Careers Features – Page 3
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FeaturesGood Employer Guide 2014: Results analysis
With recruitment and retention once again critical issues for the industry, here’s how this year’s top 50 employers are luring and keeping hold of key staff
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FeaturesGood Employer Guide 2014: A focus on staff wellbeing
Mental health issues can be difficult to detect in the workplace - which means they can also be easy to ignore. But as this year’s guide shows, the best employers are those that are ready and able to heed the warning signs
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FeaturesExpat hotspots
Global construction is set to boom over the next decade, so where are UK construction consultants most in demand?
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FeaturesWhy be a distance learner?
More and more construction professionals who want to gain a competitive edge to progress their careers are turning to distance learning. Just don’t think of it as the easy option
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FeaturesTrouble at the top
Bad managers can have a big impact on staff morale and productivity levels, and they could even pose a serious threat to the industry’s upturn. So why are there so many of them?
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FeaturesSkills shortages: Let the right ones in
With the upturn in work has come predictions of a skills shortage. But the CIC’s Jack Pringle thinks the need for architects, QSs and engineers is already so critical that we should be sourcing them from outside the UK and Europe
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FeaturesCareers: Should I stay or should I go?
For young UK construction professionals looking with gloom at this country’s embattled industry, overseas work has long seemed a tempting prospect. But as work here picks up, can the UK retain and even regain its skilled staff? Mike Brown reports
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FeaturesA bit of BIM
In a crowded workplace, architecture graduates may find that knowing a bit about Building Information Modelling can make all the difference to getting a job
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FeaturesGood Employer Guide 2013: Seeds of contentment
Despite the financial drought, many businesses have still found a way to nurture their best talent. We look at what the best companies are doing, and how
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FeaturesGood Employer Guide 2013: Small in size, big on ideas
SMEs may not offer the fullest range of employee benefits and they certainly can’t sustain huge HR departments, but these restrictions can in fact make them very attractive employers
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FeaturesHave passport, will travel
A survey of built environment professionals reveals a surprising readiness to up sticks and move abroad for work
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FeaturesHow to be a Green Deal assessor
What’s involved in working as a Green Deal assessor, what training is required and what skills are needed? Read on to find out
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FeaturesFinding work after study
How do university courses support students in finding employment? We spoke to four built environment schools to find out what they offer
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FeaturesBlacklisting: A history of distrust, disunity and discord
Is the cause of blacklisting a fundamental flaw in the relationship between workers and their bosses?
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FeaturesIs learning getting harder?
Are employers still willing to support staff who want to gain more qualifications? James Clegg looks at the impact of the recession on opportunities for part-time study
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Features'I'll be back' - Why bosses return to run their companies
Why some bosses come back to save the companies they founded - with varying degrees of success
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FeaturesThe benefits creating the most buzz
Tough times have meant a shift in what employees value from their jobs. Debika Ray examines which benefits have emerged as the most sought-after in the altered landscape and what employers are doing to provide them
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FeaturesStaff benefits: What's it worth?
Building reports on the key trends in staff benefits among the most forward-thinking firms in construction
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FeaturesView from my office: Kevin Williams
The Faithful+Gould regional director can hear Jazz every Thursday evening in the summer months
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FeaturesContractor salary survey 2012: Signs of life
Find out the winners and losers in this year’s salary survey with our interactive tables and full analysis