{"id":36286,"date":"2017-11-09T15:41:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T15:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=36286"},"modified":"2017-11-09T15:41:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T15:41:04","slug":"report-reveals-growing-popularity-of-construction-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/report-reveals-growing-popularity-of-construction-careers\/36286\/","title":{"rendered":"Report reveals growing popularity of construction careers"},"content":{"rendered":"

One in four young people (28%) have given construction careers the green light by awarding the sector top marks for attractiveness, according to a new report from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)<\/h2>\n

This figure has more than doubled from 13% in 2016, and is a welcome and significant rise from just 3% in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2018Changing Perceptions: the growing appeal of a career in construction\u2019, is based on a survey of 1,000 young people<\/a>, 500 parents and 800 guidance career professionals. This year\u2019s findings show an improvement in the perception of construction careers among all of the groups surveyed. However, results also show that a limited knowledge of the sector among guidance professionals persists along with a tendency to encourage lesser qualified people into the sector.<\/p>\n

Encouraging statistics show that young people\u2019s knowledge of the industry has increased and they have a greater awareness of the breadth of roles in the sector. They are also more likely to see a construction career as well paid and an increasing number agree that the sector offers as many jobs for women as men. To add to this, both construction and civil engineering were placed in the top 10 (seventh and eighth, respectively) from a list of 29 potential career paths which young people were asked to consider.<\/p>\n

Findings also exposed some of the challenges that may hinder recruitment into construction. These included:<\/p>\n