subject: Finding A Job After Real Estate School [print this page] Despite the hours of hard work that went into it, completing your real estate courses online is really just the beginning. The real challenge has just begun: finding and securing a job in real estate that will pay the bills is where the metal meets the road. You worked incredibly hard, studied hard and have no doubts that your real estate investment training has more than prepared you for excellence in the real estate world. The trick is convincing potential employers of this fact. Luckily, there are some things you can do to ensure that you're able to use your real estate investment training to pay your bills in an exciting and fulfilling job.
First and foremost, hopefully you've been taking every opportunity possible to get out there and network while you've been completing your real estate investment training. If you have, congrats! You're ahead of the game and now it's just a matter of mining those connections. If you haven't, get started today! We live in a world where it's all about who you know and having these connections will almost definitely come in handy.
Next, make sure you're targeting your searches. The degree you get from your real estate school prepares you for a litany of jobs and applying for each and every one of them is a huge time drain. Focus your search by making a list of companies in the area and what they specialize in. Then compare those specialties to the bank of knowledge you've acquired in your real estate courses online to find out where you would best fit. Next focus your energies on those companies. This will yield higher and more consistent results than a hodgepodge approach.
Job searching and interviewing can be incredibly stressful and everyone walks into interviews nervous and unsure about the outcome. While it's totally normal, it is so important that you be careful not to come across as overly shy. Hopefully your real estate investment training has prepared you for the questions they're likely to ask and you need to remember that you are asking for a job selling a product to people. If you come across as timid and meek, it will not project an ability to sell and will greatly lower your chances of success.
Use the knowledge and skills you've picked up from your real estate school, follow these warnings and take a deep breath. With this knowledge you are surely on your way to a full-time job at the brokerage of your choice.
