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Housing, Property & Construction

For information and resources linked to your subject of study, see the Degree Subject resources pages of our website.

General Resources

The AGCAS Sector Briefing booklet, Construction sector, gives an overview of this employment sector and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. Free copies of these are available from Careers or you can view or download them from the Prospects website.

Prospects has an explore types of jobs section which has job profiles of over 800 occupations

Resources in the careers service

  • First Move Construction: advice and guidance
  • The Guide to Careers in Planning 2005/6
  • Developing your career in surveying (DVD)
  • Getting into Housing
  • Housing Yearbook
  • Guide to careers in planning
  • Property Week careers supplement 2002
  • Working in Housing

Where to look for jobs and work placements

BrightFuturesBrightLivesBrightCareers
National Housing Federation jobs pages

AllHousingJobs social housing jobs site with advice and resources

Ashman Meyer specialist recruitment for all types of jobs in Estate agency, including graudates.

Careers in Construction
Construction job search, how to write a CV, interview tips

Careerstructure.com - a website from the Totaljobs Group featuring thousands of building, civil engineering and design jobs UK-wide including a comprehensive Graduate Zone section with career advice

Capita Resourcing - national agency specialising in public sector social housing

Charity People - jobs' site featuring opportunities in Social, Community and Housing within the charity sector

Great Social Care - a nationwide job-board promoting careers in social housing

Estate Agency Professionals
Search jobs in the estate agent industry

HERA Recruitment Ltd
Specialist housing recruitment

Housingnet
Search for housing associations, local authorities and jobs.

Jobs.ac.uk
Jobs in research, science and academic professions

Jobs in Surveying
Searchable jobs database

Macdonald and Company
Property and construction recruitment agency

New Start
Job vacancies and careers in regeneration

Opportunities
The public sector recruitment agency

Property Jobs
Property and construction recruitment agency, search jobs, help and advice, graduate page

Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Online Directory of Recruitment Consultancies

Recruitment Weekly
Public sector recruitment site

Check our GO> database for the latest jobs and placement opportunities, plus lists of employers by sector and location

www.gradsouthwest.com has graduate level jobs in the south west. Register to search for jobs and job alerts matching your criteria

For further information on the job seeking and application process, and resources available, search the Looking for Jobs and Applying for Jobs pages of this website.

For further information on Work Placements and to download our information sheet, please see our Work Placement pages.

Useful weblinks

Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)
Search the residential letting agents. Training information

Auction Guide
Worldwide guide to auctions and auctioneers

Estates Gazette Ltd
General information, news and research

Positive Action for Training in Housing (PATH)
PATH provides training courses to black and ethnic minority people

Property Law UK
Website on property law, news and publications

Regeneration and Renewal
Information and resources site

Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Publications, information, meber pages, jobs listings

Professional organisations for Housing & Property

Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
New Court, 48 Carey Street, London WC2A 2JE
Tel: 020 7506 1700

Charity People
38 Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JH
Tel: 020 7636 3900

Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
Octavia House, Westwood Business Park, Westwood Way, Coventry CV4 8JP
Tel: 024 7685 1766

Defence Housing Executive
Ibex House, 6th Floor, 42-47 Minories, London EC3N 1D

Federation of Black Housing Organisations (FBHO)
Julienne, Louis, 374 Gray's Inn Road, London NW1 0TA

College of Estate Management
Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AW
Tel: 0118 986 1101

Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES)
Dominion House, Sibson Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 7PP
Tel: 0161 972 3100

National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)
Arbon House, 21 Jury Street, Warwick CV34 4EH
Tel: 01926 496800

National Housing Federation (NHF)
175 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8UP
Tel: 020 7278 6571

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
RICS Contact Centre, Surveyor Court, Westwood Way, Coventry CV4 8JE
Tel: 0870 333 1600

Unison Open College
1 Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9AJ
Tel: 020 8854 2244

Events and Careers Fairs

Look at the What’s On section of this website for events and fairs.

The Chartered Institute of Housing
Conference and Exhibition, Harrogate International Centre 20-23 June 2006 is the UK’s leading housing and regeneration conference and exhibition

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location.

Further Training and Development

Most of the professional organisations run courses to support continuing professional development.Check their websites from the list above.

Asset Skills is the new sectorskills council for the housing industry

Prospects has a searchable database of postgraduate and work-related courses.

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