National Careers Week

OVERVIEW

7-12 March 2022

The purpose of National Careers Week (NCW) is to celebrate and share careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. For UCEM, National Careers Week is an opportunity for us to share our passion for the built environment to inspire the next generation of real estate and construction professionals. Throughout the week we will be sharing content and resources to celebrate, inform and inspire careers in the built environment.

Read our careers brochure and discover your future >

Webinar

An introduction to careers in the built environment

During National Careers Week we hosted an interactive webinar to inspire the next generation of built environment professionals. Our speakers introduce you to the variety of career opportunities which exist within the built environment. Our speakers will also cover the technology used in the sector, sustainability within the built environment and how harness your passion and start your journey to a career in the built environment. If you were unable to attend the live webinar you can watch the recording.

Speakers

Anam Abdullah, Apprentice Surveyor, JLL

Bridget Wells, Careers and Employability Advisor

Jonathan Hubert, Programme Leader

Julie Hirigoyen, Chief Executive at UK Green Building Council

Watch the recording >

Careers in the built environment have so much going for them; cutting edge technology, iconic projects, professional status with great salary potential. No matter what your skill set, jobs in the Built Environment give you the chance to be in part of a team delivering ground breaking, sustainable, life changing solutions to the challenges of the future."

Bridget Wells
Careers Advisor

20-30k

average salaries for construction and property grads*

*depending on location and role

the built environment’s contribution to the UK GDP*

*ONS 2018

217,000

new construction workers needed in the UK by 2025 to fill skills shortage*

*CITB, 2021

Resources

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Diversity in the built environment

The diversity of an industry is a key consideration when deciding what kind of career you wish to pursue. This ...
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Work experience in the built environment: A case study

Work experience opportunities can give young professionals a route into an industry or a particular job. This is true of ...
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What’s it like being a woman working in the built environment?

It has long been recognised that female representation in the built environment is less than it should or could be ...
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Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… CBRE

Episode 11 of our ‘UCEM in conversation with…’ series sees our events and communications manager, Hannah Peck, talk to Jess ...
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‘Join the Race to Zero’: UCEM 2021 Property Award winner, Julie Hirigoyen’s speech

With 2021 drawing to a close, we are looking back at some of our highlights from the year, one of ...
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The fourth person in Ethiopia to become a chartered surveyor: Q&A with our MSc Real Estate student, Netsanet Tsegaw

For the majority of UCEM students, becoming a chartered surveyor is the first major goal of their career. Getting to ...
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Profile: Our 2021 honorary doctorate recipient, Susan Freeman

We are revealing the latest recipients of a UCEM honorary doctorate all this week as we build up to our ...
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Profile: Our 2021 honorary doctorate recipient, Andrew Baum

We are revealing the latest recipients of a UCEM honorary doctorate all this week as we build up to our ...
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Profile: Our 2021 honorary doctorate recipient, Sadie Morgan

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Podcast: Digging Deeper – Networking

Episode 7 of Digging Deeper is all about networking. The built environment can be a daunting place to enter if ...
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‘I consider one of our greatest achievements as business owners has been the development of our apprentices’: Q&A with an apprentice and their employer

We recently spoke to former UCEM apprentice, Sam Prideaux, and his director, Martin Munday, about their passion for apprenticeships. Sam ...
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