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RIBA Chartered Practices are required to pay all staff, including freelance staff, apprentices and students at least the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Read our top tips and download our free architectural CV template to help you stand out from the crowd with your architecture CV.

How can you start recruiting inclusively? As Marsha Ramroop, Director of Inclusion & Diversity at RIBA, explains, there are no quick wins for effectively hiring and then retaining people from a variety of backgrounds. It takes effort and investment in time and resources. Here, she provides some k...

In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is advertising jobs on its job board for architects and students of architecture fleeing the conflict.

Many RIBA members and practices have expressed their desire to provide practical assistance to architects and students of architecture, fleeing the invasion of Ukraine. For further information about RIBA’s response, see: Ukraine crisis – latest guidance (architecture.com)

These 5 tips are to help you create a successful architecture CV for job interviews. Use them as a general guide when you are beginning your job search.

Big opportunities alongside big challenges mean working in the Middle East isn’t for everyone says RIBA.

Senior leaders at Foster + Partners, PLP Architecture, Apt and Richard Parr Associates describe how during COVID-19 they have developed new online selection and onboarding processes.

In 2020, the social inequities of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have shined a light on the pressing need for a more inclusive architecture profession. Five practices describe how they are stepping up with an onus on more robust recruitment and retainment processes and greater t...

Rupesh Vara, Sales Manager at RIBA Jobs shares insights for students on how to prepare when you are job-seeking. In the video, Rupesh covers tips on preparing your CV and portfolio as well as getting ready for interviews.

These guidelines are for compiling your Part 1 Architecture portfolio to use in job interviews. Use them as a general guide when you are beginning your job search.

Why London isn’t the only option for a satisfying career in architecture.

Whilst more women are entering the architectural profession than ever before, progression into more senior roles is still a challenge, with women making up just 20% of these roles. How can recruitment change this?

Here are our top tips to help you attract and recruit the best people in the architectural market when you have a small practice. Review the kind of candidate you want. Develop your company culture. Clearly define the job role. Specifically, target potential candidates. Be upfront about salary.

Do you want to get the best performance out of your advert and attract the right candidates? Read RIBA Jobs’ practical advice on posting a role.

Lead architect and founder of international practice Drozdov & Partners, Oleg Drozdov tells Helen Castle what the situation has been like for students and architects since the Russian invasion started.

Úna Breathnach HIfearnáin, Senior Urban Designer at McGregor Coxall, and Angela Dapper, Principal at Grimshaw give their design tips for compiling your Part 1 portfolio

It is important to understand the architecture market and the design and construction industries in terms of growth and where it sits in the wider financial economy.