Master of Science Career Help
I’m about begin an MSCRE program that’s one year, so I’ll be graduating in July 2021. What options or career paths should I look into during and after graduation? I’m really open to anything in terms of employment. Any advice would be great!
[{"id": "fxqeu59", "text": "It is more important that you are a licensed re broker if not a salesperson. If you get not get in a few commercial re. That MS will unlikely to help. This year it is particularly difficult. [Many paid commercial or residential paid positions are being eliminated. CEO Realogy taking 90% cut in pay rest management gets 50% off.](https://www.fool.com/millionacres/real-estate-market/articles/real-estate-companies-that-have-announced-layoffs-due-to-covid-19/) Compass is supposed to ipo CEO is not getting paid.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fxqnzz3", "text": "Do you have prior experience?\n\nLearn as much as possible. Really master the technical stuff. I did a one year program two years ago. If you don't have experience don't expect jobs to materialize even though you have a masters. Even if you do have experience, you're still going to need to network like crazy.\n\nWhile studying, try to have an informal interview to learn about people and their careers once a week. This will help you focus your \"story\" about what you want to do and learn about the industry. I would always tell ppl I was doing research or just wanted to learn and most accepted offers to talk. I made a point only to talk with senior people. Reach out directly on linkedin.\n\nTry to get an internship. Figure out what parts of commercial re are counter cyclical. I work in affordable housing development so demand is v strong. The trick is finding funding. Given the state of the world you're going to have to be aggressive and persistent to get people's attention.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fxqoteh", "text": "Honestly tough to tell right now, everyone is kind of on hiring freeze at the moment. I\u2019d look at the debt side / special servicing which is on fire right now but who knows what happens 12 months from now. Look at the program as less of an educational opportunity and more of an opportunity to network (cold call strangers), learn what people do, and see if you can get your foot in the door. \n\nWhen I got my MBA I looked at recruiting as a full time job - literally would creat a list every Sunday night of companies i was interested in, figure out if I had a connection, then send out emails on Monday to try and connect. Over 2 years I think I spoke to ~100 different investment firms. It\u2019s a grind, especially now, but you got this!!!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]