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Recruitment Agencies in Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire: Directory and Job Search Guide

Find verified recruitment agency routes for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire by sector, with official vacancy links, registration guidance, rights and fraud checks.

Looking for work in Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire? Start by choosing agencies that recruit for your target roles, then check their latest vacancies and registration instructions directly. The directory below is researched information, not a ranking or a guarantee of vacancies.

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Choose an agency by sector

  • Energy, offshore and engineering: Atlas NextWave, Cammach, Drillmar Resources, Orion Group, Strategic Resources, Team Recruitment and Tulloch Recruitment; also compare specialist vacancies on Hays or Reed.
  • Healthcare and social care: Search the current sector vacancies on Reed, Hays or Randstad, then check role-specific registration requirements.
  • Transport, logistics and industrial: Driver Hire, Blue Arrow and Tulloch Recruitment are useful starting points; verify licences and shift requirements in each advert.
  • Hospitality and temporary work: Blue Arrow and Search show temporary and sector routes on their official sites.
  • Office, administration, finance and IT: Eden Scott, Hays, Reed, Right People, Search, Strategic Resources, Randstad and TMM cover different professional markets; compare live adverts.
  • Multidisciplinary: Eden Scott, Hays, Orion Group, Reed, Search, Strategic Resources and Randstad operate across more than one discipline.

Sector labels describe evidence found on the agency’s current website. They do not mean that a vacancy is live in Aberdeen today.

Use the official links below to explore agency vacancies, candidate registration and contact routes. Agencies may serve Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire online without maintaining a local walk-in office.

Atlas NextWave

  • Sectors: Drilling, offshore energy, marine and rig operations, including technical and operational placements.
  • Coverage: International offshore recruitment, with a named Aberdeen drilling recruitment team.
  • Official site: Atlas NextWave
  • Jobs: Explore drilling careers
  • Contact: Use the recruitment team and application routes on the official drilling page.

Blue Arrow

aaa Consulting

  • Sectors: Specialist recruitment and people-strategy services, including space and workforce solutions.
  • Coverage: Aberdeen and Glasgow offices.
  • Official site: aaa Consulting
  • Contact: aaa Consulting contact route
  • Aberdeen office: Confirmed on the official contact page. A current public vacancies index was not found.

ASA Recruitment

Cammach

  • Sectors: Engineering, trades and construction, industrial, ROV and subsea, marine, decommissioning, drilling and wells, commercial, finance, HR, QHSE, supply chain and IT.
  • Coverage: Based in Aberdeen; recruitment across the UK and internationally.
  • Official site: Cammach
  • Vacancies: Cammach jobs
  • Registration: Cammach candidate registration
  • Aberdeen office: Confirmed by the official About page.

Drillmar Resources

  • Sectors: Drilling, well services, offshore energy, subsea, marine, technical and operations roles.
  • Coverage: Aberdeen-based and global energy recruitment.
  • Official site: Drillmar Resources
  • Vacancies: Drillmar jobs
  • Sector evidence: Drillmar services
  • Aberdeen base: See the agency’s official website.

Driver Hire

Eden Scott

Hays

  • Sectors: Professional and specialist recruitment across multiple disciplines.
  • Coverage: UK-wide online search and consultant support.
  • Official site: Hays
  • Vacancies: Hays job search
  • Contact: Hays contact route

Orion Group

  • Sectors: Engineering, skilled trades, energy, project personnel, supply chain and specialist services.
  • Coverage: UK-wide and international; the company describes itself as headquartered in the North of Scotland.
  • Official site: Orion Group
  • Vacancies and alerts: Orion jobs and candidate registration
  • Contact: Orion contact route

Reed

  • Sectors: Technology, engineering, health, accountancy, administration, construction, hospitality, social care and other sectors.
  • Coverage: UK-wide online recruitment.
  • Official site: Reed
  • Vacancies: Reed jobs
  • Contact: Reed contact route

Right People

  • Sectors: Accountancy and finance; IT; HR and business support; sales and marketing; supply chain.
  • Coverage: Aberdeen-focused specialist recruitment.
  • Official site: Right People
  • Vacancies: Search Right People vacancies.
  • Registration: Use the CV upload or job alerts available on the official site.
  • Sectors: Specialist recruitment across multiple industries, including permanent and temporary work.
  • Coverage: UK-wide recruitment.
  • Official site: Search
  • Vacancies: Search jobs
  • Contact: Search contact route

TMM Recruitment

  • Sectors: Permanent, temporary and contract recruitment, including professional, financial and operational roles.
  • Coverage: The official site presents a local North-east Scotland recruitment focus.
  • Official site: TMM Recruitment
  • Candidate route: TMM job-seeker guidance and send your CV
  • Coverage: North-east Scotland.

Strategic Resources

Team Recruitment

Randstad

Tulloch Recruitment

  • Sectors: Commercial; construction; engineering; industrial; offshore and trades.
  • Coverage: Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire recruitment, with current roles on its official job search.
  • Official site: Tulloch Recruitment
  • Vacancies: Search Tulloch jobs
  • Registration: Candidate guidance and CV submission via the official website.

How to register and apply

Registration is not a job offer. A sensible first pass is:

  1. Select two to four agencies whose current adverts match your role, location and working pattern.
  2. Read the full advert on the agency’s official site, including pay, hours, location, contract type and required evidence.
  3. Prepare a targeted CV and a short explanation of your relevant skills. Share right-to-work evidence only through a legitimate recruitment process and the official route requested.
  4. Register or send your CV through the official vacancy or candidate portal. Use the agency’s current official contact details.
  5. Record the agency, vacancy reference, date applied, recruiter name, next step and any documents shared.
  6. Follow up once, politely, using the official contact route. Continue applying directly to employers and public vacancy services.

Example enquiry

Hello, I am applying for [role title] in Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire. I have [brief relevant experience or qualification] and can work [availability]. I have read vacancy reference [reference] and would welcome advice on whether my experience matches. Please let me know the official registration steps and any evidence you need. Thank you, [name].

Newcomer and bridging-job guidance

If you are new to Scotland or changing career, use a bridging job as a realistic step rather than a promise of immediate progression. Examples can include warehouse, logistics, hospitality, administration, customer service or care-support routes, but each vacancy sets its own requirements.

Check whether you need a driving entitlement, a licence, a PVG or other disclosure, an SSSC/NMC registration, a qualification, a medical assessment or employer-specific training. Do not buy a certificate because a recruiter says it is generally useful; verify the requirement in the current advert or with the relevant official body.

Use the Bridging Jobs guide for a role-first approach, the Trades Careers guide for apprenticeships and trade requirements, and My World of Work for careers and learning support. A bridging role is not evidence that an employer will sponsor a visa.

Safety, fraud and your rights

  • Start with the agency’s official domain. Be wary of unexpected requests for money, gift cards, bank details, passport scans or identity documents before a genuine recruitment need is established.
  • Read GOV.UK employment agency and business guidance and agency-worker rights. An agency generally cannot charge a work-seeker a fee simply for finding or trying to find work; separate services must be explained clearly.
  • For care or regulated work, check the relevant SSSC registration, NMC registration or other role-specific regulator.
  • A recruiter, vacancy or employer name does not prove sponsorship. Check the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and current immigration rules yourself, or seek regulated advice.
  • For offshore work, use the OPITO approved-centre finder and verify the exact role requirement before paying for training.

Review date and limitations

Reviewed 11 November 2026. Agency activity, offices, sectors, registration routes and vacancies can change. Verify with the official agency before visiting, applying or sharing personal information. SCP provides career-development orientation, not recruitment guarantees, legal advice, immigration advice or sponsorship confirmation.

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