Surveying career entry issue
Discussion
olivebrown said:
I'm in a similar position, although I graduated last year with a First in real estate. I took a year out to help my family in purchasing another c-store, but now I'v left myself in a difficult position. Iv not got any relevent work experience (apart from managing the family buy to let properties) whilst applying for grad schemes. I'm speculatively sending my CV to smaller firms in hope of getting something. I think I'm going to need to spend the rest of this year gaining relevant work experience then apply for 2016 intake.
Im not sure which area to go into either, I more inclined towards development and investment or facilities management even.
Don't worry about your field just yet. In a big firm or a small GP practice you will get exposed to lots of things: agency, l&t, valuation, development land etc. You need to do a range for your APC anyway. Im not sure which area to go into either, I more inclined towards development and investment or facilities management even.
Edited by olivebrown on Sunday 15th February 21:26
You'll find out what you enjoy/are good at.
Don't forget you can also consider going client-side, which is where I've been for almost all of my working life apart from an 18 month stint with a developer just after graduating.
Most retailers etc have property teams dealing with L&T, disposals and acquisitions, I deal with the latter. You tend to get well looked after with decent perks and salaries and bonuses can be good too. I've quite a few contacts and with specialist recruiters if you want to drop me a PM.
We currently have one surveyor undertaking their APC and my undergrad placement student from last year has just been offered places on the DTZ and Knight Frank grad schemes.
Most retailers etc have property teams dealing with L&T, disposals and acquisitions, I deal with the latter. You tend to get well looked after with decent perks and salaries and bonuses can be good too. I've quite a few contacts and with specialist recruiters if you want to drop me a PM.
We currently have one surveyor undertaking their APC and my undergrad placement student from last year has just been offered places on the DTZ and Knight Frank grad schemes.
All the big firms will take on graduates outside the graduate rotation scheme - it's worth speaking to recruitment agents, especially if mature with a certain breadth of experience.
I started with a smaller firm which had no Chartered Surveyors in. My Supervisor was not a Surveyor, but my counsellor was although from another firm. It eventually became clear that I was not getting the support that I would need and talked myself into a specialist role with one of the big 5. No rotation, but proper support and experience where I needed it.
Unfortunately my line manager was a megalomaniac, so I jumped ship sharpish to another big 5 firm, where I qualified and stayed for some time. Again specialist role - but with the wider experience that I needed.
So in short there's all sorts of ways to skin a cat and don't just focus on the grad scheme's.
I started with a smaller firm which had no Chartered Surveyors in. My Supervisor was not a Surveyor, but my counsellor was although from another firm. It eventually became clear that I was not getting the support that I would need and talked myself into a specialist role with one of the big 5. No rotation, but proper support and experience where I needed it.
Unfortunately my line manager was a megalomaniac, so I jumped ship sharpish to another big 5 firm, where I qualified and stayed for some time. Again specialist role - but with the wider experience that I needed.
So in short there's all sorts of ways to skin a cat and don't just focus on the grad scheme's.
What's the career progression like working for a land developer such as a large house developer and for working as a commercial surveyor?
I see people have said don't worry about specialising early on, but I don't think it would be easy to go from commercial property pathway to land?
The replies so far have been very informative, thanks
I see people have said don't worry about specialising early on, but I don't think it would be easy to go from commercial property pathway to land?
The replies so far have been very informative, thanks
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