Advice
Welcome to the Property Week Careers Advice. Here we offer useful tips on how to get a job and change your career in property and surveying. The section is aimed at graduates and property professionals who wish to advance in the profession.Advice
Property Week blog helps me to stand out from grad crowd
Property Week has adopted six University of Reading real estate students. Read their latest updates at PropertyWeek.com/professional. This month, Matshelo Chimbombi reflects on how to enhance your professional profile
From Bolivia to blogging
While searching the streets of Potosí in Bolivia for a working scanner to confirm my offer at Reading (suitably dressed head to toe in Alpaca), I never imagined that a year on I would be ready and eager to start my career and, above all, writing a blog for Property Week.
Developing skills in real estate finance
And so it begins. It has been said that in order to know where you are going, you need to know where you’ve been. Therefore, I will present the activities of the months that have past.
I survived my first property networking event
Property Week has adopted six Reading real estate students. Read their latest updates at propertyweek.com/professional. This month, James Davies learns how to network and, right, Insiyah Khushnood finally “gets” property jargon, while Sam Salloway juggles work and play
The challenges of finding a graduate job
Finding a graduate job in the UK is proving to be very challenging. This is even more so if you are an international (non-EU) student.
Getting serious: graduating into a difficult market
The plan was to graduate into a buoyant job market. Nearly half way through my undergraduate Real Estate degree at the University of Reading, this now looks like a bit of a forlorn hope.
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Is it worth becoming a mature student in uncertain times
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A feast in the Middle East, but working West is best
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Twitter is for life — not just for MIPIM
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Hotdesks: A burning issue
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Take three … 2012 openings for job seekers
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Sociable South Bank student shares his experience
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How language skills help in real estate
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Turbulent times ahead and the impact on graduates
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Dear Careers Doctor, I’m a surveyor looking for a new job.
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Dear Careers Doctor, I hate the bit at the end of interviews when they ask you if you have any questions.
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Dear Careers Doctor, I’m not going anywhere in my career. Would it be worth me doing an MBA?
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Dear Careers Doctor, Are all job vacancies advertised?
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Dear Careers Doctor, I don't think I'm being paid enough.
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Dear Careers Doctor, I finished my degree this year and I am now working to save money to go travelling.
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Dear Careers Doctor, I have recently been promoted above colleagues.
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Dear Careers Doctor, I want to get more recognition for the work I do.
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Dear Careers Doctor, I am in the second year of a real estate management degree.
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The graduates: stood on the brink
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The Next Generation: how property must adapt to younger workers
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Networking is key — isn’t it? asks Henry Cartwright
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My big move: Making the Belgrade
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Job Advice - Polish Your CV
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Recession Lessons: tips for young surveyors from industry big hitters
