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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Scape opens regional construction engagement

Public sector procurement specialist Scape has published the tender notice for its next generation Regional Construction Works and Services framework, covering projects worth up to £15m the Midlands, East of England, Home Counties and London and scheduled to launch in summer 2027.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 July, 07:38

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Engagement opens for £1.2bn Harlow biosecurity campus

The UK Health Security Agency has opened engagement for the development of a new £1.2bn purpose-built national health security and biosecurity campus in Harlow.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 July, 07:30

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Robertson completes Gateshead office refurb

Robertson Construction North East has completed a five month, £1.85m refurbishment of Baltic Works, formerly Balitc Place, in Gateshead, for South Shore Developments.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 July, 07:07

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VolkerFitzpatrick completes Arrow Point Bolton

VolkerFitzpatrick has completed work on Arrow Capital Partners' 327,750 sq ft Arrow Point Bolton, a sustainable logistics scheme, for Arrow’s Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) joint venture with Cerberus Capital Management.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 July, 06:58

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SLR Consulting invests in London team

SLR Consulting has made a series of appointments to its team in London and the south east.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 13 July, 06:49

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