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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 asset management, fund management and investment: graduate property specialism
An area of work for natural strategisers, graduate asset and fund managers in the property industry work to ensure that clients who have invested in real estate see a return on their investment.

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

Land/property development and regeneration: graduate property specialism
Regenerating areas and developing land or property are and highly interconnected areas of work that directly affect surrounding populations.

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.


Auctions: graduate property specialism
Auctions are a well established part of the commercial and residential property investment market.

Agency: graduate property specialism
Property agents advise on the acquisition, development and disposal of property and negotiate the best deals for their clients.

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.


Property project management: graduate property specialism
Manage design teams, clients, contractors and colleagues to see development projects through from concept to completion.

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.