No Relo!

The days that US workers are willing to pick up, pluck their kids out of school and leave behind friends and family to relocate for their next job opportunity are fading fast. 

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, last year about 3.5 million professionals relocated for a new job. That number, however, was down 10% from the prior year and the statistics indicate a continued downward trend.

Why/? Well, family is finally taking center stage and more executives are willing to forego that shiny new job opportunity for bliss in the household. 

The other reason is more capitalistic. Jobs are abundant in the wake of a bull economy, so it is not necessary to relocate in order to progress one’s career.

By the way, employees in prior generations had a deep loyalty to their organization, so if you were asked to move, you asked, “Where?” and “How Soon?” 

That’s not so much the case today.

Job Listings

  SPONSORED JOB JONES LANG LASALLE Senior Occupancy Planner (NEW YORK) Planner will assist with the development of migration plans and sequencing of group-level and individual moves as well as facilitate and/or resolve planning issues identified in the customer planning meetings.   SPONSORED JOBUSAA Associate/Sr. Associate, Investor Reporting  (SAN ANTONIO, TX) Position will be an integral member of the Investor Services & Reporting team with primary responsibility for managing production of recurring investor reports for sponsored commingled fund and separate account vehicles; recurring and ad-hoc operational and financial performance requests from investors and consulting community; annual and ad-hoc investor presentations; and firm-wide portfolio and property level data requests.   SPONSORED JOBCOLLIERS INTERNATIONAL  Project Manager (ATLANTA) Position will oversee day-to-day responsibilities for the Programming Services Team, serve as liaison between Programming Team and Leader of Workplace Planning Team, and identify and proactively interface between Programming Team and other Global Workplace Strategy and Operations Teams.

  NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL Director, Asset Management (MILWAUKEE) Will be responsible for all ownership activities on an assigned portfolio of assets containing a broad range of real estate investments. These assets may be located in multiple markets throughout the US and will require oversight of third party management teams.    FD STONEWATER  Development Associate  (ARLINGTON, VA) Will support the national development practice, focused on government and corporate leased projects (often build-to-suits) and currently has over $250 million of projects in its active pipeline. Based in either the Arlington or Los Angeles office, position will support the delivery and sourcing of projects around the country.   THE BEACH COMPANY  Development Associate  (CHARLESTON, SC) Position will work directly with Development Managers in assisting/supporting new construction activities in the single and multifamily, office, retail and industrial real estate sectors; and coordinate consultant activities and intra-company services, including marketing and property management.   ERNST & YOUNG  Transaction Advisory Services Manager – Corporate Real Estate – Portfolio Strategy  (WASHINGTON, DC) Position will work on strategic advisory engagements involving portfolio analysis, including scenario development and financial modeling of companies and proposed projects; or projects to guide clients in surrounding real estate organization or the  infrastructure that manages the portfolio.    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP  Senior Consultant, Real Estate Transformation / Real Estate & Location Strategy Consulting Duties include: design/or restructuring of Corporate Real Estate, Facilities Management or workplace operating models, organizational structures, and service delivery models; delivery of CRE and FM outsourcing / insourcing consulting services, including strategy development, contract evaluation, and RFI / RFP process management; and design and / or improvement of CRE, FM, or workplace business processes.   HR&A ADVISORS  Analyst and Senior Analyst  (NEW YORK) Analyst duties include market analysis; case study research; econometric modeling; spatial analysis; preparation of real estate pro formas for a range of uses and public-private structures; and public policy analysis. Senior Analyst duties include complex real estate pro forma development, economic modeling and market feasibility testing, fiscal and economic impact analysis, public-private partnership structuring, public policy and program design, coordination with partner firms, or the preparation of client deliverables and proposals.