What opportunities exist for someone with public sector real estate experience?
I have over 16 years of experience working in the public sector in a role that would be the equivalent of a transaction manager overseeing transactions and real estate projects that include commercial and land. Looking to transition from public sector to private sector. Are my skills only transferable to Occupier Services? I currently can't flip the switch from salary to commission to be a broker.
[{"id": "ii74pxi", "text": "What exactly do you mean by occupier services? The big firms (cushman, CBRE, jll, colliers, newmark) have transaction managers so seems like that would be an easy transition. You can probably just Google transaction manager + firm and find some job openings if you\u2019re trying to do that same type of thing.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii75dps", "text": "Every corporation has a real estate department to handle properties and leases.  Less bureaucratic red tape in making decisions. Same job, 9-5 with salary, maybe bonus.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii7d7jm", "text": "Look into acquisitions in private! I worked public for a bit and loathed it", "replies": [{"id": "iieph8d", "text": "Yes, that is the direction that I'm heading. Did you do public work at the federal level or local?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ii94qu4", "text": "Your experience of the internal process should lend well to land development", "replies": [{"id": "iieu6si", "text": "Thanks for the feedback.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]