09
Dec
2019
Increases in Acquisitions and Development Hiring Spurred by Opportunity Zone Projects
Posted On December 9, 2019  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Classic real estate employment theory dictates that, a decade into an economic expansion, acquisitions and development job postings would be in a decline and property management jobs would be increasing. Today’s real estate job market defies that logic. Acquisitions positions continue their steady increase and now […]

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20
May
2019
Opportunity Zones Spur Talent Crunch
Posted On May 20, 2019  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Commercial real estate hiring remains steady after hitting a two-and-a-half year high in January 2019, driven by an unexpected upswing in acquisitions and development jobs that are driving a 25% increase in 2019 CRE hiring, according to the SelectLeaders Job Barometer. Strong acquisition and development hiring […]

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03
Dec
2018
Proptech Innovations Prompt Job Shapeshifting
Posted On December 3, 2018  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Commercial real estate hiring is solid and just below all-time highs, says the SelectLeaders Job Barometer index, but in contrast to the steady pace of hiring, industry job titles and expectations are undergoing changes, due in part to proptech. Proptech innovation across commercial real estate sectors […]

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26
Nov
2018
New Talent Acquisition Strategies Dominate Commercial Real Estate Hiring
Posted On November 26, 2018  By Susan M. Phillips  And has 5 Comments

Commercial real estate hiring remains steady and just off all-time highs, yet the composition of jobs is undergoing a subtle evolution while the shrinking pool of job seekers is driving new, sometimes desperate recruiting strategies, according to our latest SelectLeaders Job Barometer. Commercial real estate job […]

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05
Dec
2017
Where Are the Real Estate Jobs?
Posted On December 5, 2017  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Unemployment today is at lows last experienced in the 2006 to early 2008 period, a period when the competitive real estate job market caused compensation to skyrocket with equity offers on top of salary and bonuses, says the SelectLeaders Job Barometer. Compensation has fully returned to […]

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27
Nov
2017
Real Estate Industry Hiring Turns from Growth to Managing Assets
Posted On November 27, 2017  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Want to predict the next real estate correction? When more than a quarter of all commercial real estate job openings are in property and asset management and acquisitions and development decline to less than 10 percent of all real estate jobs, it is a sign that […]

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24
May
2017
Small Businesses Driving CRE Job, Industry Growth
Posted On May 24, 2017  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

A decade after the real estate hiring peak of 2007, commercial real estate jobs have returned to their previous pace, fueled by small companies and secondary markets increasingly searching for real estate talent. Real estate companies posting single job opportunities – indicative of smaller, more entrepreneurial […]

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08
May
2017
Decoding the Commercial Real Estate Employment Cycle
Posted On May 8, 2017  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Real estate employment dynamics are shaped by employment activity and trends, but they can be difficult to understand. To help streamline the concept, SelectLeaders has introduced a Commercial Real Estate Employment cycle that identifies seven real estate market stages that correspond to distinct hiring activity, as […]

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24
Apr
2017
Is a Reduction in CRE Jobs Hinting at Uncertainty?
Posted On April 24, 2017  By Susan M. Phillips  And has No Comment

Overall U.S. employment continued its five-year run of momentum into 2017, yet a reduction in commercial real estate jobs hints at uncertainty and a looming potential pullback in hiring. Commercial real estate hiring tends to be a leading indicator of the larger employment market, and just […]

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