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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HSE warns against dry cutting

HSE has issued guidance making dry cutting of engineered stone illegal and demanding the use of lower silica content materials, pointing to the risk of silicosis, following the deaths of two workers in the sector.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 11 May, 12:48

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TCPA chief joins Cratus

Fiona Howie, chief executive of the Town and Country Planning Association, has moved to Cratus Group, where she is now director of communities and placemaking.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 11 May, 12:17

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Strike starts at Crane BS&U

Members of the GMB union at Crane BS&U, part of the Process Flow Technologies division of US-owned Crane Co, have started strike action in Hitchin.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 11 May, 12:07

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Fox buys DSD, Moore

Construction materials distribution and construction services business Fox Group has acquired surfacing specialist DSD Construction and concrete supplier Moore Readymix, backed by investor Stellex Capital Management ,who say they are aiming to build a circular economy business.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 11 May, 11:26

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Epiroc tunnels in Himalayas

Epiroc has supplied mechanised rock excavation equipment for parts of a job in Shimla, India, where drill and blast was not suitable.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 11 May, 07:30

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