New postings of commercial real estate positions on key job boards in 2010 have been led by property management and accounting/control positions, according to the CCIM Institute’s Career Center Job Barometer. Both industry specializations each accounted for 22% of job postings in the period of January – September 2010. California accounted for 16% of all new jobs posted in the nine-month period.

“With commercial real estate yields now looking comparatively more attractive than other asset classes, employers are taking a hard-line approach to managing costs more efficiently while providing better service at the property level,” said Frank Simpson, CCIM, the 2011 President of the CCIM Institute and president of The Simpson Company in Gainesville, Georgia. “These job postings reflect the fact that managing and keeping tenants is obviously an essential part of maintaining the integrity and profitability of a portfolio.”

The CCIM Career Center Job Barometer is researched and published by Cornell University’s Program in Real Estate and the SelectLeaders Real Estate Job Network, of which CCIM is a partner.
“We are seeing activity on the recruiting front,” said Tony LoPinto, Founder of SelectLeaders. “Search activity is starting to happen across the board-real estate investors, funds, operators, and corporate users are all back in the hunt for talent. C-Suite and senior executive hiring historically portends hiring of teams and ultimately hiring throughout the corporation.” Property Management (CCIM)