How The Financial Crisis Has Hit The Construction Industry

How The Financial Crisis Has Hit The Construction Industry

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With Todays financial crisis and Super-tax hitting employers hard, it is near impossible to find a well-paid job around that matches your qualifications if any.

Thousands of teenagers have left school and now face the huge challenge of finding work in the tough jobs market. Christopher Weir knows how hard it can be.

However with a bit of grit and determination and sending out more than100 CVs to potential employers he managed to land a job.

This time last year I had no idea where I was heading or what to do and was desperately trying not to lose heart, says Christopher. It was tough but eventually, in September, I got the prefect training job for me.

Christopher, of Sandhurst, Berks, had taken his exams, left school and got his CV perfected. He fancied an apprenticeship as an electrician and sent out more than 100 CVs and letters.

I trawled through Yellow Pages getting addresses, asked local companies if they were recruiting and scoured the internet for jobs. It was hard to keep positive when less than half bothered to even acknowledge me, let alone get me in for an interview.

A friend of my mums said they would hand a copy on to someone they knew and suddenly I was called by Persimmon Homes to go in for an interview.

By then Christopher knew he had 10 GCSEs, ranging from an A* to Cs which meant he could have easily landed himself a college course, however employers did not take advantage of this fact.

Out of all those letters sent out to both huge brand names and local businesses, Christopher managed to get just two interviews.

I went in to meet them making sure Id done all my research and was looking really smart. It wasnt an electricians apprenticeship but their own First Trainee Scheme.

Christopher was delighted when they offered him a job at their Camberley offices in the technical department. I went for a taster day and knew instantly that it was the right thing for me to be doing. I found all the back-up work that goes into the construction business really interesting, says Christopher.

I spend one day a week at college in Reading, where I am now half way through my Construction in the Built Environment course. At school I sometimes couldnt be bothered but this is so much more interesting. The things Im learning are directly relevant to what Im doing at work so it all makes sense.

The work is fantastic. I have learnt so much from looking at potential sites to develop, to planning applications, design and build specification and, in particular, working with architects and landscape designers.

However it is not just school leavers who find it hard landing themselves a job in the construction industry. Employers are certainly tightening their belts when it comes to the pure amount of workers, meaning redundancies are being issued to even the long term workers.

Not only that but employers are now being strict with skills and qualifications new workers bring to the construction site. 10 Years ago you merely needed a good back ground in the industry, whereas these days all that experience generally tends to be backed up with qualifications.

However it is not all doom and gloom, as a new BTEC Construction course has been set up, aimed at the workers already in the construction industry who are looking to improve on their skills, or simply seeking advice about contractual disputes.

Hopefully the future will be more prosperous than todays financial crisis.

About the Author:
Jade webster is a digital marketer researching BTEC Construction course



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