How to make a career switch from Real Estate Development to Construction Management?
I love this question. Because I am a construction management major and have been in the business for almost 8 years and have thought about going into real estate development and city planning. You have a pretty good start. I assume you want to become a project manager. I would try to find a general contractor in the area who has a project engineering opportunity or a field engineering position. Make sure you get exposure to cost, schedule, and budgetary management as well as the details of the flow of work where you have interest (Commercail, Residential, Civil, Industrial). If you have a background in real estate, I would say a combination of residential and commercial would be where you would want to focus. Be honest with the general contractor. Tell him/her where you have interest and what experience you have and don’t have. They just want to know you have interest in the industry and are curious. You definitely have enough experience to get your foot in the door. You don’t need an
