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On Saturday 4th November, 12 members of the Edge Careers team will be taking part in the Winter Wolf Run. A grueling 10k run through a muddy obstacle course, all in aid of charity.

Winter Wolf Run 2017

Our team, “Not the full Pack Edge”, consists of 12 brave members:

Stuart – Principal Consultant – Civils

Heidi – Residential Manager

Ali – IT and Marketing Manager

Lloyd  – Marketing Co-ordinator

Amy – Recruitment Consultant – Trades & Labour

Adam W –  Recruitment Consultant – Trades & Labour

Katie – Recruitment Consultant – Freelance

Ian – Team Leader – Build

Adam P – Recruitment Consultant – Build

Fabio – Recruitment Consultant – Build

Oliver – Recruitment Consultant – Freelance

Hardev – Divisional Manager – Build

The Wolf run is designed to re-create the feeling of running in natural terrain whilst also presenting runners with a challenging, interesting and enjoyable event.

The team are taking part in the event to raise money for Mary Stevens Hospice, a great cause that provide specialist care and support for people who are living with an incurable illness and their families.

To support the team and donate to this great cause, head over to our just giving page here www.justgiving.com/fundraising/edge-careers

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Wolf Run

 

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M&E Manager Joins Our London Office

Olivia Finn becomes the latest recruiter to join our dynamic London office.

Olivia Finn - M&E Manager - London

Olivia has worked the majority of her career within sales, initially starting off selling “Spa Days” to unsuspecting targets on the streets of SOHO during University holidays. Following this, Olivia became a Project Manager within the London residential market selling refurbishment packages, initially for a developer for four years and then for her own business for a further three.
Deciding it was time to expand her skill set, Olivia joined a boutique search firm in London, where she spent five years honing her skills as a recruitment consultant specialising in Building Services and heading up their M&E Division.

Working out of our London office, Olivia will be heading up M&E recruitment for the region.

We would like to wish Olivia the best of luck in her new role, where we are sure that she will use her existing skills and experience to become a vital member of the London team.

If you work within M&E and are looking for a new role, register your details with us here.

Similarly, if you are looking for M&E staff to join your company, you can register a vacancy here or contact Olivia on 0203 367 2139.

 

Olivia Finn Joins Edge Careers

 

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Morgan Sindall Crowned Contracts Champion For 2016

Morgan Sindall Contracts Champion 2016

Morgan Sindall has walked off with the industry’s biggest annual haul of contract wins ending Kier’s two-year domination of the contracts league.

The contractor romped to the top of the rankings after securing £2.4bn worth of projects over the year, up a third on its performance in 2015, according to contract data collected by Glenigan.

Wates, Willmott Dixon and Mace joined the industry’s top 10 players in 2016, as Bouygues, Vinci and Skanska slid down the rankings based on value of work secured.

The Top 10 saw their share of new orders secured by the 100 most successful contractors slip from around 46% in 2015 to 41% this year, while total work won over 2016 fell 9% compared with 2015.

Top 10 ranking by value of work won
  2016 2015
1 Morgan Sindall £2.4bn Kier £2.7bn
2 Kier £2.1bn Bouygues UK £2.4bn
3 Laing O’Rourke £2.0bn Laing O’Rourke £2.2bn
4 Royal BAM £1.8bn Galliford Try £2.1bn
5 Galliford Try £1.7bn VINCI £2.0bn
6 Carillion £1.4bn Balfour Beatty £1.9bn
7 Balfour Beatty £1.35bn Morgan Sindall £1.8bn
8 Wates £1.3bn Skanska £1.75bn
9 Willmott Dixon £1.2bn Carillion £1.7bn
10 Mace £1.0bn Royal BAM £1.4bn

 

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As a consolation Kier, which had been battling it out with Morgan Sindall for top place in the tables in the last half 2016, secured most work in December.

Among the big contract awards for the month, Balfour Beatty signed off the contract with LBS Properties for the 53-storey Madison residential tower in London’s Canary Wharf.

Volker Stevin secured the £135m redevelopment of Dover Harbour and Laing O’Rourke won the £150m contract to build the Sir Henry Royce Institute For Advanced Materials for Manchester University.

Kier bagged a £135m contract for the Innovation Campus for Cardiff University.

Galliford Try picked up a £42m job for 323 flats in Birmingham, as Sir Robert McAlpine secured a £133m job for 995 rental homes in Manchester.

 

This article is written by www.constructionenquirer.com

Morgan Sindall Contracts Champion 2016

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

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How Should you Discuss Salary at an Interview?

Discussing a salary is one of those topics that some people don’t want to discuss, but at an interview it is a topic which is likely to come up. Edge Careers has taken a look at how you can best discuss your salary at the interview stage.

Don’t Under or Over Sell Yourself

When an interviewer asks you what your current salary is,  it is important that you tell the truth, as giving a false figure can have a disastrous effect on your chances of landing the role.

Everyone wants to move for more money, but if you sell yourself as earning more than you actually are, thinking that you can get a bigger pay rise, you can actually price yourself out of the job altogether and there is a chance you will be caught out and find yourself out of the running for the job.

The same can be said for underselling yourself, if your current salary is well below what this job is advertised as, then the interviewer will be thinking “are you at the right level for the role?” But it is still important to tell the truth, if your salary is well below the amount on offer and you are at the same level as the role you are interviewing for, then approach the subject yourself and say that you feel that you are significantly under paid in your current role.

When Should the Topic be Brought Up?

We believe that it is important to discuss what you can offer the company and the role before you discuss your salary. If your salary is brought up at the beginning of an interview, simply say that you would prefer to better understand the role and the company and discuss what you can offer before discussing your remuneration. This is so the interviewer is not put off by your salary requirements from the get go and will better understand what you can offer and if you would be “value for money”

Offer at Interview

If you have impressed the interviewer enough to be offered the job at the interview stage, it is important that you don’t let your adrenaline take over and instantly accept the job. You need to take the time to think about the offer, so a simple response would be, “thank you, it sounds like a great opportunity and I am very interested. I would like to take some time to consider your offer and I will be in touch shortly to let you know my decision”. Although you need the time to consider your options, you do need to do it quickly so that the employer does believe that you are genuinely interested in the role.

 

If you are looking for a new role in the construction or engineering industries, register your details with us here.

Similarly if you are looking to recruit new staff into your construction or engineering business, register your vacancy with us here.

 

How To Discuss Salary At An Interview

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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Why Choose Edge Careers?

Why Choose Edge Careers

With a number of recruitment agencies across the UK who all claim to be the best at what they do, it can be hard to choose the right agency for you.

At Edge Careers we prefer to let our commitment and expertise do the talking for us.

Our staff not only benefit from a number of years experience, some also come form the industries themselves.

But How Does That Make Us Any Different?

Our consultants invest themselves into the industry to gain the knowledge needed to recruit for all positions and with this gain a better understanding of our clients’ businesses. This knowledge, combined with our vast experience, means that we can offer advice to both candidates and clients on the best way forward.

How Do You Go About Finding Candidates?

We take a proactive headhunt approach to recruitment. We do not rely upon job boards to supply us with candidates because we believe that, in most circumstances, the right people for the roles aren’t actively looking for a new job.

Any Agency Can Submit CV’s, How is Edge Careers any Different?

Well, at Edge Careers we don’t just submit a CV, we take the time to interview our candidates and create a profile on them. This profile outlays how a candidate works and their ambitions for the future and also allows us to better understand why they are looking to leave their current role, so that our clients time is not wasted if a candidate is simply trying to get a pay rise at his current company.

If Your Candidate Gets the Role, Do You Stay in Contact?

Yes, of course. Our service doesn’t stop when a candidate starts their new role. We maintain contact with our candidates to make sure they are happy with the move they have made and that all the promises made at the job offer stage have been fulfilled.

But Please Don’t Just Take our Word for it, Take a Look at What Some of Our Candidates and Clients Have to Say:

“I have worked with Edge Careers for the past 10 years, both as a candidate and a client. Edge Careers are responsive, honest and straight forward in their approach, with a strong understanding of the construction industry. Time is taken to understand the business need, and therefore working in partnership with Edge Careers turns what could be a challenging process, into something enjoyable, efficient and positive.”

Andy Saul Commercial Director at Morgan Sindall

“Edge Careers spoke to me well before any interviews were arranged with prospective companies. I felt this was a good idea as it gave them all the necessary background information to put my name forward to the right companies to best fit with my skills and experience. They were very professional at securing a new job for me and I would thoroughly recommend their services”

Lance Collins Senior Development Co-ordinator at Lovell

If you are looking to recruit new staff into you construction or engineering company, then please register your vacancy with Edge Careers here. Similarly, if you are a candidate looking for a career move, register your details with us here.
Why Choose Edge Careers

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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How To Handle A Counter Offer

Receiving a counter offer is a common part of the recruitment process. When you tell your boss that you are leaving, they may do what they can to keep you.

At some point in a career most people will have received a counter offer. It is a nice feeling to think your current company (which you may not be dead set on leaving) wants to keep you.

Once you have been counter offered you will be asking yourself the big question, do I stay or do I go? Edge Careers have taken a look at some points for you to consider when you’re trying to make this decision.

Delayed Offer

Why has it taken you to say that you are leaving the company for them to then offer you a pay rise or a promotion? Surely if they truly valued you in their business they would have already put you on the best salary and in the best position within the company.

You need to ask yourself, am I really valued and appreciated or am I just another body within the company?

Reason for Leaving

Why are you looking to leave the company in the first place? Is it solely for more money or is their an underlining issue?

If it was just for a pay rise then accepting a counter offer is probably the best thing to do as you are already in a job and company you know. If however there is an underlining issue it is important for you to remember that this issue will still exist even with the pay rise and/or promotion.

A lot of people who accept a counter offer usually end up leaving their current company anyway as the reason for leaving hasn’t changed.

Added Pressure

Yes moving to a new company is going to be a stressful and nervous experience, but thinking you are playing it safe by staying with your current company may not be as easy as you think.

Accepting a counter offer from your current employer could bring on additional stress with an additional workload and higher expectation. Also, you have now shown that you are willing to leave the company so your loyalty will now be in question.

 

Be careful when you come to receiving a counter offer and take these points into account. Also one of our Permanent Recruitment Consultants, Stuart Smith, wrote an article on accepting a counter offer which you can view here.

If you are looking for a career move within construction or engineering, register your details with us here.

 

How To Handle A Counter Offer

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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EU Referendum – Affect on the Construction Industry

EU Referendum

With one of the biggest votes in British history taking place this week, we take a look at the affect it will have on the construction industry.

In 2014, the UK construction industry directly employed 2.1 million people and contributed £103 billion to the UK economy. This equated to 6.3% of all UK jobs, and 6.5% of total economic output.

Infrastructure

As a member of the EU, the UK has access to European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Investment Fund (EIF), who have invested €7.8 billion for major infrastructure projects, and lended €665.8 million to SMEs, respectively, in 2015.

These are significant sums of money that have driven infrastructure forward in the UK, and as an EU member state, the UK is eligible for bank financing operations.

A loss of both funding streams could have a significant impact on project delivery and start-ups across the UK, so they would need to be replaced in some capacity.

Imports and exports

China is the only non-EU state in the top five UK import markets, and EU imports accounted for 59% of total construction material imports.

The loss of free movement of goods, coupled with the potential introduction of tariffs, could either push construction sector firms to look inward and purchase domestic materials, or increase the cost of production through imported materials.

The free movement of goods benefits UK exporters selling their product(s) to EU member states when compared to non-EU states (without a pre-existing trade agreement in place).

In the event of Brexit, strict EU regulations, whilst not applying to the UK, would still have to be adhered to when exporting to an EU state.

On the flip side the UK would be able to develop and negotiate its own trade agreements with the EU and other large importing countries, such as China and the USA.

Labour

RICS’ Construction Market Survey indicated UK-wide increases in workloads, but decreasing number of skilled workers.

Construction firms have been looking to other EU member states to fill the gap.

If immigration is limited, particularly for skilled workers, the UK will witness higher project expenditures where labour demand outstrips supply.

Alternatively, a UK-set migration system could allow the UK to pinpoint the skilled workers it requires.

However, with the quantity of programmes and projects, the UK may not have an adequate level of investment and development that would necessitate a high(er) number of construction staff.

Procurement

EU procurement is now a stringent and obligatory framework of directives and regulations which inhibits bribery and corruption, and increases competition through the provision of best value for money.

All EU firms can bid for EU member state public procurement contracts free from discrimination.

A Brexit could allow UK public procurement to stipulate the use of “UK firms and materials only”, thus being a tool to support UK-based and enterprises.

VAT

EU statute imposes a VAT on the consumption of goods and services, with UK reduced rates relating to the built environment include 5% VAT on residential energy, insulation and renovations, and 0% VAT for new building construction.

VAT acts as a disincentive for works to be considered, with a cut aiding local SMEs and the wider UK economy: evidenced by additional jobs and economic stimulus it could provide between 2015 and 2020.

A post-Brexit Government could alter VAT arrangements to encourage purchase and investment – from a small to large scale – in specific goods and services.

 

*All stats and figures for this article come from a post by RICS.

 

EU Referendum

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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Stuart Smith has made the move from our Permanent team to head up our Civil Engineering team.

Stuart Smith BEng (Hons) – Resourcing Divisional Manager

Stuart who has been with Edge Careers for over 2 years, comes from a Civil Engineering background gaining a degree in the subject before working in the industry for 6 years.

Stuart is excited to be making this change in his career and looks forward to successfully leading our Civil Engineering team.

Our Civil Engineering team will be based out of our Head Office in the Midlands to provide a recruitment solution on a national basis, to all our civil engineering clients.

If you are a candidate in the civil engineering sector register your CV with us here.

To register a civil engineering vacancy with us click here or call Stuart on 01905 827207.

 

Stu Civil Engineering

 

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Executive Recruitment Agencies

Edge Careers are a specialist construction and engineering recruitment agency, working as one of the UK’s leading executive recruitment agencies.

Our executive recruitment team operate to the highest possible standard of recruitment, so that they can become the go to agency for all of our candidates and clients recruitment needs. We pride ourselves on our professional approach to recruitment, our executive team often work under non disclosure agreements to protect the identity of our candidates and clients throughout the recruitment process.

If you are looking for executive recruitment agencies to assist you in finding you a new role in construction or engineering, then give our executive team a call on 01905 827207 and one of our executive consultants will begin to assist you, or alternatively you can register your details with us and one of our consultants will be in touch to discuss your job search.

Similarly if you are looking for executive professionals to join your business then get in contact with Edge Careers, or register a vacancy with us and one of our consultants will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

To view the latest jobs Edge Careers has to offer, head to our job search page.

 

Executive Recruitment Agencies

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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Consultancy Recruitment

Edge Careers are construction and engineering recruitment specialists working across all sectors within the industry, including working in consultancy recruitment across the UK.

Our consultancy recruitment team operate out of our Oxford office, to provide consultancy recruitment across the UK. We aim to provide the highest possible level of recruitment for our candidates and consultants so that we can become the agency of choice for all of their recruitment needs.

If you are looking for a consultancy recruitment agency to help you with your job search then get in touch with our consultancy recruitment team on 01491 822827 and one of our consultants will be happy to help, or alternatively you can register your details with us and one of our experienced consultants will give you a call to discuss your job search.

Similarly if you are looking for staff to join your consultancy business then contact our consultancy team, or register your vacancy with us and one of our dedicated consultants will be in contact to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

To view the latest jobs Edge Careers has to offer head to our job search page.

 

Consultancy Recruitment

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google+  to stay up to date with all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

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