Entry-Level Positions for Aspiring Project Managers at CBRE
For undergraduate students interested in project management, entry-level roles such as "project coordinator," focusing on "the process side of things," or assistant project manager positions assisting senior team members are good starting points. These roles offer exposure to project management's various aspects, allowing individuals to "work their way up" to more senior responsibilities.
Project Management, Entry-Level Positions, Career Development, Industry Exposure, Assistant Project Manager
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Brad Meyerson
Project Manager
CBRE
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Architecture, Interior Design
Architecture, Construction & Design, Real Estate
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1. Project Coordinator roles focus on the process side, dealing with internal work, contracts, and funding, offering broad industry exposure.
2. Assistant Project Manager roles involve supporting senior managers with internal tasks, providing early exposure to project management.
3. Entry-level positions in architecture offer a similar path, starting with coordinator roles and progressing to project management responsibilities.
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What entry-level positions are there in this field that an undergraduate college student might consider?
I would say in the project for this industry, there are a couple of ways of doing it. There are project coordinator roles, which deal with more of the actual process side of things.
So it's not as much managing projects; they're more in the background, dealing with our internal work and routing contracts. They're dealing a lot more with the funding. This gives you exposure to the industry and everything that's a part of being a manager.
So maybe you don't have specific skills in managing projects and people, but you will have a good understanding of all the parts that go into it. Project coordinator is something that, had I not started out in architecture, would have been an area where I would have started out.
There are entry-level positions, like assistant project managers or entry-level on the project management side of things, where you're more dealing with internal tasks, helping your manager, and doing internal things. That's where you start to get exposed to the actual managing of projects, and you work your way up.
So I would say those are probably the two sort of entry-level positions. Similar to the architecture field, you start at a lower point. As a coordinator, you do internal things, and then you eventually take on project management responsibilities.
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