Casamona Interns

 Working remotely during a pandemic This year has been very unpredictable for everyone. A year ago we hardly knew what Coronavirus was and now it affects each and every aspect of our lives. A big change has been the opportunity to work from home. The current workplace climate was already moving forward to this option more and more, but the pandemic has given everyone that final push to be given the flexibility to work from home. Remote interns This year, hiring interns has been a bit different. Erin is currently working from home but in the UK - working remotely. Here is what she thinks about it. "It has been a very weird experience. I feel like I know the team but I've never met anyone, only chatted through zoom. It has been difficult trying to feel like part of the team when everyone is in Barcelona together. Even if people are working from home, everyone can meet up whenever. Although it has been quite a distant experience, everyone has been so lovely and welcoming and I ha...

Since its establishment, Casamona International Real Estate has recruited more than 100 interns. The long-established Danish real estate company has given young students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Spain's dynamic real estate scene. While former interns may have already embarked on a new journey, it's always interesting to learn about their stories and how much they have grown since their Casamona days. This article features the accounts of two former real estate interns, Leo and Lana. Leo Knoertzer: 2010-2011 Let's talk about Leo Knoertzer , a French intern. He came to Casamona from August 2010 to July 2011. Although he was an intern, he stayed almost an entire year in Casamona. He contributed a lot to the company. Work as a Rental Agent for Casamona Starting as a rental agent , Leo's main job involved working with local flat owners and prospective clients. Although the real estate crisis was at its peak, he was able to rent out 5 propertie...

Casamona works with a lot of interns and gives many young people the opportunity to do an internship in Barcelona. New interns are always joining the company, learning from the older ones that are towards their end with their traineeships. At Casamona, interns develop their personalities as well as their professional skills. Since the company started in 2004, more than 500 interns have taken this opportunity as of 2017. The company offers a range of exciting positions with all sorts of responsibilities. It gives a lot of liberty and room for creativity to the interns. Feedback from Junior Office Manager interns Maria and Victoria are two young, energetic students. They met here at Casamona while working as Office Managers. Despite the fact that they have different mother tongues and come from different continents, they’ve been working together with a lot of success. After 4 months of internship, they were asked how it was. “It’s a challenge” - that was the first thing to come to Ma...

If you are considering an internship in Barcelona this is the perfect place to start. Watch our latest video to learn all about a day in the life of a rental agent in an international real estate company like Casamona! What skills are needed to be a good rental agent? Organizational skills are key. You will be juggling clients, flat finds, deals, and trips around the city on a daily basis. It is a fantastic opportunity to challenge yourself in a professional environment. Rental agents will also need good interpersonal skills and the more languages they speak the better! You'll be in contact with clients and owners from across the world.   What skills do rental agents learn? First and foremost, rental agents will learn the city like the back of their hand. Agents travel to visit properties across the city on a daily basis so it is a fantastic opportunity to explore Barcelona! You'll learn sales techniques first hand, and hone negotiation skills as you work between cl...

If you are considering an internship in Barcelona this is the perfect place to start. Learn all about life as a junior office manager in an international real estate company like Casamona! 9:50 am The day of a Junior Office Manager [JOM] starts a little earlier than other interns, giving us a chance to catch up on clients who have found Casamona overnight and schedule any events or meetings for the coming day. This also allows us to set up the office for everyone arriving at 10.00 am. As a Junior Office Manager you will be given a lot of responsibility, so ensuring everything is organized for the day ahead is essential. We answer the main email inbox, where most of our clients contact us. We respond to giving information about properties, co-ordinating with rental agents and answering any questions we can. JOMs are responsible for building and developing relationships with clients and owners, so good communication skills are key. 11:00 am Every morning we have a meeting so tha...

If you are considering an internship in Barcelona this is the perfect place to start. Learn all about life as a marketing intern in an international real estate company like Casamona! 10:00 am Your day as a marketing intern starts at 10:00 every day at our office in El Born. It's a lovely spot in the heart of Barcelona, in a very bohemian and chic neighborhood - definitely and enviable place to work! We tend to start our morning by catching up on property updates that happened overnight. As a marketing intern, you will be in charge of ensuring that our website and the portals through which we advertise our flats are always correct and up-to-date. We use over ten portals and availability and details of properties are constantly changing, so you’ll interact with them regularly. We regularly analyze portals’ performances to evaluate the relative value of each. 11:00 am We also use this early morning time to plan the day ahead and to post on social media. Casamona regularly ...

Have you ever thought about moving abroad? Or doing an internship and gaining professional experience while discovering new cultures? You may well be just the person we are looking for!  As an international team, we're always seeking people with great skills, friendly and willing to discover new things. We are all young and still trying to find our way in life. Doing your internship at  Casamona  can make you double check your ideas. Trying a 9-5 job in this era where everyone wants to get rid of it and working with deadlines are things that will help you for a lifetime. Working with people from all around the world should be everyone’s dream and why not do it now? How to choose an internship? This depends on you. Based on your studies, your skills or maybe your ideas about what you want to do in the future, you can choose your department. Casamona is organized  into three major departments , each of them requiring different skills. If you are creative, ...

Intern in Barcelona: A day as a Casamona intern in Barcelona Ever wondered what it is like being an intern in Barcelona, the sunny capital of Catalonia? Then you have come to the right place! Here you can read about a day as a Casamona intern. Morning meeting Every day starts with a morning meeting. Here the whole team gets together to get updates from the different departments. We talk about the plans for the day, and if anyone needs help with a task, the morning meeting is the perfect place to sort this out. Time to work! After the morning meeting, it is time to start working! Then the marketing team starts updating and checking the website and housing portals to make sure that everything works flawlessly. The team will also make updates on social media platforms and write blog posts for the Casamona blog . Also, if close to the end of a week, the marketing interns will start working on the weekly “Friday presentation”. The presentation covers everything from website an...

A job in real estate in Barcelona remains a great experience. After almost 6 years of economic crisis, the property market stopped descending. The effects of the crisis have faded away and the flat prices grew by 11% . However, this is not all. Gonzalo Bernardos, an expert in property market, confirmed that until the end of the year the rental prices will increase by 14% . For somebody who is looking for their next successful job, real estate in Barcelona might be the Jackpot. Where to study The latest ranking shows that the University of Barcelona (UB) stands as the best among Spanish universities. For anyone who wants to learn about finance, sale and management, one can apply there for Business Administration and Management . Barcelona offers a wide range of courses when it comes to business and real estate. If UB is not the right solution, then the city has other alternatives, such as EU Business School, United International Business School or UPF Barcelona School of M...

Have you ever been interested in doing an internship in Barcelona? It is super fun! Travel fills our lives with new experiences, memories and friends as well as a different outlook on the world. If you stay here for a couple of months you will return back home a different person, believe me. In this blog I will speak about the pros and nothing but the pros of working in Barcelona and living in Spain. This blog will deepen your knowledge about travelling abroad in the south of Europe. Cost of living Fortunately most things in Spain are cheap relative to Europe. This includes alcohol, tobacco, public transport. The average cost to rent an apartment in a normal area of Barcelona is around 600€ per month meaning that if you decide to share with a friend, that could only be 300 each! Sounds good right? Food is also cheap if you budget. Whether your internship in Barcelona is funded or not (it is good to check whether you are eligible for an Erasmus grant), this is one of the more affo...

Casamona is a company with a real focus on the people who work there - written by unsponsored employees, years apart. A glimpse of corporate culture Doing business across the border has been highly facilitated by the innovation of new technologies. Especially in recent years, software is starting to replace people therefore it can be argued that business is becoming less personal in some ways. Besides all the obvious benefits of such new form of interaction, we have grown used to consulting systems where all the answers to our questions have been pre-registered. We are now navigating around standardised interaction that works out just fine. But what if just fine isn’t enough? Casamona stands out in its ability to nurture human interactions - a component of the business that is anchored in our work as a team. Come and discover the Casamona world, a company shaped by the people who work in it. International at heart The Casamona team is very diverse. Interns at this Danish co...

The story of Nicolas V. Throughout the years, many interns have joined the Casamona family and each of them has a story to tell. In fact, we are interested in hearing how their careers continue to develop and how Casamona has helped them along the way. Ten years ago, 22-year old Nicolas V. came to Casamona from France. At the beginning, he researched new properties to list on our website, communicated with landlords, and followed up with the clients. “I got to experience various sides of the real estate business from my first day on the job. It felt like a big deal as a 22 year-old student”, said Nicolas. In only one year, he became a business manager. He was running daily operations and dealing with various situations at Casamona. He also contributed greatly to the company's growth. For instance, he developed the rental department from scratch. Tine Mathiassen, owner of Casamona, remembers Nicolas as a very ambitious intern who was always eager to learn and develop new t...