Recruitment
SHW has a clearly defined strategic aim and our ability to succeed depends on the support management gives to those who are prepared to be innovative and to use their initiative. We aim to foster the conditions which enable everyone to achieve more than they thought they were capable of achieving.
If you would like to know more about career prospects in SHW, why not contact our HR Department on 01273 876200 or recruitment@shw.co.uk
Or, for more details on our graduate pathways, please click here - Graduate Pathway
Why Join SHW?
Following our 2024/5 employee survey, our Partners have been given valuable feedback on what it’s like for employees working at SHW. The Partnership Board review all feedback received and create objectives for the Partnership to achieve. This can be on any subject from how we can improve communication, to new training course ideas or changes to our benefits.
Overall, the Partners were delighted with this years’ responses and are encouraged that so many wanted to give feedback, whether that be positive or if they had identified areas of improvement.
We asked employees the following question and here’s a small sample of what our employees had to say:
“What do you think SHW, as your employer, does really well”
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“I just generally feel supported whenever I need it”
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“SHW provides inclusive environments in the office and allows for both productivity and creative thinking for solutions allowing all employees to utilise their skills”
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“Employs nice people to work with”
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“Great at team building, offering support, friendly atmosphere and determined to grow, build the company”
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“I felt welcomed and valued from my first day, and that has continued now that I have been an employee for 14 months. The various sporting and staff events create a positive social atmosphere and enable regular meeting of colleagues from other offices and divisions to get to know each other but also chat about what is going on around the SHW business. Putting on these events, allowing staff the time to attend and funding food and drink afterwards is a really positive attribute”
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“There is a sense of professionalism, and a good cross-section of different professions and vocations that all come together and work off of each-other. Different departments, at least in my experience, are not isolationist, and there is a sense of community across the various different roles”
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“Offers clear opportunities for advancement, very supportive - being both the company and the personnel within. Offers great social opportunities to get to know colleagues in different departments / offices”
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“The culture within SHW is the best I have experienced since becoming a surveyor. A friendly, professional atmosphere, where all divisions work together for the greater good of the company”
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“They are very good at looking at resolving issues and they are very inclusive of everybody”
The survey also provided the following results:
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96% of employees have confidence in the overall leadership of the firm
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95% say that SHW is a good place to work
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99% say that they would recommend the firm as an employer
Testimonials
Tim Hardwicke BSc (Hons) MRICS
"I joined the SHW Brighton Office as a graduate from Sheffield Hallam University in 1998, after completing four months at Healy & Baker/Cushman Wakefield on a sandwich student placement, and completed my APC with the firm. In 2004 I was appointed Director. Four years later I joined the Company Board and was appointed Head of Agency in 2012 and now oversee a team of 36 across nine offices. The path that I took within SHW demonstrates that if you start as a graduate at SHW and are willing to work hard you will be given the opportunity to progress your career"
Rachel Finn BSc (Hons) MRICS
"I joined the Crawley/Gatwick Office of SHW in February 2012 as a graduate from the University of Portsmouth. I was enrolled onto the APC pathway at the earliest opportunity and was given support and guidance throughout my training, and the opportunity to rotate to other departments to ensure I gained the level experience required to achieve MRICS status. I passed my APC in November 2014 and now work in the Professional department specialising in Lease Advisory"
Emma Ormiston Bsc (Hons) PG Dip Surv MRICS
"Early on in my training I was given a good deal of responsibility and freedom, but with adequate supervision, on a number of instructions. I quickly felt I was an integrated member of the team making a positive contribution to projects. During my rotation I was able to move to a different office and work on Valuations and Lease Advisory in the Professional Department which gave me invaluable experience of different markets and services"
Testimonials
Richard Bull BA (Hons) DipSurv MRICS
"I joined the Brighton office of SHW in 2007 after qualifying at a smaller practice. I found that SHW were able to offer me more hands on experience on larger projects for national clients. I was supported in the initial years after qualifying and this has helped my future career development. I became an Associate Director in 2008 and in 2012 was promoted to Partner"
Ryan Carson BA BSc (Hons) MRICS
"I joined SHW in 2005 after completing a Building Surveying Degree at the University of Brighton. It soon became apparent that I was more deeply involved with projects at SHW than my peers at larger firms and I was supported in gaining MRICS status. Upon qualifying I took on bigger projects and quickly moved up the career ladder within the firm, becoming an Associate in 2012 and a Partner in 2014"
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