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Housing adviser: job description
Housing advisers support people living in social housing and housing association properties.

Magazine journalist: job description
Magazine journalists research, write and edit stories, features and articles for use within a variety of media including magazines, journals and corporate publications.

Magazine features editor: job description
Magazine features editors oversee the content and quality of magazine publications and ensure that features are topical, interesting and informative.

Leisure centre manager: job description
Leisure centre managers are responsible for every aspect of the day-to-day management of centres dedicated to sports, leisure, health and fitness.

Licensed conveyancer: job description
Licensed conveyancers are specialist property lawyers who undertake the legal administration of residential and commercial property sales, purchases and transfers in England and Wales.

Local government lawyer: job description
Local government lawyers are qualified solicitors and barristers who act on behalf of and give legal advice to council staff.

Property management: graduate property specialism
Property management involves overseeing the day-to-day management of a property, either for its occupier or a landlord.

The skills that property recruiters want from graduates
We asked leading property recruiters for the top skills they would be looking for in graduates’ applications and how they assess them. Here are their answers.


All degrees welcome for a graduate career in property
You can get a graduate job as a property surveyor even if your degree isn’t from a land or property discipline. Here’s how you can get real estate recruiters to hire you and sponsor you through an RICS-approved postgraduate conversion course.


Risk management in finance: graduate area of work
Risk managers control the risks taken by financial services organisations. Attentive, inquisitive graduates with a head for numbers and the ability to anticipate the future are well suited to this area.

Diversity/equal opportunities: area of work
Graduates who take jobs as diversity and equal opportunities officers work to promote and regulate diversity within businesses.

Giving presentations at engineering assessments: tips for job-seeking graduates
You may be asked to give a presentation as part of an engineering assessment centre. Use our top tips to structure a winning presentation.
