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Pay 100 urges ‘full industry-wide transparency’ as it launches 2024 architecture salaries survey
The organisers of the Pay 100 survey have called for fully transparent disclosure as they launched their architecture salary survey for its third year
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Advice and articles on architectural careers and salaries, including regular columns by AJ Coach, Matthew Turner
The Coach: How do I make sense of my patchy career to date?
Make a success story of your achievements, advises AJ Coach Matthew Turner
The Secret Architect: The practice banking on burnout
The Secret Architect is jobhunting – and finds a practice where staff burnout is baked into the business model
The Coach: Made redundant? Make it a career turning point
AJ Coach Matthew Turner advises an architect who has recently been made redundant
The Coach: What questions should I ask during my job interview?
Asking the right questions at a job interview can set you apart as a candidate; asking the wrong ones can backfire. Matthew Turner gives an insight into which are which
The Coach: How can I best help my practice pitch for work?
An architect has been invited to be involved in pitching for projects. Matthew Turner offers some tips on how to excel at this process
The Coach: What’s a good business strategy for someone starting out?
Matthew Turner outlines how a new practice should plan to attract clients, stay relevant and find new opportunities in which to flourish
Are new architect visa restrictions based on inflated salary data?
Changes to work visa rules mean that, from next month, overseas architects will not be able to work in the UK unless they earn a minimum salary of £38,700 – but is this based on false data of what architects earn, asks Aylin Round
The Coach: How can I trim my extensive CV to fit the word limit?
As the list of projects you’ve worked on grows longer, it could be time to consider a different approach to setting out your CV, advises Matthew Turner
Exclusive: Survey reveals architects were handed a real terms pay cut in 2023
After healthy rises in 2022, new salary research shows a woeful lack of movement in the profession’s pay packets this year. Richard Waite looks at the latest data and finds little Christmas cheer for architects