Policies have been put in place in some countries around the world to reduce the risk of modern slavery but the current labour shortages being experienced globally present a challenge to those who are unprepared for managing the issue.
Mentoring is one of the most powerful professional development tools there is. Simple, flexible and suitable for everyone at every level and stage of their career, it is as effective as the effort you are willing to put into it.
Mentoring can benefit the careers of both the mentor and mentee and a free webinar organised by New Civil Engineer and its sister title Construction News aims to look at how the approach can improve gender diversity in the industry.
The government’s Ten-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution called for the creation of 250,000 green jobs. However, National Grid’s research identified 400,000 green jobs that will need to be filled across the UK’s energy sector to reach net zero by 2050.
"Glorious mistakes" are needed to upskill the workforce and deliver the country's net zero targets, according to Constructionarium chair Keith Clarke.
With Women in Construction Week underway, it’s time we look at one of the main criticisms that hits the industry.
Professional services within the construction and real estate industry are seeing unprecedented rises in wages and it is causing a disparity between role levels and pay. The question is can the construction industry cope and what are the effects of such unequivocal rises in one sector on construction as a…
Skills and funding. Skills and funding. Skills and funding. Those are two issues that have perpetually surfaced in the stories I have written in the 20-plus years since I became a construction journalist. Looking back at NCE’s archives tells me that the issues were nothing new back when I started…
In an industry that continues to suffer from an acute nationwide skills shortage, there are many good reasons why individual engineers and businesses must proactively improve their engagement with children from a young age. The shortage is being compounded by the challenges of an ageing workforce that is simply not…
It’s a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that the British engineering industry has a skills shortage and is lacking in diversity. When it comes to considering how the skills and diversity issue needs to be tackled, it leads me to reflect on the holistic experience that led to my engineering career.
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