Skilled refugees, also known as Displaced Talent, are finding work in UK construction through safe, legal means, allowing them to rebuild their lives with dignity
The Displaced Talent scheme from recruitment specialists, Build A Career, will be showcasing some of its achievements at next week’s UK Construction Week Birmingham (October 4th-6th).
The recruitment strategy connects skilled refugees residing in hosting countries with job opportunities in the UK
‘Displaced Talent’ are skilled refugees such as architects, engineers, IT professionals, administrative, and electricians.
Having been forced to flee their home countries because of persecution, violence, or war, many become stuck in low and middle-income countries where they have no right to work and are locked out of international skilled migration systems.
Build A Career has formed a strategic alliance by engaging governments, refugee-serving organisations and local communities to enable displaced talent to move for work, resume their careers, and rebuild their lives with dignity.
The Displaced talent project has already successfully placed several construction professionals, such as:
- Mohammed Daas left Syria to find a better life to support his family, leaving behind his mother and siblings as he is the sole breadwinner of the family. He is an Architect with 8 years of experience and resided in Lebanon where he was working at a very low salary. He successfully relocated to the UK and joined an Architectural practice
- Moayyad Ghanem, who is Palestinian and currently resides in Jordan, has recently successfully secured a job opportunity as a Senior Site Engineer with seven years’ experience and will be relocating to the UK with his wife and daughter towards the end of this year
- Nariman Alkaddour, who is bilingual and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, joined Build A Career’s own team as the Displaced Talent Ambassador; with first-hand experience of the struggles of being displaced and with her unique insight she shares her story and can help companies change the lives of other talented individuals as herself
Nariman Alkaddour will be at a panel discussion at UKCW Birmingham on Oct 5th at the Career’s Centre
This year’s UKCW Birmingham is expecting around 25,000 attendees, will officially be opened by Channel 4 presenter George Clarke and features guest speaker Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands.
Celebrating culture change in the construction industry with an exciting programme of debate and discussion from top speakers, the show will also shine a spotlight on over 6,000 products from more than 300 exciting exhibitors.
