With the housing market still on shaky ground, more than 98 million Americans -- just over one-third of the nation’s households -- are choosing to rent instead of buy, creating a wealth of employment opportunities for job seekers from a wide variety of backgrounds.
“No other industry offers a career that is portable and that welcomes people from so many professional backgrounds”
February marks Apartment Careers Month. The National Apartment Association Education Association (NAAEI) launched this annual event in 2010 as a way to spread the word about multifamily housing industry career opportunities, as well as help recruit and train people for the industry.
The multifamily housing industry employs more than 1 million people. Large, national apartment management companies may hire as many as 2,000 new employees in any given year. Thousands of others work in industries that provide products and services to apartment communities. It’s also an industry that has an annual employee turnover rate of 30 percent to 35 percent, particularly for positions such as maintenance technicians and leasing consultants. So, the industry has a constant need for a steady pipeline of skilled talent.
Read more...Industry Celebrates February as Apartment Careers Month via EON: Enhanced Online News
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