What It Does: Avison Young has a very extensive service catalogue which includes facility management, capital markets, investment sales, consulting and advisory services, investment and asset management, lease administration, landlord representation, occupier solutions, mortgage services, property management, project management, tenant representation, transaction execution and management, and property valuation.
Mission: Avison Young’s mission statement is to create genuine environmental, economic, and social value enabled by people.
Size and Presence: Though the precise number of workers in the UK is not known, Avison Young has offices across 13 locations in the UK.
Best Known For: Avison Young is best known for its broad service catalogue, which caters to several renowned clients across multiple industries. Avison Young is also a recipient of some prestigious awards. At the 2020 edition of the North West Property Awards, the firm won Planning Team and Industrial Agency of the Year.
The Good Bits: The company has several work incentives that it offers its employees. There are good career prospects for freshers and interns. The pay is good, and the work atmosphere is conducive.
The Not-So-Good Bits: Avison Young has a fast-paced environment that some employees may struggle to keep up with. Since the job is demanding, it may trigger stress.
Avison Young came into existence in 1996 through a merger of three companies, namely Graeme Young & Associates of Alberta, Avison & Associates of Ontario, and British Columbia. The company has experienced slow and steady growth since its inception in Canada. Barely a year after its establishment, the company started expanding domestically. In 2008, these offices merged into a single entity known as Avison Young Inc. The company gained good ground in North America when it opened branch offices in 8 of 10 major cities in the US. As of today, the company has a global workforce of 5,000 employees across 100 offices in 15 countries. The UK is among the territories Avison Young broke into during its international expansion.
A recent survey conducted on the company’s employees revealed that a vast majority of the company’s staff members agree that Avison Young is a great place to work. The company has held fast to its core values since its establishment and hopes to live by them every single day. Avison Young is a community where a common goal and objective unite people of different skillsets and perspectives. Working at Avison Young is fun because good, friendly, and helpful co-workers surround one. This is especially beneficial to freshers and interns who may naturally feel out of depth.
Avison Young also takes its policy on diversity and inclusion seriously and it enforces this in its hiring culture which ensures that employees are selected based on their competency not discriminating factors such as race, religion, nationality, sexuality, gender, etc. Avison Young also cares about the work-life balance of its employees; hence it organises company outings from time to time as well as flexible working arrangements.
Avison Young’s graduate programme is an immersive learning experience that equips fresh graduates with the relevant skills and work experience they will need to make an impact and thrive in the company. Everything is flexible, from the workspaces to the recruitment process. This program is a career pathway to professional qualifications in various operations areas in the organisation. This programme entails interim assessments, workshops, training sessions, seminars, and networking opportunities. During the course of the program, these participants will undergo immense professional development that will replace their inexperience with the self-assuredness of a seasoned professional. The company also offers a 10-12 month placement programme for interns who want to launch a career in the professional services industry.
Avison Young pays its new graduates an average salary of £30,000 yearly.
In 2019, Avison Young created the Avison Young Employee Community Fund to provide support and financial aid for local projects in the UK.
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