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{{Short description|Workforce recruiting company}}
{{Infobox company
| former_name = Marchfield Engineering Resources, Air Energi, Swift Worldwide Resources.
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = Employment
| founded = 1979
| founder = Ian Langley
| hq_location_city = Houston, Manchester, Singapore
| key_people = Janette Marx (CEO)
| services = Talent Acquisition, Global Employment & Mobility, Swift Worldwide Resources
| owner = [[Wellspring Capital Management]], Reiten and Co
| num_employees = 1,000
| website = https://www.airswift.com
}}
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'''Airswift''' is an international workforce recruiting company operating in the technical and engineering sectors. Founded in 1979 by Ian Langley as Marchfield Engineering Resources and later renamed as Air Energi. After officially merging with Swift Worldwide Resources became Airswift.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-14 |title=Oil Workers Expect More Pay Raises Amid Competing Job Offers |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-14/oil-workers-expect-more-pay-raises-amid-competing-job-offers |access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Workers leave fossil fuel, mining jobs for greener pastures – DW – 01/18/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/mining-and-fossil-fuel-brain-drain-as-workers-seek-greener-jobs/a-63999861 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>
== History ==
Airswift was established in 1979 and originally called Marchfield Engineering Ltd. This was a company owned by Frank Sadler, who was a CAD Draftsman. Ian Langely, Frank’s nephew, joined the business in 1988 to set up the technical staffing business. Ian purchased the company from Frank in 1995 and changed the name of the business to Air Resources, which later became Air Energi. Swift Worldwide Resources was founded in 1981 by Pat Swift, who was a commissioning engineer in the North Sea. He wanted a reliable company to payroll his employees through, so he started his own.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-10-07 |title=Air Energi Group completes £100m MBO |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/air-energi-group-completes-100m-799921 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Swift Worldwide Resources - Company, United States - SWFI |url=https://www.swfinstitute.org/profile/5e39a608fcbe7e8ca7278dba |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.swfinstitute.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Air Energi and Swift Worldwide Resources combine in strategic merger of equals |date=2016-01-27 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/air-energi-and-swift-worldwide-resources-combine-in-strategic-merger-of-equals-300210732.html |language=en |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref>
In 2021, Airswift merged with another former competitor, Competentia, one of the largest in the world workforce solution provider, to support the mining and technology sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World – Airswift and Competentia merge to create powerhouse technical workforce solutions provider |url=https://www2.staffingindustry.com/eng/Editorial/Daily-News/World-Airswift-and-Competentia-merge-to-create-powerhouse-technical-workforce-solutions-provider-58096 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www2.staffingindustry.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-21 |title=Airswift Competentia merger spurs global digital recruitment |url=https://energydigital.com/technology-and-ai/airswift-competentia-merger-spurs-global-digital-recruitment |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=energydigital.com |language=en}}</ref>
Airswift was listed in the 2022 SIA report Largest Staffing Firms in the United States, a ranking of firms that generated at least $100 million in US staffing revenue in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Largest Staffing Firms in the United States: 2022 Update |url=https://www2.staffingindustry.com/Research/Research-Reports/Americas/Largest-Staffing-Firms-in-the-United-States-2022-Update |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www2.staffingindustry.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Airswift authors the Global Energy Talent Index, an annual report on employment, skills and salary trends in the energy sector.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workers leave fossil fuel, mining jobs for greener pastures – DW – 01/18/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/mining-and-fossil-fuel-brain-drain-as-workers-seek-greener-jobs/a-63999861 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharafedin |first=Bozorgmehr |date=2021-01-12 |title=Third of oil and gas workers faced pay cut in 2020 due to pandemic, survey shows |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/third-oil-gas-workers-faced-pay-cut-2020-due-pandemic-survey-shows-2021-01-12/ |access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref>
On 4 August 2023, Airswift signed a share purchase agreement with [[Worley (company)|Worley]] regarding the acquisition of Energy Resourcing, which is a global recruitment and contractor management business. Energy Resourcing was the inhouse technical staffing arm of Worley globally, serving Worley as well as external clients.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleeson |first=Daniel |date=2023-08-11 |title=Worley sells ERG recruitment and contractor management company to Airswift |url=https://im-mining.com/2023/08/11/worley-sells-erg-recruitment-and-contractor-management-company-to-airswift/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=International Mining |language=en-GB}}</ref>
=== Operations ===
Airswift is headquartered in Houston, Manchester and Singapore, with operations in 70 countries worldwide. It provides services in talent acquisition (contract hire and professional search), global employment & mobility, managed solutions and consulting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World – Airswift and Competentia merge to create powerhouse technical workforce solutions provider |url=https://www2.staffingindustry.com/eng/Editorial/Daily-News/World-Airswift-and-Competentia-merge-to-create-powerhouse-technical-workforce-solutions-provider-58096 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www2.staffingindustry.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>{{buzzword inline|date=May 2023}}
== References ==
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[[Category:Human resource management consulting firms]]
[[Category:Employment agencies of the United States]]