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Category: Company News
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Team Esteem – Doin’ it for the kids
Never shy of assuming a tough challenge when it means supporting a worthy cause, three of our intrepid team have signed up for the 2021 Buccleuch Property Challenge which will take place on Friday, 10 September at Drumlanrig Castle on the Queensberry Estate, Dumfries and Galloway. Operations director Martina Höfner, Programme delivery manager David Currie and Assessor Rosie Neill – ‘Team Esteem’…
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Time management – a simple, effective approach
We believe it’s crucially important to invest in our team’s personal and professional development and so Esteem Training holds eight development days, spaced throughout the year, and everyone attends. Our latest session, in early June, focused on time management geared towards helping us work smarter vs merely harder. We’re determined to do everything in our…
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Investment in training that mirrors a reputation for excellence
Much has been written regarding the talent shortfall looming for the Scottish construction industry due to the predicted departure of a significant cohort of experienced professionals eligible to retire over the next five years. It’s possible that this projected exodus of expertise may acutely impact the civil engineering sector, where large numbers of new entrants…
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Championing the Living Wage in Scotland
With wellbeing, personal development and the invaluable contribution of our talented team at the heart of Esteem Training’s success, we’ve been keen for some time to make an official public statement in recognition of those key factors. We’re therefore delighted to have been awarded accredited status as a Living Wage Scotland employer, including being profiled…
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The Steemies talk positive mental health
As the pandemic swept through Scotland in 2020, we found ourselves spending more time at home – living, sleeping, eating and, of course, working. In June 2020, whilst continuing to work from home, we made the decision to trial a four-day work week by closing the business on Wednesdays. This constituted a reduction from a 35…
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‘Steemies’ Year-end Team Day celebrates success and focuses on the future
Open, two-way communication forms a core element from the coaching and support tools with which we pave the way for our SVQ candidates to succeed in securing their career-boosting vocational qualifications. You may already be aware that the Esteem Training team likes to do considerably more than simply talk the talk. We like to walk…
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Spring 2021 intake attracts record number of supervisory candidates
We are acutely aware that this year, and the past 12 months, have been – for certain people and companies – incredibly tough. It’s with not inconsiderable relief then that the industry likely welcomes the Federation of Master Builders’ recent announcement that: “Spring has brought green shoots of recovery in the construction sector, with a…
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Neurodiversity – Vive la différence
Multiple studies have reported that more than a year of juggling homeschooling, family commitments, social distancing and seemingly endless Zoom meetings have sent anxiety levels soaring, sending us online to search for mindfulness podcasts, scour the Internet for a new family pet or sign up for endorphin-boosting fitness classes to help us cope with ‘the…
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Meet Lauren and Muhammad – our two newest ‘steemies’
March may have blown in with chilly temperatures and blustery winds, but it also heralded the arrival of our two newest team members – Lauren Hosie and Muhammad Khalid. Both are settling in well, and relishing their new challenge. Lauren has joined as Onboarding Coordinator, providing key support for Operations Director Martina Höfner and the…
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Piloting through an exciting BAME industry first
It’ll come as little surprise to our partners and candidates that Esteem Training’s award-winning team is firmly committed to playing our part in helping to create greater career opportunities, in fair and supportive working environments, for as many construction professionals as possible. We’re therefore excited and proud to announce that we have partnered with CEMVO…