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Construction and property
Build your future
The construction industry is all about designing, building and improving the built environment around us. Property careers, meanwhile, are where the built environment meets finance. Property professionals work to increase the value of land and real estate. Graduates work on a vast range of projects and across a huge range of activities: in construction, homes and skyscrapers, highways and waterways, bridges and tunnels, strategic energy infrastructures, and more; in property, everything from valuing a piece of land, to developing it, to selling/letting it or investing in it. Many graduates say that they get a buzz from seeing tangible results from their efforts and playing a vital role in working towards net zero.
Search for construction, QS and property graduate jobs or engineering graduate jobs.
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Your construction job options
From architect to structural engineer, by way of quantity surveyor and project manager, discover what the key construction roles really involve.
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Your property job options
Planners, surveyors, agents, developers or consultants: your job title will depend on what you actually do and the market you work in. Check out our collection of key job roles to work out your best fit.
Joining your profession
Finding your way in
Get CV-enhancing experience
Many large employers run formal work experience schemes for students – most commonly summer internships/placements and sandwich-year placements – and these will boost your job prospects. But there are other ways to gain experience and develop your skills.
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Student competitions & events
Here at targetjobs we run free careers events and competitions with employers, all designed to help students hone their skills, network with top professionals and potentially get a job (attending employers actively hire from our events).
Those looking for formal career events should check out our ever-popular Future Female Engineers and our brand new Survey the World . If you’d like to win an internship with a leading built environment employer, enter our competition to be crowned the Construction, Engineering and Environment Undergraduate of the Year .
Getting a job
Applications & interviews
Ace your application
Construction and property employers will either ask you to fill in an online application form (which may involve answering application questions and/or uploading a CV) or to send in a CV and covering letter. But you’ll need to ensure it is sector- and employer-focused – our advice will show you how.
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Types of employer
Where can you work?
Construction companies can be divided into consultants (which look after the designing and pre-construction phases of a project); contractors (which build the project); and subcontractors (specialists employed by the contractor). The job can be very different depending on the type of employer.
- The difference between quantity surveying jobs at consultants and contractors
- Consultants v. contractors: which is better for engineers?
Property employers can be categorised as either full-service firms that offer a range of services to clients or specialist consultancies focusing on one service, such as letting agencies – although both often specialise in certain markets.
- Commercial, residential or rural: which property market is right for me?
- Where's the best place to start your property career: London or the regions?
There are also construction and property jobs with housebuilders, local authorities and organisations that own or operate across a lot of land, such as retailers, hospital trusts and utilities companies.
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Industry leaders with a large annual graduate intake.
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Knight Frank is the UK’s leading independent real estate consultancies, working responsibly to enhance people’s lives and environments.
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Join the next generation of CBRE property professionals at the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm.
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