Relocating to Hong Kong: A Personal View

Relocating to Hong Kong: A Personal View

This October, I left Australia and moved to Hong Kong to join the Maxim team as a construction recruitment consultant.  For me, the transition to life and work in Hong Kong was smooth partly beca

“Selamat Dating !” Get Your Career Back On Track With Rail in Malaysia!

“Selamat Dating !” Get Your Career Back On Track With Rail in Malaysia!

“Selamat Dating !”  Get Your Career Back On Track With Rail in Malaysia!Regular readers of the Maxim Recruitment newsletter and blog will know all about the fantastic career opportuni

Is it Worth Putting Time Into Preparing Your Construction Industry CV?

Is it Worth Putting Time Into Preparing Your Construction Industry CV?

In my job as a recruitment consultant, I must read around 500 CV’s per week and it is apparent to me that some people are not doing themselves justice when it comes to writing their CV which is potentially wasting access to the job opportunities that are out there.

Find the Right Construction Job Overseas

Find the Right Construction Job Overseas

So you’re looking for a construction job overseas! The question then becomes, ‘How do I go about finding the right job for me?’

The Taxation of Australian Construction Expats

The Taxation of Australian Construction Expats

In the 2009 Federal Budget the Australian Government announced a significant change to the tax treatment of income earned by Australian resident individuals who are working overseas in a variety of occupation including the building & civil engineering construction industry, effective from the 2009/10 tax year.

Abandoning Your Construction Job in Libya, Egypt or Tunisia & the Possible UK Tax Implications

Abandoning Your Construction Job in Libya, Egypt or Tunisia & the Possible UK Tax Implications

Advice offered to construction expats who have left Egypt, Libya & Tunisia by Martin Rimmer at tax & financial advisors "The Fry Group":In the last few days HM Revenue & Customs has confir

Singapore: A country experiencing economic growth – pt 2

Singapore: A country experiencing economic growth – pt 2

This time, In Focus looks at the role that government has to play in inward investment, some of the civic construction projects being planned, and the future of the sector as a whole and the prospects for those working there.

Why India? Part two - roads

Why India? Part two - roads

Maxim recruitment analyses the leading projects in India and why UK construction expatriates should migrate there

Why India? Part One - Infrastructure

Why India? Part One - Infrastructure

Maxim recruitment analyses the leading projects in India and why UK construction expatriates should migrate there

Fill Construction Jobs Overseas or Watch World Cup Football?: A Construction Recruiter's Dilemma

Fill Construction Jobs Overseas or Watch World Cup Football?: A Construction Recruiter's Dilemma

As everyone knows, World Cup 2010 has begun in South Africa. Recruiters have the trouble of balancing a never ending international construction recruitment workload with their eagerness to see England triumph on the World stage. The four week spectacle brings with it hope, excitement, joy but possibly eventual heartache for every England fan.

UK Expats: Are you Maximising Your Income from Working Abroad?

UK Expats: Are you Maximising Your Income from Working Abroad?

77% are Not Preparing their Expat Finances Properly!The recruitment consultants at Maxim Recruitment are experts in finding UK expats quantity surveying & construction jobs, not offering financial

The Pros & Cons of Working in Saudi Arabia

The Pros & Cons of Working in Saudi Arabia

At the end of April 2009, we visited 3 locations in Saudi Arabia as part of a construction trade mission to see first hand the employment opportunities and the type of lifestyle and social conditions