April 25, 2026 | Oyin Adedoyin and Ray A. Smith For students prepping for life after college, it’s an agonizing challenge: Internships are becoming more critical to landing that first…
April 20, 2026 | Ray A. Smith and Te-Ping Chen Several new signals suggest employers are boosting entry-level hiring this spring after gloomier projections just months ago At long last,…
The CRE industry is dynamic, competitive, and ever evolving. As a recent or soon -to-be graduate, it's unlikely that you are going to have the hands-on experience companies require for…
Keep Up-to-Date, Relevant & Concise Quantify. That's right. Numbers. Everyone in CRE wants to know SF, deal size, $, and more (asset name, location, etc.). Your resume needs your city,…
The 2025 RETS Associates Financial Analyst Survey reveals a commercial real estate workforce in rapid transition—more technically advanced, more ambitious, and more impacted by emerging AI than ever before. As…
Part 2: How AI Fluency Will Define the Next Generation of CRE Leaders AI isn’t just strategy talk anymore—it’s becoming operational DNA. CRE firms are using it not just for…
Part 1: Why AI Skills Are Now Essential in CRE—And Who’s Leading the Charge The commercial real estate (CRE) industry has a reputation for being slow to embrace technology. Artificial…
At RETS, we have many candidates interviewing on a weekly basis. We prep, provide guidance and sometimes hear some interesting feedback. As we begin to close out ’25, we want…
September 18, 2025 | Amy Wolff Sorter If you head up a commercial real estate firm, you probably have everything in place from a personnel perspective. You have enough staff…
As we pass the midpoint of 2025, the CRE hiring market tells a story of contrast—some roles are surging, others are stalling. At RETS Associates, we’ve analyzed LinkedIn polling data,…