Working in the industry for two years and having a piece of paper that says you have a qualification does make you a good property manager but It doesn't make you a good block manager. In this latest episode Des looks at why, as a sector, Block management needs to look at its recruitment practices and see if we are actually recruiting the right people to the right jobs. Should people be earning 35-40K after very little experience? Listen in to another short, sharp, Des Debate to hear all about the big debates happening in Block Management.

Key Takeaways

I get approached by recruitment agencies saying they have block managers who are earning 45-40K and they have only been it for two years. It annoys me. There is a shortage of good property managers. There is a lot of movement. If you have been doing it for 1 or 2 years you are not a great property manager, your just a property manager.

There is an expectation that people are going for jobs that they are not ready for. and you can’t be because you have been doing it for such a short while. You can only be good at something after a certain amount of hours. Work full time for 40 hours a week, you’ve done that for a couple of years, 4,000 hours. Talk to me, when you have done 20,000 hours and you have mastered your craft.

When you have done nowhere near 10,000 you can’t command those salaries. I don’t know whether the recruitment consultants are fueling this. They work on a commission, they work on pushing higher salaries so they get a bigger commission. They are pushing people into jobs when they are not actually that good. Only after ten years could I command a good salary. It’s a combination of lots of things. We need to collectively think about our recruitment into our business. After two years at anything is not enough. It doesn’t make you great.

Best Moments

‘If you have been doing it for 1 or 2 years you are not a great property manager, your just a property manager.’

‘There is an expectation that people are going for jobs that they are not ready for. ‘

‘When you have done nowhere near 10,000 you can’t command those salaries.’

‘It takes 10,00 hours of work to be really good at something.’

‘We need to collectively think about how we recruit into our business. Working  two years at anything is not enough.’

‘I don’t know whether the recruitment consultants are fueling this.’

‘There is a shortage of good property managers out there.’

About the Host

I don’t know how this works, but you’re here now listening (hopefully) about my exciting life, so I’m going to try and make this worth your while.

I never got inspired at school, I was too busy trying to impress my peers, chasing girls, and being a fool to get inspired. I rejected school.

But let me tell you something for free! That was a mistake! I spent the next 15 years in jobs I hated, with no direction, lacked purpose, and motivation for life.

Yes, big words, but that was me in a box. A slave to the system!

Fast forward to today, and well, I’m not sitting in my ivory tower or anything, but I love life and my career. Yeah, it’s both painful and exciting rolled and wrapped up into one giant subway, and who doesn’t love subway rite?

The point is, you only get one life, don’t waste it pursuing things you care nothing for, invest in YOURSELF and grow as a person, be the best YOU by putting YOU first!

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