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Brain Drain SA

Since returning to South Africa, it has been increasingly evident that we are lacking a skilled and qualified personnel. Recently I ran an ad for a Heavy Civils Structural Design Engineer 5- 10 years experience and what became frighteningly obvious was the lack of suitable applicants in th.... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  May 10, 2012

Star Wars in the Recruitment Galaxy, by Ben Isaacs

This story is based on true events, however all details have been changed to a galaxy far far away… After some considerable persistence, and lengthy negotiations, I recently reached an agreement to supply labour to a busy client in, lets say Cloud City. It was a tall order – .... More >>
AUTHOR:  Emily Ward
POSTED:  Mar 30, 2012

Personal USPs by Adam Bruce-Smith

Last night I met with an old school friend. He is currently in the process of setting up his own social enterprise, aimed at educating and helping the younger generation get into and succeed in the work place (www.ignitepotential.co.uk). While we chatted away about his business and my job .... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  Mar 13, 2012

Breaking into the environmental sector

Yesterday afternoon Amida were expert panellists in a live online Q&A session with The Guardian Careers, entitled ‘Ask The Experts: breaking into the environmental sector’.   It was fantastic to hear from so many looking to begin their career in sustainability or i.... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  Jan 18, 2012

Kick-starting the year!

Whilst we are waiting to hear what the full impact of the Durban climate change negotiations will be, here is a little update on recruitment in sustainability- it is looking brighter for 2012.   In 2011 the Amida Corporate Sustainability and Responsible Investment team saw:  .... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  Jan 09, 2012

Bop It, Rudolf!

The Amida London office has kick started the week running up to xmas 2011 in style.   This morning we had 1 whole hour of FUN AND GAMES.   Have you ever played Bop-it? It is similar to recruiting for a role in that there is a number of criteria to satisfy within a defined.... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  Dec 19, 2011

Mariken's market round-up

Mariken O'Donnell, Director of Project Management at Amida, here gives her perspective on how market conditions are continuing to hinder client side and consultancy Project Management opportunities.   The past few months have been quiet for the recruitment of both client side and co.... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  Sep 14, 2011

Amida poetry competition!

We have something a little bit exciting and a tiny bit interesting to announce: Monday 21st March 2011 is UNESCO World Poetry Day and to mark the occasion, Amida will be launching a poetry competition next week! The subject matter will be surrounding sustainable development. Anyone can .... More >>
AUTHOR:  Rosie Helson
POSTED:  Jan 28, 2011




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Amida provides the highest quality recruitment services to a global client base. We are leaders in sustainability recruitment, typically recruiting for sustainability jobs, architecture jobs, energy consultant jobs, engineering jobs, infrastructure jobs, water jobs, construction jobs, renewable energy jobs, sustainable transport and environmental jobs.