All Every Person Counts articles – Page 4
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Diverse talent series: using the Construction Talent Retention Scheme in a tight jobs market
How an online platform is trying to help employers faced with record vacancy numbers and high recruitment costsÂ
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‘I want women to believe a career in this industry is possible’
To mark International Women in Engineering Day, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV spoke to Amy Bunszel, executive vice president for AEC design solutions at Autodesk
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We should celebrate apprentices like every other graduate
From nursery to higher education it is common practice to mark graduation milestones, apart from apprenticeships. It’s time for that to change
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Construction vacancies dip but remain at near-record levels
Vacancies remain high, while weekly earnings 7.6% hike fails to keep pace with inflation
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New course launched to plug 200,000-person health and safety gap on construction sites
Large numbers of surveyors, architects and engineers currently without nationally recognised certification
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Senior leaders need to think about who benefits most from networking events
If only upper management attend the big jamborees we risk excluding under-represented groups – and everyone ends up losingÂ
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Could a Gloucestershire training centre have found the answer to construction’s people problem?
A family firm in need of more workers to expand its business took matters into its own hands by opening a training centre for construction skills which soon expects to train 2,000 people a year
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Coaching clinic: How to find the sweet spot for hybrid workers (and everyone else)
Hybrid working poses real challenges for team leaders but there are ways of accommodating staff preferences while also achieving business goalsÂ
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Supply chain left nursing £13m hit following London fit-out firm’s collapse
One contractor missing nearly £450,000 in retentions in wake of Twenty1 Construction implosion
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Why we need biophilic design now more than ever
Stress levels are off the chart but designers can help us to connect with nature at home and at work with significant health benefits
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Talking about men and mental health
It can be hard to open up about problems especially in a male-dominated industry, but if you don’t start the conversation, who will?
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A young person’s mental health journey from unemployment to an apprenticeship
To kick off Mental Health Awareness week a data analyst apprentice at Balfour Beatty tells his storyÂ
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5 minutes with … Rebecca Rickwood at Gement
The figure-skating founder and chief executive of Gement believes in change in the construction industry and is working to make it happen
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Wates-sponsored survey highlights lack of workplace support for menopause
Eight in 10 said workplace not supportive
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CLC outlines plan to close 50,000-worker annual recruitment gap
Group focused on culture change, broadening diversity, and raising awareness of existing schemes
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How construction is responding to the post-Brexit skills crisis
New visa rules are making it more difficult to recruit EU nationals to some construction roles. What is the industry doing about this?
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Construction must respond quickly to the fast growing number of vacancies
Job vacancies grew faster than in any other sector in the UK economy in Q1, and there’s an elephant in the room no one wants to talk about
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Booming wage rises show no signs of slowing down, payroll firm says
Plumbers and electricians cashing in with rates in London hitting record levels
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An interview with Alison Cox, London MD of Sir Robert McAlpine
Alison Cox almost left the industry, fearing long hours would clash with having a young family. But she found a way back and is at the top of her gameÂ
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Murphy offers jobs to 175 Ukrainians fleeing conflict
Figure equates to around 5% of contractor’s current workforce