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FeaturesGood Employer Guide 2016: Trend Setters
An ever-dwindling workforce means the built environment is in dire need of fresh blood. So what improvements are this year鈥檚 top 50 employers making to retain staff and entice new recruits?
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FeaturesLearn as you earn
The Brexit vote combined with next year鈥檚 apprenticeship levy may give some firms a headache over investment plans but the need for construction apprentices has never been greater
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NewsMajor companies back careers campaign to attract new talent
黑洞社区 magazine and charity join forces to encourage school pupils to try out construction roles
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FeaturesMillennials: Goodbye 9-5
The world of work is changing. Forget being chained to a desk, a boss you only see through their office window
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CommentPledge to tackle skills shortage
We are only as good as the people we employ. But the industry is not managing to attract enough people to meet its demand
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CommentTackling discrimination in construction
Diversity in our industry needs to be a concrete target, not a nice thing to have
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FeaturesParental leave: Man about the house
Many professionals in our male-dominated industry say they want to spend more time with their children. So why aren鈥檛 new dads taking up their recent right to shared parental leave? We talk to two fathers who took time out of the workplace
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FeaturesGender pay gap: Levelling the field
New legislation will mean firms have to publish how much both male and female employees are paid. Will this be the end of the gender pay gap?
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FeaturesAndy Steele: 鈥榃as that me?鈥�
It took Andy Steele just five years to transform Connaught into a 拢240m-turnover sensation. Can he pull it off again?
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FeaturesApprentices: 鈥楾he numbers don鈥檛 add up鈥︹��
Three times as many people are leaving the industry each year as are joining, so today鈥檚 skills crisis is set to get a lot worse
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NewsWSP gets new global CEO
Current president and CEO Pierre Shoiry to step down once new CFO recruited
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CommentApprentices: A long game
Why early engagement with the workforce has to be a long-term goal for specialists
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FeaturesSimon Eyers: Beating the odds
National Apprenticeship Week: Being born deaf and mute hasn鈥檛 stopped Simon Eyers landing a job as an electrician at contractor FM Conway
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NewsApprentice numbers hit six-year high
National Apprenticeship Week: Number of new apprentices hits pre-recession levels
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CommentConstruction鈥檚 best kept secret?
聽Construction businesses are creating great opportunities for young people 鈥� but the news isn鈥檛 always getting out
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NewsCITB to cut staff by a third
Training body will reduce its staff count to under a thousand as part of new business plan
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NewsHinkley dealt blow as project director quits
EDF鈥檚 project director for 拢18bn nuclear power plant quits for new job in US
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FeaturesDoes training need a reboot?
The industry is changing rapidly, with companies urgently trying to attract a new generation of talent and projects increasingly dependent on new technologies 鈥� it鈥檚 vital that the way we train changes too