Any advice about job hunting for junior level Real Estate analyst?

I had a bachelor degree of urban planning from an Ivy school and started out re career after the graduation. The company I worked for was a newly established repe firm one hour from NYC and the owner is now planning to sell it. Why did I know it? On my first year anniversary, The owner asked me to do the business valuation for him and my only 'prize' is to know I'm going to be unemployed soon... Alright, so I started looking for opportunities in NYC and other metropolitan areas. However, I didn't get any response from HRs when I saw the job specs fit my skill set, and I always followed the application process and never forgot to send a thank-you note and stuff.

Does anyone have any tips/experience for getting a re analyst job outside campus? I saw a discussion elsewhere saying you can email the head of hr directly so their team will respond you in a timely manner. Wonder if this is true.... it sounds a bit annoying to me.

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  • Join ULI.

  • Use the member database.

  • Cold email executives, not HR.

  • Ask to talk about their company.

  • At the end of that convo, ask if they anticipate having hiring needs in the near future.

  • When you finally find one that says yes, crush the interview.

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Have you had a CRE Professional review your resume? Make sure it highlights relevant important information to the industry-focus on the property types you have worked on, $ volume, # transactions, highlight excel/modeling skills, Argus/DCF experience. Maybe update your Linkedin to highlight these items as well. Select Leaders is a CRE job board, subscribe to Bisnow that way you can keep up to date on news, companies, projects, mover and shakers in the industry.

 
"NOIandDY" Have you had a CRE Professional review your resume? Make sure it highlights relevant important information to the industry-focus on the property types you have worked on, $ volume, # transactions, highlight excel/modeling skills, Argus/DCF experience.
This is good advice. I worked in the wine industry in a previous life and even I was able to tailor my resume in a way that connected with potential REPE employers. It's all about how you frame your experience and skills to connect to the job you want.
 

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