Spicerhaart Residential Lettings is recruiting a new round of graduates for its two-year management training scheme.
Kate Hurles, business development manager for Spicerhaart, said: “We have been running the programme since 2007 and it has been a huge success. We advertise on university websites and have forged excellent links with lecturers on property-related courses. We are also attending Brunel University and Cardiff University recruitment fairs.
“There are up to eight places available on the scheme, but how many we offer very much depends on the quality of the applicants.”
To qualify for the scheme, all applicants have to have a 2:1 or first-class degree and undergo a gruelling selection procedure.
It includes individual and group interviews, psychometric tests, presentations and a day spent working in a local branch.
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Guys, who had an interview for graduate management programme. What to expect from it??
mikee - "what gets me is some estate agents employ "graduates" but these people are not any better at selling than non grads." WHY, mikee, would you expect a graduate to be better at selling than a non-graduate? Is sales technique a mandatory part of every degree course? Have objection-handling techniques become an automatic dessertation requirement? Whilst I do not believe that graduates make ideal candidates for ANY job - mainly because of their lack of real-life experience, the fact that they have achieved their degree obviously shows an ability to learn. You cannot teach attitude or personality, but any candidate for a job who possesses those attributes, allied with the proven ability to learn, must be a good canditate. Don't forget - no-one knows the potential of anyone unless they are given a first break.
what gets me is some estate agents employ "graduates" but these people are not any better at selling than non grads. So as far as I can see this is a bit of PR, it's not original and I'm not iimpressed.
Also Mr obvious why do you assume I was let go like many of my friends and collegues who remain in the industry we moved away from what we disagreed with and were NEVER let go. Spicer dont make people redundant, QUOTE 'we do not have the funds for any further redundancies, if you want to get rid of any staff members PERFORMANCE THEM OUT' this is where un realistic targets that are not met by hundreds of employees are used as grounds for the dismissal of an individual. Disgusting business practice. GROW SOME SPICER!
Sorry Mr Obvious or mr Obviously a spicer current employee my why would you make this personal i enjoyed my years at spicer although when your only concern is sales regardless of what you do to your staff and with no regard for the guidlines that regulate the industry you are OBVIOUSLY going to get disgruntled current and ex emplyees!
graduate. Oh, dear, you are quite the little diva, aren't you? So - you are either: disgruntled because your ickle wickle degree in appalling grammar and punctuation (you obviously secured a First...) didn't get you an automatic MD's position; or, what appears to be more likely as you are having your snipe on a website dedicated to estate agents and property professionals, you are just biting the hands that have fed you. Your childish rant shows you for what you are. Grow up, learn some people skills to complement the "great creativity and insight" you profess to possess (I would suggest you do so by watching 'thicko' non-educated senior managers like me...) and use your "ability to evolve" to earn your way through life - don't wait for it to happen. It doesn't! One thing you haven't taken time out of your rose-coloured world to learn yet - not taught at ANY educational establishment on the planet - is that you shouldn't play with the big boys unless you are prepared to get the occasional bloody nose!
so let me get this right - because the majority of agents were too thick to go to university it means that wanting a high calibre of employee who has the potential to have great creativity and insight and the ability to evolve unlike the majority of dinasaurs that work in the industry it is a bad thing?
Lots of snidey comments here. I employ two law graduates for my lettings dept and they are excellent, its nice to work with conscientious intelligent people it makes a fresh cahge from the average illiterate school leaver. I guess one benfit from mass unemployment is that employers like myself can pick the best recruits which should raise the bar in terms of service/professionalism for the entire industry.
Isn't the whole idea of business make as much profit as possible, whilst maintaining a good reputation with your client base?? Sorry Ex Spicer employee but I think its a case of the bitter lemons... those who are let go by their companies are only let go because they do something wrong or they're not pulling their weight! A company wouldn't let somebody go if they were the top performer - perhaps people need to pull their weight more instead of moaning about the strategy of successful business'! Rant Over!
As an ex employee of spicerhaart I can confirm the only training i recieved was a few days of random babble by 3 separate people all of whom reflectthe companies 'ONE VISION' and had no interest in the actual laws and best practice of estate agency and wanted to train us on selling skills the company is soley interested in lining its pockets and cares not 1 iota for its staff well being or helping them improve. RANT OVER
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Sorry I find this very funny. Any graduate worth his (her) salts wouldn't work as an estate agent unless their degree is , er how do I say this... something like social studies. Well you get the idea. Employ salespeople first then worry about their education (other than spelling !!)
Jo Bloggs. Tell me - WHO is then going to train these graduates? Is there a school out there that only yourself knows of, which tutors Estate/Letting Agents in good habits only...
as most estate agents are shit, taking trainees is the best way! train them the right way, no bad habits - great idea !
LOL - maybe that's why they need graduates ! ! ! They can spell check the website
Perhaps they should pay more attention to detail rather than recruiting "graduates"!
For instance their website lists their address in Somerset as 17 The Boulevard, Weston Super Mare. There is no THE in Boulevard and the towm is spelt Weston-super-Mare.
How much more seriously does this company have to take itself? THEY NEED GOOD SALES PEOPLE ! ! ! psychometric tests - brilliant ! ! !
People want to deal with experienced professionals, not more chavs with huge tie knots.
Where do I sign up?
what jokers! has anyone ever actually gone into one of the branches? remedial kids on 9k basics. fools of the highest order, best get a few comp slips out guys, may help you get a multi instruction 40k over.
Surely should be credited with trying to get better staff than currently?
Quality PR blag “ We have been running the programme since 2007 and it has been a huge success” Since its only 2009 can hardly be described as much of a success then!