When faced with rejection, young professionals should persevere, get as many qualifications and training as they can and say yes to every opportunity.
These were some of the insights offered by an industry panel at a careers event organised by CIOB London Tomorrow’s Leaders with Hays.
Hosted at Hays’ Cheapside offices, the event saw numerous construction professionals come to network and gain valuable insights, tips and advice.
The panel – comprising Daniel K Poku-Davies, architectural designer, Foster + Partners; Stuart Wallis, associate director – industrial relations, Mace; Lauren Rimmer, founder and CEO, Construct Change; and Jessica Haskett, design manager, Kier Group – shared its wisdom and took questions from the floor.
CIOB London Tomorrow’s Leaders also joined RICS and JCT’s Young Professional Group (YPG) in the second joint networking event between the three groups and KPMG in November.
Expanding on last year’s event, this year featured representation from a number of other industry groups and enabled members from across the various networks to meet informally, discuss ideas and relevant topics and gain the perspective of other young professionals working across all areas of the built environment.
