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    Good Employer Guide 2014: Results analysis

    2014-10-24T06:00:00Z

    With recruitment and retention once again critical issues for the industry, here’s how this year’s top 50 employers are luring and keeping hold of key staff

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    Good Employer Guide 2014: A focus on staff wellbeing

    2014-10-24T06:00:00Z

    Mental health issues can be difficult to detect in the workplace - which means they can also be easy to ignore. But as this year’s guide shows, the best employers are those that are ready and able to heed the warning signs

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    Expat hotspots

    2014-09-10T06:00:00Z

    Global construction is set to boom over the next decade, so where are UK construction consultants most in demand?

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    Why be a distance learner?

    2014-06-19T07:37:00Z

    More and more construction professionals who want to gain a competitive edge to progress their careers are turning to distance learning. Just don’t think of it as the easy option

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    Trouble at the top

    2014-04-10T06:00:00Z

    Bad managers can have a big impact on staff morale and productivity levels, and they could even pose a serious threat to the industry’s upturn. So why are there so many of them?

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    Skills shortages: Let the right ones in

    2014-02-20T08:57:00Z

    With the upturn in work has come predictions of a skills shortage. But the CIC’s Jack Pringle thinks the need for architects, QSs and engineers is already so critical that we should be sourcing them from outside the UK and Europe

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    Careers: Should I stay or should I go?

    2014-01-31T06:00:00Z

    For young UK construction professionals looking with gloom at this country’s embattled industry, overseas work has long seemed a tempting prospect. But as work here picks up, can the UK retain and even regain its skilled staff? Mike Brown reports

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    A bit of BIM

    2013-11-22T06:00:00Z

    In a crowded workplace, architecture graduates may find that knowing a bit about ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Information Modelling can make all the difference to getting a job

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    Good Employer Guide 2013: Seeds of contentment

    2013-10-25T06:00:00Z

    Despite the financial drought, many businesses have still found a way to nurture their best talent. We look at what the best companies are doing, and how

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    Good Employer Guide 2013: Small in size, big on ideas

    2013-10-25T06:00:00Z

    SMEs may not offer the fullest range of employee benefits and they certainly can’t sustain huge HR departments, but these restrictions can in fact make them very attractive employers

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    Have passport, will travel

    2013-09-27T06:00:00Z

    A survey of built environment professionals reveals a surprising readiness to up sticks and move abroad for work

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    How to be a Green Deal assessor

    2013-06-21T06:00:00Z

    What’s involved in working as a Green Deal assessor, what training is required and what skills are needed? Read on to find out

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    Finding work after study

    2013-04-10T10:57:00Z

    How do university courses support students in finding employment? We spoke to four built environment schools to find out what they offer

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    Blacklisting: A history of distrust, disunity and discord

    2013-03-14T06:00:00Z

    Is the cause of blacklisting a fundamental flaw in the relationship between workers and their bosses?

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    Is learning getting harder?

    2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Are employers still willing to support staff who want to gain more qualifications? James Clegg looks at the impact of the recession on opportunities for part-time study

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    'I'll be back' - Why bosses return to run their companies

    2012-11-21T16:00:00Z

    Why some bosses come back to save the companies they founded - with varying degrees of success

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    The benefits creating the most buzz

    2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Tough times have meant a shift in what employees value from their jobs. Debika Ray examines which benefits have emerged as the most sought-after in the altered landscape and what employers are doing to provide them

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    Staff benefits: What's it worth?

    2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø reports on the key trends in staff benefits among the most forward-thinking firms in construction

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    View from my office: Kevin Williams

    2012-10-19T15:37:00Z

    The Faithful+Gould regional director can hear Jazz every Thursday evening in the summer months

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    Contractor salary survey 2012: Signs of life

    2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Find out the winners and losers in this year’s salary survey with our interactive tables and full analysis