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What is a PTS Card and how do I get certified with one?
If you're considering a career in the UK rail industry, obtaining a Personal Track Safety (PTS) ...
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Top 10 Tips to Successfully Re-Enter the Workforce After a Career Break
Taking a career break is a common and often necessary decision, whether for family, health, trav...
Building a Long-Term Career Through Short-Term Contracts
When we talk about career longevity, the traditional image of long service in one company is bec...
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Interview Etiquette in 2025: Is the Handshake Back?
In early 2022, we published one of our most-read blogs: “Interview Etiquette: The Handshake”. It ...
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Top 7 Transferable Skills that Built Environment Employers Value Most
In today’s built environment sector, technical qualifications are expected. What increasingly s...
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How to Take Control of Your Career as a Contractor
Contracting offers professionals the opportunity to enjoy greater flexibility, higher earning pot...
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National Apprenticeship Week - Developing the Engineers of the Future
Are apprenticeships the answer to developing the engineers of the future?In the face of a signif...
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Your Guide to Job Interview Success
Your Guide to Job Interview SuccessHow can you stand out from other applicants and secure your ...
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Why Job Seekers Should Aim Higher: The Value of Working with a REC-Accredited Recruitment Partner
Whether you’re starting your career, looking for a new challenge, or transitioning into a differ...
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Why Quality Matters When Choosing a Recruitment Partner
The labour market has been volatile over the last five years so it is more evident now than ever...
4 ways to stand out to recruiters - What are we really looking for?
When you're applying for jobs, recruiters can be a bit of a mystery. But the truth is, we're not...
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CV-Library Report Sheds Light on Perception of Working in the Public vs Private Sector
One of the UK’s largest job boards, CV Library, has released a report titled "The Race for Talen...
Career Advice I'm Glad I Ignored
When I think back to my early career, I can’t help but smile at some of the advice I received. A...
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5 Top Tips to Prepare for Your Employee Performance Review
Performance reviews can be a nerve-wracking experience for many employees, but with the right pre...
Do I Need a Portfolio for a Job Interview
When preparing for a job interview, it is easy to focus on perfecting your CV and rehearsing ans...
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How to Research Employers – Before and During the Hiring Process
Finding an employer that meets all of your personal requirements is not easy. Coupled with the f...
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Mastering the Art of the Interview Presentation
8 Top Tips to Mastering the Art of the Giving Presentations in InterviewsDelivering a presentati...
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What candidates are looking for
We surveyed 480 engineering, planning and surveying professionals in the built environment secto...
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The Importance of Networking to Develop Your Career
Your technical skills are undoubtedly crucial to your career success especially if you work in t...
Job Hunting in 2024
Back in 2021 I wrote an article called “Job Hunting in 2021” which had some good advice in it, ev...
How far is too far? Commuting for work in 2024
Commuting for work is largely unavoidable for almost 50% of the population, whose job roles mean...
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How to handle a counteroffer without damaging relationships.
Handling a counteroffer is a delicate balancing act. As alluring and flattering as it is to recei...
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The Right Way to Hand in Your Resignation
There are many different emotions people experience when they leave a job, from euphoria and ela...
6 Ways to Instantly Improve your LinkedIn Profile to Get Hired
Your LinkedIn profile is your most public professional profile. At some point during the hiring ...
Why Christmas is a Good Time to Job Hunt
OK so first up, full disclosure – pretty much every blog out there on job hunting at Christmas is...
How to Identify Your Strengths and Weaknesses
How to identify your strengths and weaknesses:Prepare your answers, otherwise you could say the ...
How to answer difficult interview questions.
Job interviews come in many different formats. To help you prepare it is always a good idea to as...
Using Generative AI to Write a CV
Using Generative AI to Write a CV.Writing a CV can be overwhelming. In some ways the extensive a...
How to be indispensable outside of your organisation.
Carrington West proudly sponsored the CIHT’s emerging professional conference (EPC) in April. Th...
IR35: The Impact on the Contractor Market
Carrington West’s contractor insurance partner, Kingsbridge, has released a white paper on the ...
How to be indispensable at work.
Carrington West proudly sponsored the CIHT’s emerging professional conference (EPC) in April. The...
What does it mean to be indispensable at work?
Carrington West proudly sponsored the CIHT’s emerging professional conference (EPC) in April. Th...
Career Focus: Why it is a good time to consider a career as a fibre engineer.
There has never been a better time to join the fibre provider sector. Below I have outlined some ...
How to Write a Great Cover Letter (With Examples)
How to Write a Great Cover LetterCover letters are arguably the most frustrating and arduous pa...
The worst answers to interview questions and what they should’ve said instead!
As recruiters we spend all day every day speaking to candidates about jobs and managers about ca...
Tips for Starting in a New Job
Starting a new job can be stressful, especially if it’s in a completely new sector or a new city...
Setting Career Goals in the New Year
As the new year begins, many people take the opportunity to set new career goals for themselves....
Conferences - the return of networking in-person
Conferences - the return of networking in-personFor what seemed like an eternity, Carrington Wes...
Life after university; transitioning to your first job
Transitioning from full time education to full time employment is exciting. However, it normally ...
Top Tips for Your Job Search After University
Looking for your first “real” job after you graduate can be pretty daunting. You’ve invested a...
5 Things I’ve Learnt from 5 Years at Carrington West
Town Planning Department Manager Kevin O’Shea is celebrating five years with Carrington West th...
Graduate Guide to Building a LinkedIn Profile
Creating a LinkedIn account is easy much like any social media site. Setting up your profile a...
Build a Better Graduate CV
Do you want to improve your CV, or are you writing your CV for the first time? Follow these ti...
Contractor Guide to National Insurance Changes
Contractor Guide to National Insurance ChangesThe government has increased the national insuran...
IWD2022: Q&A With Harriet Simmonds, Senior Consultant Highways
Harriet Simmonds is a Senior Consultant with Carrington West’s highways team. She began her car...
IWD2022: Q&A With Claire Shinar, Buildings & Construction Senior Consultant
Claire Shinar is a Senior Consultant in buildings & construction team where many of the professi...
Q&A With Emily Atkins, Rail Recruiter, for IWD2022 #BreakTheBias
This week we are showing our support for International Women’s Day 2022 by sharing some insight...
Interviews - Tips for Hiring Managers and Candidates
Interviews are a 2-way street. There is a reason you, as a hiring manager, have taken the cand...
Interviews - The Changing Landscape
Two years ago, we were still booking interviews face to face on a daily basis, jumping onto a b...
Interview Etiquette - The Handshake
It’s 2022, you have a job interview – do you shake hands, elbow bump or just nod awkwardly? We...
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Town planners want to work-from-home. Great for council carbon net zero goals but at what cost?
I know, you’re probably sick of reading about it, but work-from-home is here to stay! Undoubtedl...
Can Virtual Training Really Replace Face to Face Training in the Town Planning Sector?
I have heard experts say all the changes in working practices that occurred in the first six mon...
How will I get paid? Financial planning considerations for contractors.
We meet many job seekers who like the idea of contracting but don’t know where to start. There a...
4 Questions to Help You Find Out About a Company’s Culture Before You Accept a Job Offer
4 Questions to help you find out about a company’s culture before you accept a job offer.Compan...
Job Hunting in 2021
Understatement of the year.... A lot has changed over the past 18 months2020 really was a shot i...
Have you considered a career in smart metering?
It may not sound like the funkiest of careers, but the smart meter business is booming, and we ...
How are you?
How many times a day do we ask our work colleagues how they are? Probably too many to count, but ...
IR35 - The Aftermath
Changes to IR35 came into force on April 6th. We speak with highways Lead Consultant Evan Brooke...
IR35 Are You Ready? Q&A With Blayne Cahill, Director - Highways, Transport & Infrastructure
With only days to go until changes to IR35 off payroll legislations come into effect, we speak w...
Why it is an exciting time to consider a career in the UK rail industry.
Despite a tumultuous twelve months the rail industry in the UK is estimated to continue its lon...
How to maximise your time on Linkedin.
Towards the tail end of last year, I asked my network what time of the day they’d find themsel...
Why there’s never been better time to consider a move into permanent work in the engineering design sector
To say 2020 has been a rollercoaster year is an understatement. Even those that have managed to ...
Are You Considering a Career in Recruitment?
Recruiters have a diverse skill set dependent on their role and their experience. People come to ...
How to Get a Pay Rise During a Pandemic
One of the most eye watering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from the stark loss of life...
Carrington West & CIHT Young Professionals' Festival
We are delighted to announce we are sponsoring Day 4 of the Chartered Institution of Highways & ...
Is 2020 the worst year ever for engineering graduates entering the job market?
The impact of Covid-19 on the UK job market is widespread and very few sectors have been unaffec...
How to Write a CV - for Site Staff
Many people go their whole career without needing a CV. However, it is important to note that CV...
Career Profile - Town Planning
In the first of our career focus articles, we look at the entry requirements and career progressi...
IR35 Update. What you should be doing to prepare now?
The IR35 Off-Payroll Tax that was due to be rolled out in the private sector in April this year ...
How to conduct a job search in a pandemic.
Job searching at the time of a global pandemic may seem to many tantamount to scaling the north f...
Take Charge of Your Career
Never mind who’s best qualified; your skills won’t any longer sell themselves. Today, people who ...
How to Make a Good Impression
Research suggests that you only have seven seconds to make a first impression. In that time peop...
Interview Tips and Advice
Giving a well-structured and effective interview is the key to influencing the decision making p...
How to Write a CV
We have all experienced a time when we have had to create or adapt our CV to apply for that all ...