Students: Job Training & Career Opportunities

CRE Fellows Program

Individuals enrolled at SF State or Merritt College who are interested in an exciting career in Commercial Real Estate can take advantage of CREATE’s CRE Fellows Program. This program for undergraduate students is specifically designed to provide students with the skills and education necessary to enter the many dynamic opportunities in the Commercial Real Estate Industry. Whether you are interested in a career in Asset Management, Development, or Real Estate, this program prepares you with real life experience, a chance to work with professionals in the industry, and on-the-job training so you can be workforce ready.

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Internships

Excellent opportunities exist for students who are eager, customer-focused, and can thrive in a high-rise building industry that supports YOU. Students who intern gain a deeper understanding about commercial real estate (CRE) and help CRE companies increase their productivity. CREATE’s job and internship portal connects students with companies and industry leaders who provide exposure to commercial real estate management, leasing, finance, construction, engineering, and customer service.

Internship Opportunities

CREATE provides the following opportunities for students interested in the Commercial Real Estate industry:

Receive college-level education and career guidance designed by industry experts
Obtain on-the-job training through job shadowing and internship positions at commercial real estate firms or service providers
Tap into a multi-faceted career that provides job opportunities in the fields of commercial property asset management, development, and the professional services sector.

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CRE Fellows Program

Providing students with the skills and education necessary to join the Commercial Real Estate Industry.

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CREATExperience

I’ve been so impressed with the quality of interns our company has sourced through CREATE's training program; we’ve now hired several of them as full-time employees!
Rick Buziak, Swift Real Estate Partners

CREATE completely surpassed all of my expectations. Everything I was able to learn in CREATE I'm actually able to put to work everyday. It's not just property management, its leasing, its design and more.
Alexis Escaranio, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by Resource Commercial Real Estate

The CREATE program gave me that framework to understand how a building operates that I wouldn't have been able to learn without time in the industry.
Marco McCartney, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL

How much have we contributed to the companies that we've worked with? A little donation is trivial compared to what we contribute to these companies.
Cameron Maharaj, CREATE CRE Certificate Holder, JLL

CREATE's commercial real estate fellows classes support our industry’s growing employment needs.
Tawni Sullivan, Board Chair, Consultant, JNT Solutions

We're on the right track with this program. It's fantastic.
Linda Foster, LPC RiverRock

Our biggest asset in commercial real estate is our people. Bringing in students from diverse backgrounds will help us ask the right questions and evolve our business to provide an even better product for our clients.
Mark Kelly, ABM

The CREATE program prepared me for the job and then also through their job board I was able to find a job.
Jered Baker, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, employed by Swift Real Estate Partners

We’re not only training a CRE workforce through our partnership with CREATE; we’re highlighting commercial real estate as a career alternative in a highly complex, technology focused Bay Area.
Sandra Boyle, Cushman & Wakefield

The best way to get an employee that's eager and hungry to learn more is definitely through the CREATE program.
Amy La, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, Employed by JLL

It's hard to come up with something that would make CREATE better. I truly believe they give you everything you need to get the most out of the program.
Cameron Newcomb, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2021, employed by JLL

If you're not involved in this you are missing a great opportunity. Get involved, participate, contribute.
Glenn Good, Glenn Good Group

Keep on looking to CREATE for a talent pipeline because that right there brings so much value to your company.
Christine Mann, Rockhill Management

The amount of success I've had through CREATE has been incredible. The network that I built through the CREATE program created the pathway to my new position.
Kaitlyn Klinger, CREATE Fellows Graduate 2020, employed by VTS