Zitko Group are delighted to announce their new membership with the ISIA, a specialised industry association representing companies in the private security sector in Ireland; a move that also comes wi ...

There is no doubt that Zitko is unique in the way that kindness and empathy are instilled in its identity, and while I am so proud to work here and contribute to its culture, it is a disheartening reality that so many other companies don’t share it's values.

When I last wrote to you, we were just coming out of lockdown and the industry was really starting to gather pace and I warned of increasing candidate shortages and a greater demand for skilled people.

Tim’s known throughout the industry for his expertise in implementing and managing multi-region RPO services. During a 25-year career he’s helped many international engineering, tech and professional companies...

The company, which is part of the Chubb Group, provides high-end access control, CCTV, intruder, and intercom systems for customers across the EMEA region and has a long-standing relationship with the Zitko Group.

Finally, The Security Event took place at Birmingham NEC in early September, some 18 months after the industry last had the opportunity to come face to face at a gathering of this scale. And it certainly didn’t seem like it was a minute too soon.

Back in January I reported that the main challenges for senior leaders, business owners and HR professionals in 2021 would include the change in workforce design, flexible working arrangements, strategic workforce planning, diversity and inclusion, and talent shortages in critical skill sets.

Specialist Fire & Security resourcing consultancy Zitko has unveiled Talent: a new industry-wide training initiative designed to address the growing shortage of engineers trained for design, engineering, commissioning and support.

The specialist fire and security resourcing consultancy Zitko has unveiled Talent. The recruitment firm describes it as an industry-wide training initiative designed to address the growing shortage of engineers trained for design, engineering, commissioning and support.

The FIA has unveiled its participation as a founding member in a new, industry-wide initiative designed to attract and develop a new generation of fire protection engineers.

Zitko has launched Talent – a new training initiative designed to address the growing shortage of engineers trained for design, engineering, commissioning and support in the fire and security sector.

Mayflex has become a strategic partner to Zitko Talent: the new industry training initiative designed to fast-track entry level field engineers into Fire & Security.

When one of the UK’s leading Fire & Security companies needed to hire a number of hard-to-find field engineers, Zitko was their first choice partner.

We were awarded the assignment on an exclusive basis, with a brief to find engineers skilled and certified in both Fire and Security technologies.

Engineers tend to specialise on one or other field, so the assignment was challenging, especially with the additional requirement to fill the roles urgently across various locations.

Please reach out if you are struggling, mental health is just as important as physical health.

RESOURCING MULTIPLE FIELD SERVICE CONTRACTORS FOR A MAJOR NAME

The pandemic has made it difficult to predict demand from one month to the next when it comes to field service engineering. This makes the flexibility of employing contractors even more attractive.

In Autumn 2020 STANLEY Security Solutions approached our contracts team with a considerable challenge: resource a group of 8 – 10 contractors to support the company’s operations in various UK regions.

The requirement was for immediate start and the specification was strict: multiskilled Fire & Security Engineers who could deliver outstanding first fix rates on sophisticated systems.

It’s a fairly tough market in recruitment currently, so now more than ever transparency is key. With widespread redundancy over the last year, there are a lot of candidates who are accepting jobs that they wouldn’t have previously considered. This is likely to cause retention issues within 6-12 months, when a better suited job becomes available once the market improves.

It has never been more important for business to implement good health and well-being policies.