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    Do real estate courses sufficiently develop their graduates’ employability skills? Perspectives from multiple stakeholders

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    Authors
    Poon, Joanna
    Affiliation
    University of Salford
    Issue Date
    2014
    
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    Abstract
    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited real estate courses in the UK have equipped real estate graduates with sufficient relevant employability skills to embark on a career in the profession. This paper considers the perspectives of four stakeholders – employers, human resource managers, graduates and course directors of RICS-accredited real estate courses – in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: The results of a mixed-methods study, involving two online surveys with real estate employers and recent graduates of RICS-accredited real estate courses, and two sets of interviews with human resource managers of real estate surveying firms and course directors of RICS-accredited real estate courses, are presented. Findings: The employers and graduates of the RICS-accredited real estate courses do not think the courses sufficiently equip graduates’ with employability skills. On the other hand, the human resource managers are very impressed with graduates’ technical skills but have concerns about their soft skills and attributes. Human resource managers and course directors of RICS real estate courses commented that commercial awareness is an important employability skill but graduates are not well developed in this area. Course directors also noted that practical experience is vital to employability, commenting that students can only obtain real-life practical experience if employers offer them opportunities. Originality/value: This paper makes an original contribution to the existing literature on employability skills for real estate graduates. It describes pioneering research considering the perspectives of four types of stakeholders and evaluates whether real estate courses sufficiently develop graduates’ employability skills.
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    Poon, J 2014, 'Do real estate courses sufficiently develop their graduates’ employability skills? Perspectives from multiple stakeholders' , Education and Training, 56 (6) , pp. 562-581.
    Publisher
    Emerald Group Publishing
    Journal
    Journal of Property Investment and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621129
    DOI
    10.1108/JPIF-12-2013-0068
    Additional Links
    http://usir.salford.ac.uk/34823/
    Type
    article
    ISSN
    1463-578X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1108/JPIF-12-2013-0068
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