Estate Management

An estate management degree aims to give you a combination of skills specifically aimed at equipping you to work in the property sector. This is a multidisciplinary course where you learn the whole property picture - from planning law to bricks and mortar.

Over the course of your degree you develop a wide mix of subject-specific and technical skills, you should consider these skills developed on your course as well as through your other activities, such as paid work, volunteering, family responsibilities, sport, membership of societies, leadership roles, etc. Think about how these can be used as evidence of your skills and personal attributes. Then you can start to market and sell who you really are, identify what you may be lacking and consider how to improve your profile.

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Prospects

In 2010, six months after graduation, nearly 67% of estate management graduates were in employment with a further 3% undertaking work and further study, some working towards professional qualifications.

As estate management deals with the management of land and buildings, the property sector is a key area of employment for graduates. Jobs are available in areas such as general practice surveying, valuation, property development, property investment management, sustainability, environmental conservation, facilities management and estate management.

Estate management also combines legal, technical, economic, financial and managerial knowledge, opening up a range of career areas outside the property sector.

Professional and technical roles were most popular for recent estate management graduates, followed by commercial, industrial and public sector management. Other popular roles were as sales, marketing and advertising professionals and business and financial professionals.

Where are the jobs?

Opportunities range from global property firms employing thousands of people with interests in building surveying, corporate property, and investment, planning and development and residential work, to small firms offering opportunities for those with rural specialism. Between these two extremes there are many medium-sized companies, consultancies and opportunities in the public sector. You will find plenty of leads on industry websites: the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Asset Skills, Sector Skills Council for Property and Housing, Construction Skills, Sector Skills Council for Construction and Lantra: The Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector.

For more information, see the following:

• Construction;
• Property;
• Environment and agriculture.

Jobs directly related to your degree

• Urban general practice surveyor
• Building surveyor
• Planning and development surveyor
• Rural practice surveyor
• Land/geomatics surveyor
• Building control surveyor

Jobs where your degree would be useful

• Estate agent
• Town planner
• Housing manager/officer
• Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer
• Nature conservation officer

Although some of the jobs listed here might not be first jobs for many graduates, they are among the many realistic possibilities with your degree, provided you can demonstrate you have the attributes employers are looking for. Bear in mind that it's not just your degree discipline that determines your options. Remember that many graduate vacancies don't specify particular degree disciplines, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed here.

You can find more about the skills you develop during your course, the jobs listed above, plus case studies and where to find these jobs at Prospects.

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