I went to the Astute office and Darren briefed me in detail and helped me to prepare for the interview.
Astute are professional, thorough and really helped me to understand and prepare for the role I now have. They have an excellent knowledge and relationship with the company I joined so they can ensure that candidates such as myself are a good fit to the business. Unlike many agencies I have spoken to, they didn’t promise the earth and deliver nothing. I would definitely recommend Astute to any engineer looking for a career change.”
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Business Support Manager, January 2011
“I saw an online advert for a Business Support Manager role, an unusual title, which I had held before, so I rang up to find out more and thus found Astute! I went through a very long and thorough recruitment process with the client (3 interviews including a presentation and 3 tests) and the Astute consultants were always very helpful, knowledgeable and were highly supportive of my efforts to find out more about Dalkia, the industry it operates in and the team I was going to join.
I found Astute to be very professional and prepared to go the extra mile for their candidates, something which cannot be said about many recruitment agencies (and I have worked in one in the past). Now that I am on the other side of their relationship with Dalkia I can also see that they have been successful in supplying many extremely capable members of staff, so I would recommend Astute highly both as a candidate and as an employer.”
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Technician, January 2011
“Astute and Dan Bisset have offered the most professional service I have experienced in the long, soul-destroying slog to find a new job. When my first pay cheque clears I will certainly be sending Dan a gift to say thank you for his excellent service!
As an ex-submariner no recruitment agency better understood the skills I have to offer than Astute, and no agency was better placed to give me the introductions I needed to get into the Energy from Waste industry. Within 4 weeks of Dan finding my CV on a job-board I had secured a job paying me more than the Submarine Service had, and on an infinitely more civilised rota system.
I truly believe that Dan has played a pivotal role in changing the course of my life for the better, and has set me up for future success. For all he has done I owe him an eternal debt of gratitude.”
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Sales Engineer, January 2011
“I would recommend Tom Mlinar from Astute as not only is he a professional and dedicated individual, but he is also a very friendly person and easy to get along with. What impressed me most was his concern at finding a position that was right for my future career path; rather than just a short term vacancy match.
I would also have no hesitation in using Tom to recruit staff for myself in the future as his industry knowledge and attention to detail convinces me that he will find the right person for the job in the right time.”
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Clients
Operations Director, January 2011
“Graveson Energy Management have engaged Astute’s services to provide a Site Manager, Control Room Technicians and Process Operators for our Waste to Energy facility. The quality of the candidates Astute sourced has been excellent with well above average conversion rates of candidates to offers (on average, 50% of the CVs we have seen have resulted in offers of employment).
Astute’s attention to detail in terms of screening candidates and speed of follow up have been particularly impressive and this coupled with the candidate summaries provided with each CV made the recruitment process fast and efficient.”
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Managing Director, Technology Consultancy, December 2010
“I have used ASTUTE Technical for nearly two years for the provision of condition monitoring personnel across all industry sectors that we work in. Due to our expediential growth of late we have needed to resource outstanding candidates at relatively short notice to fulfil our business requirements and have found their service 1st class.
Always attentive in every detail fully understanding our demanding requirements and has been able to resource our needs quickly & efficiently and to budget, sometimes highlighting outstanding personnel before the need arises and we hope to keep this successful relationship going for the foreseeable future as our business grows throughout Europe.”
