Insights

​We want to alert our candidates to a current scam that preys on job seekers. Primarily on WhatsApp, this scam involves individual or business accounts pretending to be one of Cobalt’s team of consultants contacting candidates with potential job opportunities or offers to extract personal information or ask for payment.

Community development key to BTR and PRS growth, sustainability and green shoots for investment and job opportunities - insights from UKREiiF 2023.

This 2nd Cobalt Conversations event aimed to analyse and understand the impact of using inclusive language in the workplace, in job descriptions and in general, and discuss the challenges people are facing in approaching the ever-changing discourse around diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Cobalt Recruitment hosted their first Cobalt Conversations event, starting conversations about the challenges faced when driving diversity and inclusion within real estate.

​Cobalt's 2022 Mental Health & Wellbeing Survey reveals three-quarters of professionals in the built environment would look for a new job if their employer wasn’t looking after their mental health and wellbeing. See more about this and further insights in our Report.

Cobalt took a market pulse from our network to find out how remuneration and total benefits packages have been changing since the Covid-19 pandemic across finance and accounting roles in real estate.

At Cobalt, we know that diversity should be a priority for all organisations in the real estate and construction sectors. That's why in 2022 we developed a new diversity survey sent to candidates, capturing as much detail as possible about those who are job-seeking in these sectors, so to be able to deliver real insights to the market.

We embark on our third year of working with the award-winning education charity, Future Frontiers, and we couldn’t be prouder to be involved. See what they do and how Cobalt fits in here.

The UK & Australia have officially signed a ground-breaking, historic, free trade agreement that will allow Australians 35 years old and under to work in the UK for 3 years - perfect for transferrable contract finance roles in real estate.

Did you get that promotion you’d worked so hard for,? Land that new role? Hire new team members? See Cobalt Recruitment's highlights from 2021.

It was our 20th birthday on 1st October! So whilst we popped some real-life Champagne corks, we took a moment to celebrate all the great things about Cobalt. It was a chance to reflect on what has made us the successful recruitment firm we are today.

How has COVID affected the Real Estate industry and specifically business support roles like Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and Operations staff within it? Find out here.