As we set off on the first month of the new financial year, we've witnessed a robust surge in demand, particularly for junior talent - Development Assistants, Assistant Development Managers and Contract Administrators.

As we bid goodbye to another financial year, we find ourselves in the thick of the hiring season with the property and construction industry buzzing.

Like clockwork, we've hit the EOFY rush, and the team has kicked into high gear fielding huge demand for talent across property and construction.

As End of Financial Year rapidly approaches, much of Melbourne’s Property and Construction Industry has one thing on their mind: bonus season. Negotiating your bonus can be a tricky process, especially in Melbourne's tight-knit and competitive property sector.

Culture fit is one of the most crucial indicators of your future success in a role, particularly when job hunting in Melbourn’s tight-knit Property and Construction Industry. Company culture has significant implications for both your job satisfaction and career growth prospects. However, good company culture means different things to different people.

Despite a series of public holidays in recent weeks, hiring activity has remained consistent across sectors. Notably, hiring in construction has been surprisingly active despite the challenges faced by the industry.

Well, we blinked and we're a quarter of the way through the year. While the job market was uncharacteristically frenetic through January and February, hiring has now settled into a more thoughtful pace - companies are resourcing with upcoming business goals and pipelines in mind, rather than the earlier 'bums on seats' mentality.

From assessing your current skills and career goals to exploring different opportunities, here is a comprehensive guide on how you can level up your career development journey in the property and construction industry.

Get your resume noticed with construction and property developer jobs in Melbourne. Our top tips to optimize your CV and land that interview!

The sentiment has been the same across the team, and amongst our clients and candidates - February has been a whirlwind! The year has well and truly kicked into gear and as businesses push on with new and existing pipelines despite a news cycle full of economic uncertainty.

As talent reevaluates what they want out of work and life in a post-covid world, and labour shortages in property and construction abound, it's more important than ever for companies to invest in employee health, well-being, professional development, and overall growth.

Networking is a crucial aspect of building a successful career, particularly in Melbourne's property and construction industry. It allows you to not only build relationships and make connections but also to learn from industry peers and leaders. 

So you’ve decided that 2023 is going to be your year, and career development is up there on the list of things you want to achieve. But how do you actually land the role you want - that not only advances your career, but has you jumping out of bed every morning excited to go to work? Our team of property and construction recruitment experts have put their heads together to give you the top 5 tips to help you secure the property job you WANT in 2023.

After the inevitable trickle back to the office in the first few weeks of January, it's shaped up to be an uncharacteristically busy start to the year.

The market is still running pretty hot, with a surprising number of new roles in sales and leasing, marketing, property finance, business services, and across the board in construction.

It's been a busy month here at scouted, particularly across property development and project management consultancy desks with a broad spectrum of placements from junior positions to senior management level.

It's no secret that our aged care system in Australia is under enormous strain and, ultimately, not fit for purpose. But what's the way forward? Leaders in the New Zealand aged care space may just have the answer - the Continuum of Care Model.

Despite some doom and gloom about recessions and rate rises as we closed out the month, the recruitment market was a solid one in September across all our property and construction sectors.

Last month we spoke about a growing cautiousness in the talent market that was seeing offers rejected and last-minute retractions of applications. Well, there's still some trepidation about economic conditions, but things seem to be loosening up now.

We might have stepped into a New Financial Year, but the challenges of recruitment are now all too familiar as strong hiring activity continues to face the headwinds of a coy talent market.