Passionate about property? We have the programme for you.
Our pathways are designed to provide you with a first-class platform from which to launch your career in property, and give you more than just a qualification.
We aim to provide you with the skills you will need to help shape your career and the future of the real estate industry. We also recognise that you don't have to have a degree in real estate to become a successful commercial property advisor.
Applications for the 2023 scheme are now closed.
Your Career at Colliers
We're building the world's most enterprising and dynamic real estate company.
Colliers is renowned for service excellence and accelerating the success of our clients, partners and employees alike.
For our Early Careers Programme pathways that require it, our Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) programme will provide you with access to experienced APC assessors, expert property professionals and structured learning opportunities to develop your professional and technical capability.
Our excellent APC pass rate reflects our success in providing the best support to our graduates.
Colliers also hosts various networking, social and sporting events to enable our graduates to have fun along the way to becoming qualified.
How do we keep that edge?
We’re focused on giving our employees every opportunity to learn more and do more - offering personal development and training courses as well as tuition reimbursement.
Colliers supports people to excel in any role, whether just starting their careers or leading a winning team. We reward initiative, ingenuity and a drive to succeed – and we’re constantly on the lookout for rising stars.
How can we take your career to the next level? Rich training, career development paths, mentoring opportunities...our managers collaborate with you to develop a roadmap and resources for where you want to go. Want to try something new? Polish your skills for advancement? We’re here to help.
Our philosophy is “all personal development is professional development” so whether we help you in work or in life, we know it all adds up to a stronger team.
We learn faster than the competition.
With a culture which encourages entrepreneurship and initiative we know that you will always be wanting to improve your knowledge, skills and professional competence. That’s why at Colliers we are committed to the life-long learning of our people.
Every year we review the performance of all employees during the annual performance review process. The purpose of the process is to provide an opportunity for you to discuss your strengths and areas of development with your line manager and to enable you to discuss and identify any training requirements.
We deliver a vast range of internal training, from improving presentation skills, learning to deliver difficult messages or how best to talk to the media. You name it, we have a course for it! Colliers also supports people through external training and qualifications.
All with the aim of taking your career to the next level.
Expand your inner circle.
We actively encourage our young professional workforce to attend social and networking events - not only internally but also amongst our competitive set and wider industry.
Tony Horrell, CEO UK & Ireland says “I’m a great believer in grassroots development and helping the next generation of property professionals advance in their careers. We help to build opportunities for young professionals and bring more diversity to the property sector, which I see as hugely beneficial to all. In an industry that relies on personal connections, Colliers will provide a platform where these connections can be established early on.”
Career Insights
Induction - It's a Knockout
Each year our new cohort of graduates, along with our Emerging Talent team, take part in an ‘It’s a Knockout’ outdoor games challenge as part of induction week.
This is an off-site team building experience so that graduates can network with eachother.
We were delighted to finally be able to bring our 2020 cohort together in June of 2021 to take on the challenge!
