{"id":10995,"date":"2023-04-10T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geosearch.com\/?p=10995"},"modified":"2026-06-25T07:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:02:48","slug":"why-quantity-surveyor-recruitment-is-a-challenging-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/hiring-insights\/why-quantity-surveyor-recruitment-is-a-challenging-task\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Quantity Surveyor Recruitment Is A Challenging Task"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recruitment companies, client construction companies, and consultancies often ask why Quantity\u00a0<a title=\"Job Hunting for Land Surveyors? Let Us Help!\" href=\"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/are-you-looking-for-land-surveyor-jobs-here-is-how-we-can-help\/\">Sur<\/a><a title=\"Job Hunting for Land Surveyors? Let Us Help!\" href=\"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/are-you-looking-for-land-surveyor-jobs-here-is-how-we-can-help\/\">veyor recruitment<\/a>\u00a0is challenging. Quality Surveyors aren&#8217;t impossible to recruit, of course, but many believe there is not enough supply to meet the growing demand. It&#8217;s important to understand why this perception exists though and, to do that, one must lay the blame at the abolishment of apprenticeships in the 1980&#8217;s along with the withdrawal of professional examinations in favor of graduate or degree entry. The 1990&#8217;s recession also did a certain amount of damage, coupled with the rising number of Quantity Surveyors retiring early. Given these conditions, things still aren&#8217;t as grim as they are made out to be, and this post explains why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How things have changed<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are more courses now offered by colleges and universities, but gaining adequate experience takes time. Expectations of high remuneration also affect surveyor recruitment, and the procurement of projects has also changed significantly. More Quantity Surveyors have now been required at the tender as well as the post-contract stage to settle potential disputes about the scope of work. They are also being asked to do more in terms of financial and project management, which only makes the task of surveyor recruitment more challenging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there an easy fix?<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is no easy fix to the shortage and\u00a0<a title=\"The Interview Preparation\" href=\"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/interview-tips-for-employers\/\">Employer\u00a0higher demand<\/a>\u00a0for competent Quantity Surveyors, and throwing money at the problem only creates a vicious circle. Placing more advertisements isn&#8217;t a solution either, nor is a reduction of dependence on Quantity Surveyors. The solution lies in understanding what you need in terms of commercial support, thinking out of the box, offering adequate support for graduating Quantity Surveyors, and keeping existing staff up to date by investing in training and software. Finally, it is important to turn to a\u00a0specialist recruiter, because they alone understand the roles and nuances involved in surveyor recruitment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Survey Recruitment Experts<\/strong><br \/>\nEmployers, new college grads, and seasoned professionals seeking the next step in their geospatial careers all turn to GeoSearch, Inc., the leading recruiting firm in mapping and geospatial. To find out more about how we can help you with surveyor recruitment,\u00a0<a title=\"Buy A Current Contact List\" href=\"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/contact\/\">get in touch<\/a>\u00a0with us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recruitment companies, client construction companies, and consultancies often ask why Quantity\u00a0Surveyor recruitment\u00a0is challenging. Quality Surveyors aren&#8217;t impossible to recruit, of course, but many believe there is not enough supply to meet the growing demand. It&#8217;s important to understand why this perception exists though and, to do that, one must lay the blame at the abolishment&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hiring-insights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18944,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995\/revisions\/18944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/16894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geosearch.com\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}