CREW Up: Does Gen Z Want to Work in CRE?

Commercial Property Executive

According to CREW Network’s 2022 industry research paper, 88 percent of the companies that participated in this year’s survey were actively trying to hire. Commercial real estate companies have been taping into the potential of younger generations to fill in open positions, but they come with their own set of challenges. For this year’s last episode of Commercial Property Executive’s quarterly podcast series with CREW Network, Senior Editor Laura Calugar invited CEO Wendy Mann to talk about what the younger generations expect from their workplace, and how they will shape the future of CRE.

Here's a sample of what you'll hear about in this episode:

• Do Gen Zers want to work in commercial real estate? (1:03)
• How flexible is a career in commercial real estate? (3:53)
• CRE companies that Gen Zers want to work for (6:13)
• Turning challenges into opportunities (9:06)
• Retaining top CRE talent today (12:00)
• Can CRE companies offer Gen Zers all they want in an employer? (14:17)
• How an economic downturn would impact the Gen Z workforce (18:40)