In this week’s pod, we welcomed Chirag Shah to discuss the post-pandemic Project Controls job market.Chirag is a passionate Project Controls Recruitment Expert. His mission is to deliver clients the best quality Project Controls and PMO professionals, who are trusted to bring projects in on time and within budget.Chirag does this by digging that little bit deeper, to understand the client’s story and what they are trying to achieve. He has more than 17 year’s recruitment experience, having built an extensive network and is a trusted advisor.Most recently, Chirag has been moving the project community forward through LinkedIn and by bringing people together through networking events. He is the London Ambassador for the Project Connect Group and is promoting other leading industry events such as Project Controls Expo
and Project Controls Summit.Outside of work, Chirag is a dedicated father to an 8-year-old and 1 year old. The pandemic helped Chirag focus on changing from a fixed to a growth mindset or so he likes to think.The main topics we discussed on the podcast were as follows:

• Many youngsters are choosing to move abroad to take advantage of major infrastructure investment in Australia and the Middle East
• The shift towards hybrid working has made it harder for early careers staff to gain softer skills such as resilience, influencing and networking
• The UK Project Controls job market is buoyant. People should not worry about whether they can leave a “safe job”
• There has been a greater diversity of experience in the project controls market
• Don’t be a “quiet quitter” – be passionate about what you’re doing!
• Recruiters try to look for examples of resilience in candidates based on the type of experience during their career
• Many recruiters advocate references and testimonials into CV’s to stand out from the crowd
• UK Project Controls salaries have increased by c.10-15% since the start of the pandemic
• Join us next week when we speak to Susan Rooney-Harding to discuss the inability to evaluate complex and multiple truths as one of the greatest threats

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