Kate Dowden
Account Manager – Engineering & Manufacturing
Year started in recruitment: 2019
Market area:
Kate started with Insignis in June 2022, utilising her previous recruitment experience and applying it to the values and culture here at Insignis.
Skills area:
Kate covers the aerospace and automotive sectors, building relationships with key client contacts, and candidates, and ensuring a smooth and successful recruitment process.
Fun fact:
In her spare time, Kate enjoys socialising and playing the piano, with the occasional binge-watch of TV with a takeout!
“Insignis approached me in January 2020 regarding a new opportunity in Dubai. From the first conversation to the last goodbye, Insignis were fantastic and unbelievably professional. I was in contact almost daily with the team, receiving updates through each stage of the hiring process. My career has really taken a jump thanks to their fantastic work."
Aaron - Lead Security Operations Analyst
Candidate
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“ The Insignis team has been instrumental in helping me secure 2 positions, one contract and the other permanent. I have been very impressed by their professionalism and resourcefulness; they always respond to my queries swiftly, are highly efficient and very pleasant.”
David - Systems Engineer
Candidate
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“The process was very smooth. Seb from Insignis messaged me on LinkedIn regarding graduate cyber security positions. Received a call soon after, received updates constantly and received an interview with a global security company!”
Beverley, Graduate role
Candidiate
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"Really a great team of professionals. Recommended"
Alin - Production Engineer
Candidate
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“A friendly bunch who certainly put the effort in to get successful results, especially commendable in the current situation. The best I’ve dealt with for some time. “
Andy - Engineering Director
Candidate
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“I have used Insignis for some time now and have been very impressed with their industry knowledge & their willingness to fulfil the roles with enthusiasm. They never give up even when faced with the toughest of roles and unlike other agencies they keep in regular contact, even if they have no news. The consultants are all very knowledgeable and provide us with a professional service, whilst keeping a sense of humour! You do get the feeling that it isn't all about targets and money for these consultants, they want to provide you with an excellent customer service too.”
Debbie Clarke
Client
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“The team listen to the brief and ask questions so are on point every time with the quality and calibre of their candidates.”
Armed Forces
Client
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“We have used Insignis as a recruitment partner for a number of years and have found them to be consistently brilliant at filling our Software Engineering and Cyber Security vacancies. The staff at Insignis demonstrate integrity in abundance and they remain our go-to supplier for technical personnel when our internal recruitment team needs assistance."
Peter Lovell, Director of Talent Acquisition
Client
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“Insignis has provided my business with exceptional candidates of the highest calibre. We have been consistently impressed with their personal and professional level of service, their ability to grasp what we are looking for in a candidate, and with how quickly candidates are presented to us for interviewing. I can thoroughly recommend their services as that’s why Insignis remains our exclusive choice when searching for Engineering and Manufacturing technical recruits.”
Labcold
Client
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“Due to the project nature of our business, we identified the need to appoint a trusted recruitment partner to manage our temporary skilled workforce. STR Group and Insignis were appointed as our Managed Service Provider, and over the last 7 years has to have met all the challenges associated with the scaling up and down of our projects. Their on-site account management team has handled everything for us – sourcing and screening, onboarding and induction, and daily workforce management."
Shawcor
Client
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“Their holistic approach towards hiring has always helped us shorten the resource onboarding timeline and most importantly maintain high standards by getting access to the pre-screened resources. We always approach the Insignis team for senior and critical roles and for specialised projects which need highly-skilled resources in Cyber Security. One of our marquee projects in Dubai for a large telecom operator is currently being successfully led by the Insignis team who have helped us hire very swiftly.”
Security HQ
Client
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“Insignis is part of our PSL for additional support with niche roles. The roles that Insignis has supported us on are a variety of skills and we use Insignis because they have a good database of candidates with particular experience that suits our needs. In my experience I have always found the team to be very responsive to requests, they take time to understand our exact needs and provide additional market information when required. We have worked together for a number of years and I would have no hesitation in recommending their service.”
BAE Maritime Services
Client
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“I have worked alongside Insignis since June 2021 on the AMS account and have found my Account Manager to be driven, hardworking and always willing to go the extra mile to deliver high quality CVs against the set timeframes and always meeting our expectations and communicating with us every step of the way. I find Insignis a joy to work with.”
PSR (Public Sector Resourcing)
Client
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“I was excited to talk to a company who has a strategic and holistic approach to recruiting with a strong focus not only on the qualification process but also assuring and helping us in the handholding processes with the candidates. In today’s world, it is vital that the candidate experience is positive and Insignis is a progressive recruitment consultancy that obviously understands the change transformation in the workforce, the current recruiting trends on the market and are able to think in alignment with HR professionals. I will definitely be working with this company again.”
Ecksteen
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