The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been steadily growing with many seeing it as a tick boxing exercise or ‘doing our bit for charity.’

However, over the past year for many charitable organisations CSR has become a lifeline and the role businesses play within the community has become one that is supportive and generous.

In a survey carried out by experience data company – Qualtrics – 500 full time UK employees were questioned on their attitude towards CSR and out of those taking part, almost half revealed their employer had set up a CSR project in response to COVID-19.

CSR can also benefit employers in retaining staff as results also revealed 81% of respondents were proud of their company and 59% more likely to be engaged at work if their company participates in charitable initiatives – that’s 11 points increase from the same survey carried out in 2020.  Sixty eight percent of those asked believed their company should invest in CSR or charitable initiatives (up nine points from 2020). These increases do indicate employee attitude towards CSR has altered as a result of the pandemic.

CSR at Andy File Associates

Supporting local grass route sporting clubs has been a constant from the very beginning at Andy File Associates and no matter how difficult the past year has been, we’re proud to say our support continued.

It comes as no surprise that local sporting clubs have suffered as a result of COVID-19 with many participants becoming inactive.  According to Sport England’s Active Lives Adult survey, there’s now 1.2m more inactive adults in the UK, that’s 12.3m in total (27.1% of the total population).

Tim Hollingsworth Chief Executive of Sport England was recently quoted saying ‘it’s been challenging for people to play sport and be active over the last year, however many more opportunities are now available thanks to the easing of restrictions.’ While  this  is a positive outlook, many clubs face the  major challenge of restoring pre-pandemic activity  levels.

We hope our CSR contribution will help the clubs we support get back up to speed. We’re so proud to support the following local sporting clubs:

• Sponsorship of Dronfield Rugby Club
• Sponsorship of Gosforth Field Sports Association
• Sponsorship of the summer tournament at Porter Football Club
• Sponsorship of two players at Rotherham Town Cricket Club – Habil Malik and Ben King-Smith

A big welcome to Harry Greaves who joins the Andy File Associate team as Student Consultant during his summer break while studying at University of Manchester.

Harry is the fourth addition to the AFA family in the past month as the business continues to grow in response to the increase in clients and candidates.

Andy File Managing Director said: “We’re all thrilled to have Harry on board as extra resource through the summer. Utilising students during the holiday period is a win-win situation for both parties as new staff can be employed quickly and get straight into work- from their perspective it provides them with the experience of working in a professional setting, learning new skills which they can utilise during their studies.

“Young adults account for almost two-thirds of job losses since the pandemic according to Office of National Statistic so availability is there ready to be scooped up.

“We wish Harry the very best of luck in his interim role with us, he is a great asset and we hope to provide him with some life-long new skills ready for his future career.”

Get to know the rest of the AFA team! If you would like more information about student availability across the summer holiday, get in contact with us now on 01709 717841, or click here.

It’s an exciting time for Andy File Associates! We’re delighted to announce three new starters to help us meet client demands as the business continues to grow.

Despite the repercussions of the pandemic, we’ve experienced a spike in activity from companies looking to recruit and a vast market of skilled candidates ready for employment in what recent figures released by the Office of National Statics anticipate the start of economic recovery.

The existing team has been joined by one of Andy’s existing colleagues from 20 years ago, Tim Garrod who joins the team as Recruitment Partner specialising in technical and engineering employment.

Elizabeth Owen also joins the team as Marketing and Resourcing Executive, along with Natalie Wilkinson as Senior Administrator. Tim isn’t the first ex-colleague to join the Andy File Associates family. Tim follows in the footsteps of Rebecca, who also previously worked with Andy, and has been enjoying life at AFA for the past seven years.

The now team of eight will be expanding further with additional staff joining the business next month, so keep a look out for further announcements!

Andy File Managing Director of Andy File Associates, said: “It’s an incredibly busy time in the world of recruitment as the economy takes the first steps of recovery and we’re delighted at employing three new starters to embark on this journey with us to help meet the ever-increasing demand of candidates and clients.

“Our recent expansion is a reflection of the current employment market as we’re busier now in comparison to pre-pandemic. This predicts an extremely positive outlook for the local economy and supports the recent figures released by the Office of National Statistics which revealed an increase rate of employment, a decrease of unemployment and a halt in redundancies.

“I would like to wish our new recruits the very best of luck in their career at Andy File Associates.”

Contact us now to see how we can help you find your dream job, or find your business that perfect candidate!

As a result of Andy File Associates working through these difficult times we have been talking and representing with some fantastic people that are looking for a new start. Here are couple of the people that are available:

– With 14 years’ experience in managing and developing customer service departments

– Worked within Retail, Production and Logistics

– Experience in developing new systems

Reference: PS/ 8004

Results-orientated Sales, Marketing and Operations Specialist

– Experience and a proven track record in running strategic campaigns and increasing market share for leading companies

– They offer a 360 solution that is proven to penetrate both B2B and B2C markets, retain clients and generate incremental increases in revenue year-on-year

– A creative individual, skilled in working cross-functionally to develop sales, marketing and operational plans to engage prospects, generate leads, and formulating compelling bespoke solutions that repeatedly win business.

An experience Maintenance Technician and Controls Engineer

With over 20 years within Automated Manufacturing and Special Purpose Machine Building environments and being responsible for the maintenance, design, programming, build, installation and commissioning of automated machinery has given me considerable experience in what is required to maintain and produce reliable user friendly control systems to a high standard.

Experience in:

– Siemens S5, S7, WinCC Flex, TIA Portal

– Siemens Sinumerik, Simodrive, Sinamics

– EPLAN Electric / Fluid, AutoCAD 2D Mech.

– Electrical Fault Finding, PLC debugging

Salary expectations: £48,000+

Reference: PS/ 7865

Senior Quality Engineer

An experienced engineer with over 20 years’ experience working in highly regulated industrial environments.
I am flexible, conscientious, capable and professional in my ability and duties.

Key Skills and Experience:

– Worked within the aerospace industry under an AS9100 Rev D quality system.

– Experience of working with Minitab statistical analysis software

– Excellent problem-solving skills, confident using multiple PPS methodology such as Ishikawa, 5 whys
and 8D

– Owning quality for the Unison Ring business unit, reducing non-conformance by over
45% in my first year and a further 10% in my second. As well as making process improvements that
made cost savings equivalent to approximately £80k in his first year.

Salary expectations: £35,000 +

Reference: PS/4422

Quality and Health and Safety Manager

30 years experience within laboratory and engineering with 26 years within quality based roles.

Key Skills and Experience:

– Experience in working to UKAS ISO17025 and Nadcap accredited Quality Management System in Mechanical, Metallurgy and Chemistry laboratories;

– Experience in reviewing of National, European and International Technical Standards

– Experience in taking the lead in external body and customer audits, e.g. UKAS, Nadcap etc;

Salary expectations: £32,000 +

Reference: PS/ 6115

If you are interested in knowing more about these candidates please contact us on 01709 717841 and quote the candidates reference number.

Since the Covid lockdown started back in March, Andy File Associates have been working with existing and new clients to help support them with their recruitment requirements and to help them through these testing times. Working as professionally and efficiently as always we have filled the following vacancies:

Account Manager – Derbyshire

Auto Electrician – South Yorkshire

Buyer – South Yorkshire

Fitters Mate – Nationwide

FLT Driver –South Yorkshire

General Operative – Nationwide

HR Recruitment Administrator – South Yorkshire

Labourers x 2 – Nationwide

Planning Administrator – South Yorkshire

Procurement Administrator – South Yorkshire

Sewing Machinist – South Yorkshire

Vehicle Maintenance Fitter – South Yorkshire

Welder – South Yorkshire

If you are looking for your next member of staff or you are looking for your next career move please don’t hesitate to contact us.

To see all our current vacancies please click here

Andy File Associates wishes you all the best, take care and stay safe during this time

Andy File Associates understands that this is a difficult time for everyone and with this in mind some of our clients are still working from their offices and some from home but continue to actively recruit new members of staff.

We remain positive and we would all like this unprecedented disruption to be over as soon as possible and for us all to be able to carry on and get back to normal life.

If you would like to recruit but you are worried about interviewing and concerned about organising future start dates then we are here to help.

We are managing our candidates’ expectations by letting them know that interview processes and timelines may change with potential employers deciding to move to hold interviews via telephone/video (Skype, WhatsApp, FaceTime etc.) rather than face to face to begin with and we are ready to help arrange these when required.

As a team we have over a 100 years experience between us and a good bank of available candidates for the majority of roles and lots of people who are looking for work.  So if we can help please don’t hesitate to let us know.

In the meantime, we will keep going and remember we are stronger together.

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Fantastic February for clients and candidates alike. Please see below the type of vacancies that we have filled in February.

In South Yorkshire

Accountant

Assembly Operative

Cleaner

Credit Controller

CSCS Card Labourer x 2

Customer Service Advisor

Driver’s Mate

Sales Administrator

Saw Operative

Site Technician

In Derbyshire

2^nd Line Engineer

FLT Driver

Sales Support Administrator

In West Yorkshire 

Customer Service Advisor

To see our current vacancies please click here

If you are looking for the right candidate/s for your vacancies please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We have been busy over the month of December and see below the various vacancies that we have filled.

In South Yorkshire

Warehouse Operative
Electrical Assembly Operative
SME Telemarketer
Employment Law Paralegal
Cleaner
Credit Controller x 2
CSCS Card Labourer
Driver’s Mates x 5
Purchasing Administrator
Stores Person (FLT Driver) Production Operative
Production Administrator

In Derbyshire

Accounts Assistant
Technical Sales Support
Transport Planner

In West Yorkshire

CNC Press Brake Operative

To see our current vacancies please click here

If you are looking for the right candidate/s for your vacancies please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We have been busy over the month of November and see below the various vacancies that we have filled.

In South Yorkshire

Investment Financial Advisor
Estimator
Mechanical Design Engineer
Fleet Administrator
Senior Process Engineer
CAD Engineer
CSCS Card Labourer x 2
Assembly Operative
Transport Planner
Stores Person (FLT Driver)
Customer Service Advisor

In Derbyshire

Warehouse Operative

In West Yorkshire

CNC Press Brake Operative x 3

To see our current vacancies please clickhere

If you are looking for the right candidate/s for your vacancies please don’t hesitate to contact us.

In South Yorkshire

Stores Supervisor
Stores Team Leader
Customer Service Advisor x3
Estimator x 2
Social Media Executive
Test Bus Driver
CSCS Card Labourer x3
Warehouse Operatives

In West Yorkshire

Customer Service Advisor
CNC Press Brake Operative x 2

To see our current vacancies please clickhere

If you are looking for the right candidate/s for your vacancies please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Please see below the variety of vacancies filled by the team in September:

In Derbyshire:

Assembly Operative x 3

In South Yorkshire

Assembly Operative
Mechanical Operative
Driver Mate x 5
Administrator
Allocator
Sales Order Processor
Maintenance Engineer
Product Controller

In West Yorkshire

Customer Service Advisor
Maintenance Engineer

In Nottinghamshire

Site Technician x 3

To see our current vacancies please clickhere

If you are looking for the right candidate/s for your vacancies please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Please see below the variety of vacancies filled by the team in August:

In Derbyshire:

Assembly Operative x 3
Receptionist
2nd Line Support

In South Yorkshire

Assembly Operative x 3
Calibration Technician
Driver Mate x 4
PI Auditor
Allocator x 2
Sales Order Processor
Field Maintenance Engineer

In West Yorkshire

Fleet Administrator
Cleaner

In Nottinghamshire

Site Technician x 2

To see our current vacancies please clickhere


If you are looking for the right candidate/s for your vacancies please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Andy File Associates is cementing their place in South Yorkshire after renewing their membership with both Sheffield and Rotherham and Barnsley Chamber of Commerce.

To celebrate the continued partnership, Andy File Associates are offering a 10% discount off standard terms to fellow Chamber members.

Over the eight years of trading, Andy File Associates has gone from strength-to-strength, opening offices in Sheffield and Rotherham with the number of staff tripling in size.

Andy File, managing director of Andy File Associates said: “Our continued relationship with both the Chambers is a positive move for our business. Being a Chamber member opens the doors to the business community, allowing us to maximise our reach to all areas across South Yorkshire.

In honour of our continued success as a Chamber member, we are offering a 10% discount to other Chamber Members.”

Covering the whole of the UK, the agency not only recruits for businesses across South Yorkshire but as far as London and Bristol with specialist divisions in Events and Exhibitions, Law, FM, Sales and Marketing, IT Sales and Support.

To see the deal in more detail please click on the chamber that you are a member of:

Barnsley/Rotherham

Sheffield

Caption (LtoR): Ben Saxton (Senior Associate), Anne Braithwaite (Senior Associate), Daniel Owen (Branch Manager), Kelly Blunt (Head of Exhibitions and Events), Rebecca Thomas (Associate) and Andy File (MD)

Its celebrations all around for one local recruitment agency as the doors to their new site in Rotherham are officially open.

Andy File Associates whose head office is at The Aizlewood Mill in Sheffield has opened a third office on Bawtry Road at Wickersley having offices already in Sheffield and Doncaster. Closely located to the M18, it’s ideal for both candidates and clients visiting from across the UK.

This is a positive move for the firm, which was established six years ago and over the recent years has seen the number of staff members triple in size.

This new venture also has a new leader. Daniel Owen, (31) has been with the firm for over two years and has been promoted from Senior Associate to Branch Manager.

Daniel said: “This is a great opportunity for the company and I am very proud to be heading up this new adventure. I’ve seen the business flourish over the past two years and it is continuing to grow – it’s exciting times ahead for Andy File Associates.”

Covering the whole of the UK, the agency not only recruits for businesses across South Yorkshire but as far as London and Bristol with specialist divisions in events and exhibitions, law, FM, sales and marketing, IT sales and support.

For more information please visit www.andyfileassociates.com

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