AJ careers expert Matthew Turner advises an architect who has for a long time planned to start a practice with their friend, but now worries they might not be the best fit
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The coach: Are all the good jobs filled by word of mouth?
AJ careers expert Matthew Turner helps an architect who wants to move practice but fears the best posts are never advertised
The coach: Do I have to be a dogsbody to succeed in architecture?
AJ careers expert Matthew Turner advises an ambitious architect, frustrated that their bosses give them such dull work
The coach: I’m sick of designing luxury housing when I can’t afford to buy a flat
AJ careers expert Matthew Turner proposes alternative career paths for a London architect who services wealthy clients but receives inadequate wages
The coach: ‘How do I persuade my practice to let me work part time?’
An architect wants to go part time so they can spend more time with their partner, but fears this flies in the face of the practice’s culture. AJ careers expert Matthew Turner advises how best to persuade their employer
The coach: ‘I enjoy being a project architect but I’m being pushed into management’
AJ careers expert Matthew Turner advises an architect who wants to keep designing rather than pushing paper and dealing with colleagues’ gripes
The coach: ‘I feel rejected after the Brexit vote’
This month Matthew Turner counsels a European architect with the Brexit blues, and also offers interview tips to make sure you hire the right candidate
The coach: ‘I’d like to switch to commissioning projects’
Matthew Turner has advice for an architect who wants to move to the client side, as well as a sole-practitioner whose wife would like to join the firm
The coach: ‘I suspect that we have hired a fraud’
Matthew Turner has advice for an architect who suspects an employee is not all he claims, and for a mother returning to practice
The coach: ‘I’m working for a client whose enormous wealth is from dubious sources’
Matthew Turner has advice for an architect who is troubled by the morality of the billionaire they’re working for, and for clients who feel their architect is trying to dictate how they run their life