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How do I get a graduate job in property?
All you need to know about starting a graduate career in the property sector. With details on job roles and specialisms, salary information and tips on applying for property vacancies, this is the place to start your property job search.
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No property degree? No problem
Just because you don’t have the right degree, doesn’t mean you can’t get a graduate job in property. You can take an alternative route to becoming a chartered surveyor.
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Decide which property firm will be right for your graduate career
Different employers offer different benefits and opportunities, so how do you begin to decide which property firm meets your graduate career aspirations? Essential advice to help you match your career plans to the right property firm.
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Why business-savvy graduates get jobs in property
Commercial awareness: it’s a scarce commodity in graduates seeking property jobs, but it’s also top requirement. Stuart La Frenais of Jones Lang LaSalle explains what commercial awareness is and how graduates can get it.
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Property jargon: a graduate’s guide to jobspeak
To become a true property professional, you’ve got to walk the walk, and talk the talk. You’ll also feel more confident in graduate interviews if you know what all the specialist real-estate terms mean.
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Surveyor training: what graduate scheme is right for you?
Some property firms offer graduates the chance to 'rotate' around different departments during their training. Others offer fixed graduate roles in which you build skills right from the start. Both are valid ways to train as a surveyor, but which one’s right for you?
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Getting the job done: valuing £5.5m London property for redevelopment
Surveyor Tricia Castley managed this valuation project as part of her graduate training scheme. She needed to be right to secure finance for the development work.
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Getting the job done: sealing the deal on retail properties
‘The key to this deal was knowledge’ says graduate surveyor, Imogen Ebbs. She needed her wits and market intelligence to negotiate the best deal for her client.
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Getting the job done: leasing new properties for WH Smith
From starting as extra pair of hands to becoming an expert, graduate Andrew Cotton seized a secondment opportunity with a client and turned it into profitable career experience.
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