Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Intermediate Quantity Surveyor

Job description

Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Intermediate Quantity Surveyor

This is a perfect opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Intermediate Quantity Surveyor to join a very well established contractor.

Location: West London / London City

Remuneration:

• £40,000 - £45,000⁷⁰ per annum dependant upon experience
• Company car / Car allowance / Health care / Pension plan

The Role:

The successful Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Intermediate Quantity Surveyor will be working on Civils⁷¹ projects based in the West London/Middlesex area valued from £10Million - £500Million⁷². My client is a UK leading contractor which is recognised world wide. Due to planned expansion, my client requires the basic skills of an Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Intermediate Quantity Surveyor to join there team, preferably with civils background.

Requirements:

• 2 to 5 years Quantity Surveying experience
• Civils background preferable but not essential

Job Reference: DG-12370

For further details please apply

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An Example of a Traditional Résumé

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE

Supervising technicians and engineers in an electronics Industry or business with possibility for full management responsibilities.

WORK EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

B.S. degree in Industrial Management, Louisiana State University, May 1995

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• NARTE-Certified Electronics Technician.
• Top Secret Clearance for work in U.S. Department of Defense.

COLLEGE ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

Member, Society for the Advancement of Management Professionals.

Vice-President, Student Audubon Society.

Dean's List

Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society in Business Administration

Associated Student's Service and Leadership Award.

Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.

[Pickett, N.A. & Laster, A.A. 1996 (7th ed.) Technical English.

Writing, Reading & Speaking. New York: HarperCollins (p. 285)]

An Example of a Target Résumé

ALICE M. RYDEL

3621 Bailey Dirve

Big Rapids, MI 49307

(601) 456-2156

• Use Macintosh and IBM computers with ease and efficiency
• Analyze large amounts of data into organized financial statistics
• Use Lotus and other spreadsheet programs and train others
• Use automated accounting system to produce monthly statements
• Manage workers efficiently and effectively

• Keep accurate records of large numbers of accounts

  | | ACCOMPLISHMENTS |

• Supervised daily data input in a 12,00 customer billing department

• Set up a simple but efficient file system for record keeping
• Managed a computer lab available to 200 students
• Devised a plan to schedule students for maximum lab use

• Handled inventory of computer lab and submitted requests for materials, equipment, and maintenance

  | | EDUCATION | JOHN WILLIAMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | | WORK EXPERIENCE | John Williams Community College | | AWARDS | Data Processing Department Award |

[Pickett, N.A. & Laster, A.A. 1996 (7th ed.) Technical English.

Writing, Reading & Speaking. New York: HarperCollins. (p. 283)]

An Example of a Skills Résumé

[Pickett, N.A. & Laster, A.A. 1996 (7th ed.) Technical English.

Writing, Reading & Speaking. New York: HarperCollins.(p. 284)]

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Attending A Job Interview

To succeed in a job interview, the candidate must convince the interviewer that he or she is more capable than the others shortlisted. Unless the candidate has established personal networks within the company, a job is usually offered based on the assessment of the candidate's performance at the interview. This assessment places great pressure, both mentally and emotionally, on the candidate who needs the job desperately.

What do interviewers look for in the right candidate?

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In most interviews, knowing what the interviewer is looking for means you have won half of the battle. The other half of the battle: be prepared to show your knowledge about the organization, ask tactful questions about the job, and give a good impression that you can do better than others, if you are offered the job.

The interviewer has two methods of judging your suitability for the job.

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The interviewer will not ask the above questions directly as the answers should come from what you have accomplished, not what you plan to do in future. The interviewer will skillfully find out the answers by asking what you have been involved in, your interests, your strengths, your weaknesses, the challenges in your pursuit of knowledge or previous work, your perception of yourself, your dreams and objectives in life.

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⁷⁰. £40,000 - £45,000: approx. 50,235 € - 56,515 € ↩

⁷¹. Civils: Civil engineering works; public works. ↩

⁷². £10Million - £500Million: approx. 12.5Million € - 630Million € ↩