Career Advice

Here are a few pointers about how best to present your abilities to potential construction industry employers.

We hope you will find this section useful whatever your level of seniority from Graduate Quantity Surveyor to Commercial Manager, from Site Engineer to Project Director and all the roles and levels in between.

We want you to have confidence that you are doing everything you can to secure the best career move available to you.  Alongside using the right construction recruitment consultancy, take a look at the following steps in the recruitment process.

Writing a Good CV: Our advice on how to attract interest and get job interviews. Includes free downloadable "CV Builder" template

Writing Covering Letters: What do you need to say?

Job Interviews: How to prepare and conduct yourself

Job Offers and Feedback: How to turn a good interview into a job offer

Resignations and Counter Offers: How to anticipate problems and avoid burning your bridges

Starting a New Job: Preparing to start and getting settled in

Referrals/Recommend a Friend: Help your friends into a new job

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For practical advice on any aspect of job seeking, why not send us your Good CV with a Covering Letter and we can discuss the construction companies we can arrange you job interviews with.  Alternatively give the Maxim Recruitment office nearest to you a call to discuss your experience and our capability to assist you. 

 

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Gateshead contractor heads to the Falklands

A small civil engineering contractor from Gateshead has won a contract on the other side of the world.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 January, 08:45

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Murphy adds electric diggers to its fleet

Civil engineering contractor Murphy has invested in a pair of battery-powered 23-tonne excavators.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 January, 08:27

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Westminster adopts retrofit first policy

Westminster City Council is making developers consider retrofit first over demolition and reconstruction.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 January, 08:13

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Planning approved for Goole industrial park

Developers have secured planning consent for a 5.5 million sq ft industrial and logistics development in Goole.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 January, 07:46

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Persimmon expects recent growth to slow

A trading update from Persimmon reports a 12% increase in completions last year but numbers likely to be flat this year.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 January, 07:34

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