Young professionals and construction students in West Yorkshire gained valuable careers tips and advice at a joint industry event organised by the CIOB West Yorkshire Hub.
Enhance Your Career, which is now in its second year, included participation from the Association for Project Management, the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE) and the Institute of Leadership (InstL), as well as industry partners Elexion, Gleeds, Hawkswell Kilvington, Michael Dyson Associates, Morgan Sindall, Promoting Construction West Yorkshire, Rider Levett Bucknall, Tilbury Douglas and Vision Cooling Solutions.
Students from Barnsley College, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds College of Building, the University of Huddersfield, the University of Leeds, Wakefield College and York College attended, alongside young professionals already working within the industry, to take full advantage of the expert line-up.
The day included three panel discussions featuring leading professionals with Q&A sessions. Other highlights were an interactive presentation and demonstration from Mark Paddock of FocusXR on the use of virtual reality and augmented reality in the construction industry; a workshop on social media from Nick Bramley of Impactus; another workshop delivered by Simon Owen of Calibre, on CV writing; and a keynote speech on leadership and leading change by Geoff Prudence.
