Category: Careers
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CIOB apprentice of the month: ‘You can’t be what you can’t see’
Darcy Russell Darcy Russell is a Level 4 construction design & build technician at BDW Trading. What do you think is the most important issue facing the construction industry at the moment? I think it’s actually mental health. When you look at the statistics, it’s devastating, especially in the north-east where I live – it’s…
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CIOB apprentice of the month: Darcy Russell
Darcy Russell Darcy Russell is a Level 4 construction design & build technician at BDW Trading. What do you think is the most important issue facing the construction industry at the moment? I think it’s actually mental health. When you look at the statistics, it’s devastating, especially in the north-east where I live – it’s…
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‘My goal is to make construction accessible to young people’
The assistant framework manager at SCF Hampshire Council on choosing a construction career, Tomorrow’s Leaders, and changing perceptions in the industry. Yash Gore, SCF Hampshire Council What made you choose a career in construction? What else might you have done? Since I was a child, I had a keen interest in construction. I spent hours watching…
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One to watch: Yash Gore, SCF Hampshire Council
The assistant framework manager at SCF Hampshire Council on choosing a construction career, Tomorrow’s Leaders, and changing perceptions in the industry. Yash Gore, SCF Hampshire Council What made you choose a career in construction? What else might you have done? Since I was a child, I had a keen interest in construction. I spent hours watching…
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Job spotlight: site supervisor, Tarmac
A setback during the pandemic helped Alexander Michael, packed aggregate and macadam site supervisor at Tarmac, find the right career path. He spoke to Nadine Buddoo. What attracted you to a career in construction? I have always taken an interest in learning how things work and are constructed. Like many, this started with Lego and…
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Five top tips for construction job interviews
Preparing for your next career move? Here Dave Stitt FCIOB, professional certified coach at DSA Building Performance, shares some essential advice for construction professionals hoping to ace a job interview. Check out the back page of your CV. As an interviewer many years ago, I would look at the back page first. What are they into?…
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Tales from a globetrotting MCIOB engineer
Engineer Adam Jeffery MCIOB has spent the past decade working in three global cities: first in London, then in New York, before returning to his native Melbourne. He tells Rod Sweet about these three very different construction cultures. Over the next five years, he worked on projects including student accommodation at the Royal College of…
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Third of young would consider construction career, CIOB survey shows
However, CIOB said, if construction roles such as site managers, skilled trades, designers, architects and surveyors are excluded from careers advice provided in schools, young people will not take up construction apprenticeships and the skills gap will persist. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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CIOB apprentice of the month: Brent Richardson
The Level 4 construction design and build technician, BDW Trading – Barratt, talks about apprenticeships, technological advances and his favourite project. What’s one piece of advice you’d give to someone enrolling onto a construction apprenticeship? Don’t be afraid to ask questions. You will never be bothering anyone by showing interest to learn – in fact…
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Tomorrow’s Leaders show how to master networking
Attendees practise their networking at the event in Manchester Taking the awkwardness out of networking and making it work for you was the theme of an event, Master Your Networking Game, held at Manchester Metropolitan University by CIOB’s Tomorrow’s Leaders, Generation 4 Change (G4C) and Constructing Excellence. Recognising that a lot of people starting out in…