Career News
JLL’s Dyer tops global pay league
Colin Dyer was the world’s highest-paid property services firm director last year.
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 Firing Squad
The redundancy process requires a clear, level-headed approach, but managers must also have empathy. David Hatcher spoke to the executives who have had sleepless nights over getting it right
Extranets revolutionise information flow
New technology simplifies sharing of property data for greater efficiency. David Hatcher reports
My gut feeling about Savills placement
In the first update from our “adopted” Reading real estate students, Sam Salloway celebrates a significant breakthrough after a summer of sacrifice
CSC’s Fischel and Segro’s Sleath take £1.25m apiece
But both companies plan to review remuneration policy in 2012
Interns survey global options in race for placements
Internship competition aims to help property students launch careers. Sarah Stewart reports
Race to implement flexible working before London 2012
Government resource hub offers alternatives to transport during peak season. Dave Cordy reports
Take three … 2012 openings for job seekers
For property professionals, 2011 was another difficult year as uncertainty in economic markets and a lack of funding continued to stall growth. Our data show that vacancies declined throughout 2011. There are, however, a few bright spots in the jobs market this year.
Redevco makes three senior appointments
Dutch developer Redevco has appointed three employees to its board as chief operating officers and a chief human resources officer.
Student sought for best practice analysis
RealService launches PhD to investigate link between customer service and property performance. Hardeep Sandher reports
Straight talker: Laura Sutton
Laura Sutton, 42, is a partner in property development consultancy Baker Rose. She has worked in the industrial sector ever since she qualified as a surveyor in 1992, and previously headed Savills’ south-east industrial team. She lives in Walton-on-Thames with her husband and three children.
People Moves: Colliers, Savills, Workman and more
Alder King has promoted Simon Smith in Bristol and James Jacobs in Exeter to partners.
Investment Property Forum reveals winner of annual PhD award
The Investment Property Forum Education Trust has announced its annual award to a PhD student
British Land sponsors US academic’s Cambridge fellowship
David Ling of the University of Florida will take up position in the UK for three years
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Leibowitz’s Space turns industrial conversions into art form
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New president embodies RICS’s Asian aspirations
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Hammerson gives Haiti a helping hand
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Gradual Improvement: the first annual graduate recruitment survey
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Property professionals fifth happiest in UK
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Bankers meet young entrepreneurs at London gathering
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First RICS associate named
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JLL/King Sturge: ‘Two firms at the very top of their game are merging’
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Students hear about Lives in Property
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Former British Land exec to join AlixPartners
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Clegg finds more receptive audience at RICS HQ
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JLL-King Sturge merger imminent
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Jones Lang LaSalle first in line to King Sturge throne
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Day of the Jackal comes for Lunchtime Comment Club
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Notts students Wing it to Budapest
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GL Hearn "takes steps" after surveyor's four-letter email exchange
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Meeting of minds for Reading mentors
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Social networking as a serious business tool
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Moving Abroad: industry experts who taken the big step
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Corporate responsibility: LandSecs employee awards
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Corporate responsbility: Businesses unite for inaugural convention
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Get coached in how to tackle business
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Lack of jobs in property raises fears of 2020 skills gap
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Tesco shows every little helps ‘disheartened’ graduates
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Employment tribunal shows danger of office gossip
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Old-fashioned companies risk losing their senior women, says Julie Rees
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Stress tests property employees
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Corporate responsibility: Bluewater apprentices ‘graduate’
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Women in Property names top student
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RICS launches online property academy
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Need to know: changes to the Pensions Act
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‘Double dip’ could hit jobs market
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New Equality Act could increase complaints
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Social mobility aim for property
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Need to know: the Blundell sex discrimination case
Rising Stars
Architectural interest
What makes a successful developer-architect? Sarah Stewart reports from 2012’s Young Norwood event
Reading Lights
On the day in January when unemployment among 16-to-24-year-olds reached a 19-year high of 1.02 million, Property Week visited Reading University to meet the next set of job seekers who will have to battle such statistics.
Social Science: how businesses can make the most of social media
Helen Casey, project manager at the Legacy Portfolio, last night won the annual CoreNet Global UK and Property Week essay competition. Here we present her entry
The Next Generation: how property must adapt to younger workers
Developers will have to accommodate the social practices of younger workers in designing offices for the future.
Property’s old school ties
Public school alumni are networking at “old boys’ clubs” and returning to their almer maters to recruit new talent. Christine Eade investigates
No guarantees for graduates
The graduate job market is harder than ever. Property Week is following the progress of five London South Bank University MSc real estate students in 2011 and beyond
Grey Matters: the psychology of business decisions
Financiers are increasingly investigating why human psychology clouds investor decision making. Weijia Wang explains
University fee rises and the threat to property courses
As the number of postgraduate courses rocket and with higher student fees looming, could the end of the traditional property degree be nigh?
Graduates taxed: how you can show "commercial awareness"
University leavers need to demonstrate “commercial awareness” in job interviews, but few know what that means
Planning gets Streetwise
Few young people are interested in planning and urban design.Richard Heap reports on a new initiative to raise awareness among teenagers
Plucked from the nest
Hedge funds and accountants are luring property graduates with big pay packets and prospects. In the latest in our series for younger readers, Mike Phillips asks: can property compete?
Tuff talking
In the latest of Property Week’s series for young surveyors, four new recruits interview the incoming RICS president, David Tuffin. Mike Phillips reports.
