Archive for the ‘HVAC Jobs’ Category

Keeping your job in HVAC in a recession

Posted June 19th, 2010 by james | No Comments

Most jobs in HVAC are at a higher level of risk of redundancy than they were a couple of years ago despite the companies that buck the trend and continue to grow. And talking to employers and employees in the industry most seem to agree that a serious upturn is quite a way off still.
As [...]

Boom and bust construction – we can’t go on like this

Posted January 17th, 2010 by james | No Comments

Constructionskills, the new name for the old Sector Skills Council for the construction industry, announced this week an extension to the £1000 sweetener offered construction companies for taking on an apprentice made redundant by another construction company.
It must be devastating  for a young apprentice to discover he or she is out of a job so [...]

The difference between selling HVAC maintenance and projects

Posted August 12th, 2009 by Orion the Hunter | No Comments

If you are looking to buy a new car you will almost certainly go and look at it and maybe take it for a test drive. Looking for a new house and you will generally go and ‘view’ it. Likewise, an item of clothing in a shop can be tried on before your wife buys [...]

Jobs in HVAC in a recession

Posted June 13th, 2009 by james | No Comments

A question facing many skilled but unemployed job seekers in the HVAC market at the moment is whether to try their luck outside the industry.
Do they risk losing their contacts and industry skills by taking a job outside the industry but at least have some money coming in or do they keep hoping that something [...]