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

Contact Us

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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Mainmark has helped complete an 18 month repair programme in Godstone for Surrey County Council, after a 20m long sinkhole opened, and subsequently revealed extensive mine works below the village.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 October, 07:30

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Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 October, 07:20

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The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association Scotland (CECA Scotland) have formed a new partnership aiming to tackle skills shortages in the sector.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 October, 07:04

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Robertson completes second Manchester fire station

Mayor of Greater Manchester Bev Craig has opened a new fire station in Whitefield built by Robertson Construction North West for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS).

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 October, 06:56

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Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 9 October, 06:49

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