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A new report from Kier highlights that insufficient construction careers advice is putting \u00a390bn GDP at risk, prompting a call for business and government to do more to improve out of date advice<\/h2>\n

The report from FTSE 250 company Kier, shows that parents have significant concerns about the quality of careers advice on offer to secondary school pupils, with 74% of those surveyed feeling careers advice is too focused on academic pathways. 68% of parents believe that children do not receive enough advice.<\/p>\n

As the construction and built environment sector battles a fundamental image problem, with pupils and parents not appreciating the breadth of career opportunities on offer in the sector \u2013 as well as the industry needing to take on 400,000 new recruits per annum to keep pace with the UK\u2019s growing housing and infrastructure demand<\/a> \u2013 this is about averting a \u00a390bn UK GDP crisis.<\/p>\n

As part of the report, a study of 2,000 secondary school teachers, parents and careers advisors was undertaken to assess perceptions of careers advice and career options for school leavers, and specifically to gauge their understanding of construction and the built environment.<\/p>\n

The study identified 90% of teachers across the UK are unaware of the scale of the recruitment shortfall<\/a> in the construction sector, with 41% not realising there is an issue at all.<\/p>\n

It also found that 54% of teachers and parents believe there is a lack of career progression in construction\/the built environment, and associate the industry with being muddy, manual, male dominated and low paid thanks to outdated perceptions. This is despite the fact that the industry provides a wealth of opportunity across all skill sets.<\/p>\n

The report also found that 57% of parents say rising tuition fees put them off encouraging university as an option for their children, yet 81% of parents were unaware that major FTSE companies could pay the cost of a degree course and offer a guaranteed entry point into work upon completion of studies.<\/p>\n

Given that the public sector faces continued budgetary pressures, schools and councils cannot provide timely, comprehensive and persuasive construction careers advice without support. With the backing of the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Careers & Enterprise Company, Kier is pledging 1% of its workforce as Career Ambassadors to work with schools and colleges over the next 12 months to engage with at least 10,000 school pupils, to inform and inspire the next generation.<\/p>\n

Haydn Mursell, Chief Executive of Kier, said: \u201cWith an ageing workforce<\/a>, uncertainty around Brexit and an ambitious pipeline of construction, housing and wider infrastructure projects, which equates to \u00a390bn of UK GDP delivery and creates a demand for circa 400,000 new recruits per annum, it is imperative that we attract new talent into our industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have invested in a comprehensive resource to train and develop new talent, we offer a vast array of roles, great scope and support for diversity and career progression, and we offer the chance to leave a lasting legacy and make a real contribution to local communities, as well as UK GDP. But we also have an image crisis, based on out of date perceptions and advice. We cannot leave this to schools, councils or the government alone to resolve. Business is best placed to explain itself, its employment offering and its skills and training needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this reason, we are pledging a minimum of 1% of our workforce as Career Ambassadors to work with schools and colleges across the UK, to engage with at least 10,000 pupils over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf every company in the FTSE 250 and FTSE 100 followed the 1% pledge as part of their commitment to employment and skills, we could create a powerful network of real world advisors, to inform and inspire the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kier says it would welcome the government, using its upcoming Careers Strategy, to take further steps to improve construction careers advice and increase opportunities for collaboration between the public and private sector, following the success of the Careers & Enterprise Company<\/a>, which brokers this kind of collaboration.<\/p>\n

The report \u2018Averting a \u00a390bn GDP crisis: A report on the image and recruitment crisis facing the built environment\u2019 is available from the Kier website: www.kier.co.uk\/researchreport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or for more information on opportunities available in the industry, please visit: www.shapingyourworld.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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