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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Industry News

Equipment sales up at Haulotte

Haulotte has released first half results, showing equipment sales up 9% to €234m. Rental sales fell from €12m to €8m, and services dipped to €34m from €37m, for total revenue growth of 5%, hitting €276m from €234m.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 September, 07:07

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Dalcour Maclaren director to target growth

Dalcour Maclaren has appointed Mike Kelly as director of growth, focusing on the consultancy's environment and planning businesses.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 September, 06:52

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Bovis moves in Manchester

Bovis Construction (Europe) Limited has moved into a new office at Northspring | Peter Street, in Manchester city centre.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 September, 06:44

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Groundforce supports live water works expansion

Groundforce Shorco has worked with Mott MacDonald Bentley on a £56m project to expand the capacity of a Severn Trent Water site in Warwick.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 September, 06:35

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GMI, Bywater top out low carbon office

GMI Construction Group and developer and investment manager Bywater have topped out 35 Fountain Street in Manchester.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 8 September, 07:50

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