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Redundancy advice: top five tips
- 19 Mar 2009
In these tough times it is good to be prepared in case of redundancy. Here’s our top five tips to help you prepare for your return to work
Mexico’s construction opportunities
- 19 Mar 2009
The Central American country needs project and cost managers, and civil engineers
Advice for graduates in the recession
- 19 Mar 2009
From joining a volunteer organisation that builds schools in sunny Goa to stacking up on further qualifications, some tips for construction graduates in the recession
Hand over in a downturn
- 6 Mar 2009
The biggest challenge is valuation as in a downturn the value of the business goes down
Learn new skills in the recession
- 20 Feb 2009
This architectural technology mature student says use the recession to build your skills
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Starting out in construction
- 9 Feb 2009
Quantity surveyor, cost manager, engineer and architect graduates share their top tips on starting out in the construction industry
QS student argues a case for ePortfolios
- 30 Jan 2009
Personal development planning and ePortfolios have been introduced into curriculum activities as a mean of creating reflective capacity and active learning among students which in turn would make them more confident, competent and able to identify transferable skills, argues a quantity surveying student
Generation Y in the workplace
- 30 Jan 2009
Have 18 to 30 year olds been stereotyped as a bunch of cash greedy job hoppers or are they given an easy ride...
Undergraduate trainee schemes
- 30 Jan 2009
Education counts, but it needs to be combined with work experience. Plus, is the construction industry still a man's world, asks one young quantity surveyor
Women in construction education
- 30 Jan 2009
Construction education has come a long way and the issues are no longer gender related, says the university senior lecturer
Phase One: Westminster
- 30 Jan 2009
The Stirling prize-nominated building plays host to over 100 new professionals from across the construction industry
Phase One: Bristol
- 30 Jan 2009
Architects from White Design were among those speaking at Building's event for new construction professionals
Phase One: Edinburgh
- 30 Jan 2009
Networking construction newcomers get a peek at the Informatics Forum, Scotland's new world-class IT research facility
Phase One: Liverpool
- 30 Jan 2009
New construction professionals should sign up now for a place at Building’s next networking event featuring Claire McColgan
Working abroad: First person
- 30 Jan 2009
Working abroad has its advantaged but it can sometimes be a challenge, say three at the Virtual Grad Fair 2008
Coping with redundancy: Housing consultant
- 30 Jan 2009
Advice from a housing consultant who drastically changed his career following a redundancy
Meet the London Olympics team
- 27 Jan 2009
Meet the seven young people who’ve been given the chance to help build London 2012, one of the most high-profile projects the UK has ever seen
How to attract and retain staff
- 27 Jan 2009
Employers are finding that they have to search every talent pool, in every location using every method to find the right candidates for the right jobs due to the current skills shortage
How to tackle interview questions
- 16 Oct 2008
Preparing for a job interview can be nerve wracking, so that it why it is important that you put in the time and effort to prepare
Abu Dhabi’s construction opportunities
- 9 Oct 2008
The UAE capital is experiencing one of the most frenetic yet sustainable construction booms on the planet