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December might seem like an unconventional time to job hunt, but it’s actually full of unique opportunities that can give you an edge in ...
In the fast-paced world of the built environment, staying relevant is key—not just in terms of your skills and projects, but also in how ...
As a specialist Architectural & Interior Design Recruitment Consultant, it goes without saying that a significant portion of my day is going ...
Our third edition of our Architecture Salary Survey is available to download, focusing on our key regions with an in-depth market commentary ...
Architecture Director James Jackson reflects on a year full of unexpected opportunities, sharing the very real challenges the market is navigating ...
Summer is always a busy period here at Conrad. With our annual summer conference, new starters, sector changes and our commitment to build and ...
In the weeks leading up to International Women in Engineering Day (June 23rd ), we will be supporting this campaign to promote the profile of ...
Over the last couple of months we have expanded Conrad Consulting even more. Acquiring more recruiters means we can continue to provide our ...
Embracing home working at the start of the pandemic felt like survival. It’s fair to say the world has changed dramatically since ...
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Get your copy of the Architecture Salary Survey 2021 here! We are pleased to showcase our newest release of our inaugral salary report. ...
Conrad Consulting has hit a milestone, we are now 20 years old! To celebrate this, you may have noticed our logo design honouring our anniversary ...
To wrap up the financial year (and what a year it has been) we invited all our offices to come to our little town in Suffolk to have a much ...
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After a tough year dealing with the struggles of COVID-19, we are delighted to be in the position to expand our business with additional members ...
As 2020 comes to an end, it goes without saying that this year has been one of the most challenging times for most businesses globally. ...
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers have developed a COVID-19 Manual for Engineers. Their COVID-19 Task Force ...
As people return to offices after months of working from home, being furloughed, or job-seeking in lockdown we can begin to rejoice in reclaiming ...
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Last updated: 20 March 2020 at 09:30 We are noticing a positive and palpable business-as-normal attitude towards the growing concerns and ...
The competitive nature of recruitment raises many challenges for hirers and missing out on a new hire or losing valued team members for any ...
As a recruitment agency, we’re noticing how the virus is affecting businesses across the whole country, who are all responding to the ...
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The world has seen an unprecedented shift towards a work from home culture in-line with government advice, with more businesses to follow in ...
Don't miss your opportunity to impress at the first interview! A good job interview is not just a chance for a potential employer to ...
Conrad Consulting are pleased to release our inaugural salary report for architectural professionals in the UK & Ireland following our recent ...
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Candidates must prepare for cultural fit interviews Long gone are the days when employers looked to hire someone simply on the strength ...
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While most businesses understand you should never rush your recruitment process, because taking on the wrong person in haste can be a costly ...
Increasing discussions surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, particularly machine learning have led to much speculation within ...
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Manage your pay rise expectation when changing jobs If you’re leaving your job for another employer, perhaps a competitor, ...
Technology is constantly changing the way we work, and live our lives every single day. We’re discovering new ways to utilise devices, ...
A good work-life balance is in the best interest of every business, it promotes work satisfaction and you retain a valued team. It also ...
Pension Awareness Day raises awareness of the danger surrounding pension poverty, paritcularly those those who aren’t saving enough for ...
If you read our previous blog, then you will have a good understanding of how to attract the top architectural talent. You will appreciate ...
This year marks the 35th annual Framlingham 10k race, our Head Office’s local 10k which Conrad are pleased to sponsor. Six of ...
Finding a suitable job isn’t the easiest task, whatever stage of your life you’re in. You may be a recent graduate, fresh out of ...
Whether you’re the owner of an architectural practice or a recruitment specialist, you will undoubtedly be interested in hiring ...
The concept of sustainable living often receives a hesitant response from those looking to build an office or home. That’s because ...
Condensing your every detail, responsibility, achievement and skill down to two pages and still getting your CV noticed has been an age-old ...
It’s been difficult to contain our energy these past few days, as the whole team returned back to work on Monday after a busy weekend in The ...
We all care about the environment, and modern businesses understand the benefits of supporting employees’ health and wellbeing. So, the ...
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June is the month chosen for cities across the globe to mark the annual festival of ‘Pride’- an event honouring and celebrating those ...
In many sectors, it’s not uncommon to find a higher density of a certain gender and the Engineering sector is no exclusion. Over the years ...
May 2019 marks the launch of our vibrant, new logo which begins a new era for Conrad at an exciting stage in our growth and story thus ...
We live in a competitive, technological world, where everyday new skills and tools are being updated to keep up with the constantly evolving world ...
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Having joined their dream profession, many Civil Engineers find that moving jobs to climb the career ladder is not as simple as they thought. ...
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Substantial construction projects are never universally popular. Some protest groups have environmental concerns or worries over personal ...
You’re probably fed up with the Brexit debate taking over the news channels and all forms of social media and face-to-face debate. Will ...
Despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, Britain’s civil engineering sector is enjoying a buoyant time. The industry expanded by ...
2018 has seen some major technical advances in the civil engineering industry. Technology which has historically been referenced as ‘sci ...
It’s the time of the year where Christmas stock is on the shelves too early, city lights are being re-installed and everyone’s ...
Our Surveying team headed down to the RICS Matrics Dinner, a short walk from our Edinburgh office. Rees Allan, Senior Surveying Consultant; ...
The UK has, in most recent times, seen some of the biggest and most challenging construction projects come to fruition. In this article, we ...
Miami, Florida was the latest exciting destination for Conrad Consulting's annual staff get away Regional Director, Nick ...
Official Launch October 2018 brings with it the official launch of Conrad Connect; a division of Conrad Consulting Group ...
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All businesses are increasingly aware of the need to become more environmentally conscious and the world of civil engineering is no ...
Here at Conrad Consulting Head Office, we have been lucky enough to have Arlo Foster as an extra pair of hands to help around the office for the ...
The last decade has presented massive changes within the job market; from how we search for jobs, to how companies recruit ...
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When your job applications are not getting the response rate you are hoping for, you may begin to realise the demons of actively seeking a ...
As you may have already heard on our blog, or social media; Conrad Consulting planned a fundraising event for Engineers without Borders UK, where ...
Three teams from our Head Office enjoyed an end of month outing to Ipswich, to take on three themed Escape Rooms; Da Vinci Code, The Contagion and ...
Just Giving Fundraising Page - Conrad Consulting are doing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks On the 9th June, Conrad Consulting are embarking on the ...
Conrad Consulting are pleased to be sponsoring the Structural Awards 2018 in London for the fourth year running, which recognises and rewards ...
Conrad Consulting gladly attended the RICS Annual 2018 Dinner in Scotland, accompanied by a number of our clients. This annual event aims to ...
On Tuesday 10th April, a bunch of budding football fans from our Suffolk office took great pleasure in heading down to Portman Road for the ...
And just like that, another year of the Structural Awards has flown by. Graham Ventham, Julie Nunn & Carol Watson from our head ...
Conrad's inaugural BIM breakfast took place in Leeds this morning, involving a BIM seminar by Mike Tofton & Andrew Ward from BIM ...
Conrad Consulting Scotland will be heading to the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow this Thursday for the annual RICS St Andrews Networking ...
This Thursday is the final Specifi event of 2017! Where has this year gone? Specifi's Landscape, Design & Building Services events ...
Get involved with the Specifi Building Services Event taking place in London this week, sponsored by Conrad Consulting. Make your way ...
An ever-so-typical curve ball in the job hunting process is your current employer upping the ante by responding to your resignation with ...
Conrad Consulting's Joey 'Rambo' Waller headed to the latest UWCB event in Leeds to go into the ring and help 'to knock out ...
November brings with it the annual Structural Awards 2017 and Conrad are delighted to be continued sponsors of the Structural Heritage award at ...
Yesterday evening, Conrad head office made their way to Anglia Karting in Ipswich to compete on the race track for some social team ...
Conrad Consulting were pleased to support the 2017 North West Structural Awards this month. Nick Grayston & Will ...
Conrad Consulting are hosting a BIM Breakfast Seminar in our Leeds office. This inaugural event includes free breakfast, a BIM seminar from ...
As a leader of the class in Civil & Structural recruitment, Conrad are pleased to be continously supporting IStructE Awards events around the ...
Managing Director; Graham Ventham & Recruitment Consultant; Cameron Fairweather are heading down to this exciting event ...
Conrad Consulting are the latest local business to join the ITFC Academy Association as Ramsey Business sponsors and Cameron Fairweather headed ...
Following the Building Services event taking place in Britsol, Specifi are holding an additional networking event for architectural and design ...
There is a Specifi Building Services Event taking place in Bristol tonight, sponsored by Conrad Consulting. Make your way down to meet ...
Once again, Conrad Consulting have agreed to be sponsors of the 2017 Homeless Rugby Tournament to help raise funds towards Meinhardt's ...
Our regional director Nick Grayston is heading over to the Scottish Annual Regional Group - Annual Dinner Dance & Awards this Friday ...
Billy, Rees & Nick all made their way to the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on Tuesday for the Specifi Design networking event to represent ...
After a summer break from Specifi events, we are glad to be sponsoring and attending another Specifi Design event in their 2017 ...
Today our Head Office says a fond farewell to Kieran Harvey who is transferring to our Leeds office while also studying for a degree in Marketing ...
We were lucky enough to have the Stage 6 - Tour of Britain cyclists go right past the doors of Conrad House today on their 187km route of Suffolk ...
If you’ve got an "itch" to look for a new job but are not sure it’s something you're serious about, here are a few ...
The Conrad Consulting Head Office headed down to the Newmarket Racecourse on Friday for our annual Newmarket Nights trip. Each ...
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Architectural Recruitment Consultant; Will Stocks attended the Landscape Architecture networking event run by Specifi yesterday. The ...
Specifi Landscape is coming up this week in Manchester for Landscape Architecture & Design professionals. As always, the Specifi ...
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Specifi Design was a blast last night in Sheffield. James Jackson, Architecture Division Manager, headed down to the event from our Leeds ...
Conrad Consulting are attending the upcoming Specifi design event in Sheffield tomorrow. James Jackson who heads up our architecture division is ...
Conrad Consulting are pleased to anounce the successful switch of our Head Office has taken place and we're all settled in at the NEW Conrad ...
Specifi hosted a networking event in Leeds at the Hilton City Centre hotel yesterday afternoon for budding Landscape Architect, Civil Engineers ...
Conrad Consulting are supporting the Landscape, Design and Civil Engineering networking event in Leeds tomorrow. James Jackson from our ...
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Conrad Consulting are pleased to be sponsoring the upcoming Specifi event taking place tomorrow in London at the excellent venue; The Crypt on the ...
Rees Allan from our Edinburgh office headed to Glasgow yesterday for another fantastic Specifi design event at The Glasgow Royal Concert ...
Another Specifi networking event is just around the corner and once again Conrad Consulting are pleased to be supporting this great event. Rees ...
Conrad Consulting enjoyed the pleasure of being invited back to compete in the Ingleton Wood Charity Football tournament for the third ...
Our specialist Architecture consultants; Ashley Johnson and Will Stocks headed to Birmingham for the second Specifi networking event this ...
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Conrad Consulting's MEP Design & Sustainability consultants; Jessica Davey & Charlie Ridd headed to Birmingham this week for the ...
Get involved with another fun Specifi event taking place in Birmingham this week for architectural professionals to network. This is one of many ...
Conrad Consulting are once again extremely pleased to be supporting Specifi and are counting down to the Building Services networking event in ...
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Conrad Consulting have been involved with Specifi once again for another design professionals networking event . Our specialist consultants ...
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It's all go, go, go at Conrad and we're starting off April with another Specifi networking event focusing on Design. James Jackson & ...
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This week has been a double whammy for Claire, Nick & Billy in our Edinburgh office with Specifi networking events taking place for Building ...
Conrad Consulting once again sponsored the bar for Specifi events and James Jackson and Ashley Johnson from our Leeds City Centre office attended ...
We're all excited for our Head office move at Conrad and we want everyone to know about it! We're weeks away from moving in to our newly ...
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Specifi Landscape is fast approaching and is the third Specifi event to take place this month! This event; sponsored by Conrad Consulting, is a ...
Conrad Consulting are excited to be sponsoring and attending another Specifi event coming up in Edinburgh. Nick Grayston & Claire ...
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Another Specifi design event is coming up and we can only expect this will be as good as the other design events Conrad Consulting have supported ...
Did you know you can also find us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram? We keep our accounts up to date with industry news, events, ...
Conrad Consulting were invited to be involved in Construction East; an 8 page special construction pullout in the East Anglian Daily Times & ...
Conrad Consulting attended the Specifi event in Leeds night centred around Design and we were really pleased to see such an excellent turnout. As ...
Conrad Consulting are pleased to be welcoming Darryl Yates to the team to work alongside our Director; Graham Ventham on the Civil & ...
This week we're lucky enough to have 2 Specifi events taking place near our city centre office in Leeds. The first event is a Building ...
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Conrad Consulting are excited to be sponsoring and attending another Specifi event coming up in Leeds. This is the first 2017 event which is to ...
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Conrad Consulting attended the first 2017 London Specifi in London at the Crypt on the Green last night. It was another great event and ...
Specifi London is coming up this week and it hass been so popular, the tickets have now sold out! This event; sponsored by Conrad Consulting, is a ...
Conrad Consulting are really pleased to welcome Sarah Plant who has joined the architecture team in Head Office as a resourcer this week. Her ...
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We cannot believe how quickly the second Specifi event has come around; we can only expect this will be as good as the event a fortnight ago in ...
Conrad Consulting are glad to be sponsoring Specifi events this year and attended our first event on Thursday 19th January 2017 in ...
How has BREXIT affected us as a company? I sat down with Managing Director - Graham Ventham - to find out his thoughts on the ...
Here at Conrad Consulting we wanted to find a way to communicate with our clients and candidates in a more down to earth way, not just about the ...
We started off December nicely with a visit to the Construction - Investing in Talent Awards 2016. Conrad Consulting sponsored the event and ...
It has been a busy month for us with Conrad Consulting again sponsoring and attending the prestigious Structural Awards which were held at The ...
Conrad Consulting were proud sponsor's of Meinhardt's charity fundraising rugby tournament this year. In total, the event raised ...
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The Conrad Team enjoyed a lovely evening at the Newmarket Races for a few evening races and a concert by Mark Ronson.
Conrad Consulting are very pleased to announce that for a second consecutive year, we are sponsoring an award at the 2016 Structural ...
Four members of the team at Conrad Consulting were selected to go on a trip of a lifetime to UGANDA to volunteer with an ongoing Charity project ...
With interviews still being held online, it is beneficial to familiarise yourself with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype so you are not stuck on ...
