JLL

JLL UK runs a four-stage process for its early-careers intake: an online application form plus optional contextual-recruitment survey, a Pymetrics self-recorded competency-based video interview, an in-person Assessment Centre comprising a group exercise, an interview, a written exercise and a presentation, and an offer or decision within two weeks of the Assessment Centre. Assessment Centres run in November and December for the graduate cohort whose applications opened in September. The published process is UK-specific; JLL's U.S. early-careers landing page does not publish a comparable stage-by-stage flow. Because the Assessment Centre is in-person and the offer turnaround is two weeks, the autumn AC season effectively decides the September 2027 UK graduate intake before the new year, leaving little room to delay a competing application.

JLL UK publishes a layered early-careers ladder:

• Graduate Programmes — rotational pathways leading to RICS Chartered Surveyor in Commercial, Residential or Capital Markets (Capital Markets can alternatively lead to the CFA), plus non-rotational pathways in Planning, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Management Consulting, Sustainability Consulting and Sustainability Engineering. Start: September 2027.
• Apprenticeships — 18-month to 5-year programmes across Accounting, Building Surveying, Commercial Surveying, Business Administration, Residential Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Facilities Assistant and Electrical Engineering. Start: September 2027.
• Summer Internship — a six-week paid programme for penultimate-year students across Building Surveying, Capital Markets, Commercial, Quantity Surveying and Residential. Start: July 2027.
• Placement — a one-year paid placement in Quantity Surveying or Residential for penultimate-year or sandwich-degree students. Start: July 2027.

JLL's U.S. early-careers page does not publish a comparable named-programme list and instead directs candidates to its Workday job board, so a U.S. applicant has to assemble the picture from individual postings while a UK applicant chooses a named pathway tied to a professional qualification.

For its UK early-careers intake JLL is unambiguous: "Unfortunately for these level roles we are unable to offer sponsorship. You must have unrestricted right to work full time in the UK for the entire duration of the program applied for." The firm adds: "This includes that we cannot accept applicants who are on graduate visas or any other time-limited visas" (UK Early Careers). That makes work authorisation the first gate, ahead of Pymetrics, the Assessment Centre and any interview, so a candidate without ongoing UK right to work for the full programme duration is screened out at application. The U.S. early-careers landing page does not publish an equivalent statement, so non-U.S. applicants there should verify sponsorship at the individual role level before applying.

JLL UK publishes its 2027-cohort dates explicitly:

• Graduate roles: open 10 September 2026, six-week application window, Assessment Centres in November and December 2026, start September 2027
• Apprenticeships: open 12 October 2026, four-week application window, start September 2027
• Summer Internships and Placements: open 8 December 2026, four-week application window, start July 2027 (placements run a full year)

The graduate window opens first and effectively closes before the apprentice window opens, so a UK candidate weighing graduate scheme against apprenticeship is making the call against a sequential autumn 2026 calendar rather than a parallel one. The internship-and-placement window is then decoupled by a full quarter and targets penultimate-year students, so it is a separate audience and a separate season — a candidate cannot use one as a hedge for the other.

JLL is a global commercial real-estate services and investment-management firm with more than 112,000 employees across 80+ countries; it reported $26.11 billion in 2025 consolidated revenues, up roughly 11% on 2024, and rose to #188 on the 2025 Fortune 500 list — up five places from #193 in 2024 (JLL Fortune 500 release). The UK graduate ladder is built around professional-qualification pathways — most graduate routes lead to RICS Chartered Surveyor status, with the Capital Markets pathway alternatively leading to a CFA — rather than around generic firm-internal training. For an early-careers applicant choosing between JLL and a banking, consulting or accounting graduate scheme, the practical difference is that joining commits the cohort to a specific multi-year professional qualification on day one: the choice of pathway is the choice of qualification, and pivoting off-path later is materially harder than inside a generalist graduate scheme.

Yes. JLL currently has 27 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

JLL has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to JLL go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. JLL does not use third-party submission services.