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News, hiring tips and market insight from the Andy File Associates team.
If you have tried to hire a maintenance engineer, a design engineer or a skilled technician in the last year, you will recognise the pattern. The advert goes ou
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Most job adverts in the UK still leave the money out. "Competitive salary" and "salary depending on experience" have been the default for years, and until now t
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Blog post October 2026 This month, we have FINALLY gotten around to celebrating our amazing last year with a team meet up in Harrogate. The Orchid (great choice
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Blog post September 2026 This month, we’re proud to be supporting local grassroots talent at Dronfield Rugby Club , celebrating players who embody commitment, c
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Blog post August 2026 Congratulations to Jess! We are celebrating Jess and her new husband Jordan this month as she is now MRS File! (She’s keeping the File nam
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Blog post July 2026 Happy 17th Birthday to AFA!! We are celebrating 17 years of hard work with a new website! Mike Stevens has given us a re-vamp and we couldn’
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Andy File Monthly Insight Welcome to our June update – what a month May was! We were proud to be Sponsors at the recent FORGE 2026 event held at the Octagon. Where we were proud to be Sponsoring Damian Hughes from The High Performance Podcast. This great event was put on by Jon Asquith
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Andy File Monthly Blog May 2026 Andy File Monthly Insight How can employers get more value from interviews? One simple answer: use the STAR method — and not just for candidates. When interviews rely on vague or generic questions, it’s hard to see how someone really performs at work. STAR-based questioning changes that by
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Partnering for Success: Supporting AAG IT Services in Welcoming Ben Bedford and Sam Woodward At Andy File Associates, we’re proud to work with forward-thinking and local businesses like AAG IT Services. These companies understand the power of recruiting the right people at the right time. That’s why we’re delighted to see two talented professionals, Ben
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Happy Birthday to us! June sees us celebrate 15 years of Andy File Associates and once again we’d like to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to all our clients, candidates and suppliers who have helped us over the years, without the support offered by people like you, we’d not be where
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Another great month saw the team break our previous revenue targets bringing more good news! Given June will see AFA celebrate its 15th anniversary we’re on a real high at the moment. With the wealth of experience the team have brought in contributing to the success over the years, we’re excited to see
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Welcoming new talent & highlighting new opportunities. April saw the team make 17 placements across a variety of sectors with everyone contributing to an outstanding Month for us! Some of us were out on the road attending Chesterfield Business Expo and Blades in Business, where we had the pleasure of hearing Johnny Nelson MBE talk.
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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
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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
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In what feels like a lifetime of restrictions, the world of recruitment has been turned upside down with many having to adapt to new ways of working. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, we’ve managed to get by, using virtual interviews to align candidates to clients. As we move towards establishing a sense of
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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
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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: An Experienced Customer Service – With 14 years’ experience in managing and developing customer service departments –
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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 –
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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
Read moreFantastic 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 2nd Line Engineer FLT Driver Sales
Read moreWhat a fantastic start to 2020 with many happy clients and candidates. Please see below the type of vacancies that we have filled in January. In South Yorkshire Electrical Assembly Operative Site Technician Marketing Assistant Cleaner x 2 Credit Controller CSCS Card Labourer x 4 Customer Service Advisor Production Planner Auto Electrician
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Andy File Associates are delighted to announce that we are sponsoring a board at Doncaster Knight‘s Castle Park for the 2019/20 season. Managing Director Andy File has been heavily involved with the Knights and delighted to become a sponsor of the of club. “We have been down to events at Castle Park before and last
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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 OperativeSME TelemarketerEmployment Law ParalegalCleanerCredit Controller x 2 CSCS Card Labourer Driver’s Mates x 5Purchasing Administrator Stores Person (FLT Driver) Production OperativeProduction Administrator In Derbyshire Accounts AssistantTechnical Sales SupportTransport Planner
Read moreWe 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
Read moreIn South Yorkshire Stores SupervisorStores Team Leader Customer Service Advisor x3Estimator x 2Social Media ExecutiveTest Bus DriverCSCS Card Labourer x3Warehouse 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
Read morePlease 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 AdministratorAllocator Sales Order ProcessorMaintenance EngineerProduct Controller In West Yorkshire Customer Service Advisor Maintenance Engineer In Nottinghamshire Site Technician x 3 To see our current vacancies
Read morePlease 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 3Calibration Technician Driver Mate x 4 PI Auditor Allocator x 2 Sales Order ProcessorField Maintenance Engineer In West Yorkshire Fleet Administrator Cleaner In Nottinghamshire Site Technician
Read moreWe know it’s difficult enough to recruit the right person with the right approach at the best of times, but when your chosen location is expanding and growing fast, the talent pool can become extremely shallow in a very short space of time. Talent is a finite resource, and when your competitors start to expand
Read morePlease see below the variety of vacancies filled by the team in July: In Derbyshire: Assembly Operatives IPAF Holders MIG and TIG Welder Receptionist Control Panel Builder In North Yorkshire Business Development Executive Lab Technician In South Yorkshire 2nd Line Support Accounts Assistant Assembly Operatives Calibration Technician Electrical Assembly
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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
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How long have you worked in recruitment for? I’ve worked in recruitment now for over 30 years Who have you worked for and what positions? I started my career in recruitment working for Adecco many years back as an IT Trainer when they started life as Alfred Marks and then through mergers/acquisitions became Adia
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This year Andy File Associates will be giving back to the local community and we have chosen Rotherham Hospice to give a donation to in lieu of Christmas gifts. Andy File and the team think that Rotherham Hospice is a worthy cause and would like to make a gift donation this year to support
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There are recruiting agencies that match CV to Job Spec all the time rather than matching a person and their personality to the client. Recruitment relies heavily on minimum experience needed for a role, with companies only looking for specific experience or only having the ‘X-Factor’ instead of looking for someone who has the potential
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We explore every channel available when sourcing candidates but this weekend saw Andy File Associates Software and Marketing Consultant Ben Saxton take it to extremes! Ben took on the Long Mynd Hike, on a unique challenge in the Shropshire hills. This is a 24hour, 50 mile challenge that can be either hiked or run and includes
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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
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Unemployment has recently fallen to its lowest level since 2008 bringing new challenges for business owners and HR teams. In the current climate talented, qualified and experienced professionals are in demand, what are you doing to retain your current staff?
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As riders prepared to ride through the rolling hills of South Yorkshire including the ascent of the iconic Holme Moss, part of the 2014 Tour de France’ journey through Yorkshire, our team was there to support them over the finishing line.
Read moreAs Team Cystic Fibrosis took to their saddles and rode through the streets of Barnsley, the team cheered on from behind the banners, proud to sponsor this year’s Barnsley Bike race for Cystic Fibrosis.
Read moreWhen a job role becomes available, most companies will receive a job specification and create an advert from it. The advert could be placed within publications or on specific job sites, but is this really the best way of finding the right candidate?
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