When you contact the Tandem office you can be assured of a friendly and helpful reception. We fully appreciate that job hunting can be a frustrating and demoralizing experience and that some people who have not used an agency before are unsure of how we work.

We deal with both temporary and permanent employment in the fields of Industrial/Engineering, Commercial and Shipping. When you initially make contact one of our experienced consultants will have a brief chat with you to establish your situation and to determine how best we can help you. It is likely that for Engineering, Commercial and Shipping vacancies we will need a CV from you. (Some hints on writing a successful CV can be found on this site). If at all possible it is best to send this by email.

Once we have an understanding of your background and what it is that you are looking for we will be able judge whether we are likely to be able to help you at the present time and whether it is worth your while coming into our offices to formally register – we prefer not to waste people’s time and we understand how disheartening it can be to register with an agency and never hear from them so, if we have nothing to suit you immediately we will keep your details on file and will contact you once a potentially suitable opportunity arises.

If, however, we think that we have a position that may suit you an appointment will be made for you to come to our office in Ipswich. We will ask you to bring certain documentation with you as we are required by law to check your identity and to verify that you are eligible to work in the UK.

The registration process will take up to an hour. Initially you will be seated in our waiting room and given an application form to complete, along with a booklet that explains how we operate. Industrial candidates will also be given a numeracy and literacy test.

The following registration interview is relatively informal and lasts anything from half an hour to forty-five minutes. During this time our consultant will go through your registration form and CV (if you have one) discussing your previous employment and establishing your skills and aspirations. If you have responded to an advert and or have been invited to register for a particular role the consultant will detail the job specification and give you as much background information on the company as possible.

Once registration is complete we will explain the next stage of the job seeking process to you. It may be that we are going to forward your details to a client or, for temporary vacancies, we may need to follow up references.

Whatever your situation we will keep you informed at all times and will do our utmost to help you find the right position for you.

Our service to candidates is free of charge.