1. — Property versus Construction – What’s the difference?
Dr Judith Callanan
Associate Dean, Property and Valuation and professional comedian

2. Why Property? Part of the environment Live and work
Part of the economy
Part of investment / wealth building
Infrastructure / sports stadiums / ports / airports/ Docklands / churches etc.

3. Why Property? Exciting industry to work in
Diverse career opportunities
Financially rewarding
Not in the office all day
Mixture of management plus hands on
Will always be a market for people with ‘property’ knowledge
Video - current Property student

4. Career Opportunities Property Developer Asset Manager
Commercial Property Manager
Funds Manager
Investment Manager
Building manager / Facilities manager
Certified Practicing Valuer
Property analyst / consultant
Plus endless other areas: commercial manager, airport manager, infrastructure manager ……

5. Property Fundamentals
4 years - Honours degree
29 property specific courses taught within the school plus 3 electives
Taught by specialists in the industry
Knowledge / skills areas:
Valuation: analytical, market analysis, city growth,
Property Development: acquisition, legal, planning, marketing, financial returns, raising finance, sales and leasing, negotiations
Investment Funds Management: financial markets, analytical, super funds
Asset / commercial property management: managing leases, negotiations, maximising returns, portfolio management
Business skills: accounting, economics, data analysis, law, communication, technology, GIS mapping, construction techniques, project management

6. Personality Traits Industry allows for ALL personality types to excel
Extroverts or introverts
Jobs that are constantly dealing with people through to an analyst who deals with reading data and numbers
Negotiating, creating deals
Inception through to completion of buildings, communities, infrastructure, shopping centres, office buildings, precincts industrial, sports facilities etc

7. Student Experience Why study at RMIT? Strong industry connection
Staff have been industry leaders, in each of the specialist areas.
250+ Employers signed as Employers of Choice
Degree provides work ready students
Option to include work experience
Consistently high employment rates
Honours degree
Covers all aspects of the industry so don’t need to retrain, if decide in the future to shift direction

8. Industry Recognition Property Council of Australia
Employer of Choice program (250+ employers)
Accredited by
Australian Property Institute
(National recognition)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
(Global recognition)

9. Industry Growth Property Industry = Australia’s biggest employer
Video - Property Council of Australia advert
Source: Property Council of Australia
Source: Property Council of Australia

10. Industry Size
Source: Property Council of Australia

11. Property vs Construction
Property - owners, developers, investors, analysts, managers of the buildings.
They design, analyse, finance, instruct and manage the development of buildings.
Construction – physically constructs the buildings

12. Contact Details
School of Property, Construction and Project Management Dr Judith Callanan Associate Dean – Property and Valuation