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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Stepnell appoints construction MD

Stepnell has appointed Simon Gorski, formerly of Lendlease, as managing director of its construction business.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:46

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Aster targets £1bn home improvement programme

Housing association Aster Group has reported a record investment in upgrading and maintaining its existing estare of 38,000 homes, spending £124.8m in its 2025/26 year, with plans for £1bn in improvement spending over the next seven years.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:37

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NUAR marks first year with OS

The National Underground Assets Register is marking a year since its operations were placed under the Ordnance Survey, with 400 asset owners now part of the register, and 3.2m km of buried assets, 80% of those known, now mapped.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:21

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Higgins, Wandsworth break ground on affordable homes

Wandsworth Council and Higgins Partnerships have broken ground on Phase 2 of Garratt Lane, where they are building 113 council rented homes.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:11

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Truck industry targets hydrogen in Europe

At IAA Transportation, truck industry leaders from Volvo, Daimler, and Toyota have come together to accelerate adoption of a hydrogen ecosystem, aiming to have hydrogen trucks on the road in Germany by 2030, as the basis for wider EU adoption.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:02

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