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Architecture Salary Survey

Architecture Salary Survey

18/10/2022

2022 Architecture Salary Survey - help needed

We're conducting our first Architecture Salary survey and would love to hear your feedback. At Linear we work with you. We offer a truly consultative approach and want to work with the best clients, to …

Linear Recruitment Ownership Update

Linear Recruitment Ownership Update

28/09/2022

Linear Recruitment Ltd is now Employee owned

We are delighted to announce that the current owners have just completed a deal to move the ownership of Linear Recruitment into an Employee Ownership Trust.

This is fantastic news for all our staff who…

What's happening to Energy prices?

What's happening to Energy prices?

08/08/2022

It's impossible to escape talk of gas and electricity prices in the UK and projections for the prices in October 2022 and January 2023 when the price caps are reviewed are frightening. Our Rail|Power|Infrastructure Director Gareth Arnold looks int…

Architecture Sector Growth

Architecture Sector Growth

11/01/2022

We are delighted to welcome on board Elliot Birtwistle to the Linear Team.

Elliot has joined our Newcastle office and will be working within our in our Architecture & Design recruitment team. Elliot is originally from Oldham, but is relocating to…

Highest Paying Railway & Transport Jobs in the UK

Highest Paying Railway & Transport Jobs in the UK

24/09/2021

The data used to inform this article has been taken from Linear Recruitment’s internal salary data covering April 2020 to March 2021, analysing 40,000 salary data points on candidates we have placed in permanent and temporary roles, and is not indic…

Highest Paying Construction Jobs in the UK

Highest Paying Construction Jobs in the UK

16/09/2021

The data used to inform this article has been taken from Linear Recruitment’s internal salary data covering April 2020 to March 2021, analysing over 40,000 salary data points on candidates we have placed in permanent and temporary roles, and is not …

How to Prepare for a Job Interview

How to Prepare for a Job Interview

20/07/2021

Gareth TomkinsJuly 2021

As the Covid19 restrictions are starting to ease in the UK, here at Linear we are now seeing a huge increase in interviews including face to face job interviews, which is so pleasing to see. As a result we thought we would p…

What does a Recruitment Consultant do?

What does a Recruitment Consultant do?

26/05/2021

Geoff Taylor, our Operations Director, has a successful career as a Recruitment Consultant, having started out with Linear Recruitment over 18 years ago. Here he discusses the role in more detail, and what life as a Recruitment Consultant looks …

Meet Linear's Senior Management Team

Meet Linear's Senior Management Team

23/04/2021

We have the strongest and most professional management team we have ever had – of which two are “home grown”. Here we take a closer look at who they are, what they have achieved and what we have to look forward to at Linear.

Geoff Taylor – Operatio…

Q& A with Gareth Tomkins, Linear Recruitment's Managing Director

Q& A with Gareth Tomkins, Linear Recruitment's Managing Director

23/04/2021

As Linear Recruitment celebrates being in business for 20 years, we take the time to learn more about Gareth Tomkins, Linear Recruitment's Managing Director, and how he is driving the business forward.

It has been almost 15 years since Gareth Tomki…

An Interview with Adam Turner

An Interview with Adam Turner

23/04/2021

2021 really is an exciting year for Linear Recruitment as we celebrate our 20-year anniversary. How did it all start though, and what has the business had to deal with in those 20 years?Here Adam Turner, Linear’s Founder and current Chairman, explai…

Caroline Oberman: A BITA Business: What does the labour market look like Post Brexit?

Caroline Oberman: A BITA Business: What does the labour market look like Post Brexit?

09/04/2021

Our North West Regional Director Caroline Oberman has been an active member of the BITA Business Networking group for a while now, and had the opportunity to appear on A BITA Business recently, discussing views on the impact of Brexit and labour sho…