Industry focus

Employers across all industries can access the following services and resources through TalentScotland

International talent attraction

Only our international talent attraction services including employer profiling and job advertising, are restricted to employers in

  • Life sciences
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Electronics
  • Games 

In an ideal world, Scotland’s own talent pool would always deliver the skills you need, when you need them, at the experience level required.  Most employers recruit locally without a problem.  

However, this is not the case in life sciences, energy, financial services, electronics and games industries, where research has shown that Scottish based companies need to compete globally for experienced and specialised staff.    

TalentScotland's profile raising activities and jobs signposting, together with our lifestyle information are all designed to establish Scotland as a career destination of choice.  We help give employers in these industries a competitive edge when they need to attract scarce skills from outside Scotland.

Our industry focus may change over time as specific Scottish skill shortages are established.