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If you are hiring for a senior commercial or operational role in UK construction and you are relying on job boards to find candidates, you are fishing in a pond where the fish you want have

If you are a senior professional in UK construction and you believe your CV is what gets you your next role, I need to break some news. It is not.

Every senior leader in UK construction eventually faces the same question. A critical role opens up. You have someone internal who is close to ready.

You have just been offered a new role. Senior position, better package, a programme you are genuinely excited about. You hand in your resignation.

The single biggest predictor of whether a senior search will succeed has nothing to do with the recruiter you pick. It has nothing to do with the salary you offer.

Nobody in construction underestimates the cost of a failed project. We have all seen the post-mortems. The change orders. The disputes. The programmes that slipped by a year and burned through margin.

There is a conversation I have at least twice a month. A senior construction leader tells me they have a critical role to fill. Commercial Director. Project Director. Operations Director.