Savills Summer Scheme Review

Really enjoyed my time as Savills, and will definitely be coming back.

Summer was quite busy for the Planning team, and with so many people, there's always work to be done.

Everyone was really accommodating - not one person who I asked to sit down with refused, and those who weren't in the office always arranged a follow up with a phone call.

This experience has been invaluable in terms of learning experience and understanding how Savills functions as a firm. It will really help when applying for the grad scheme and any other graduate roles to have been here for a month.

Best structured internship I've done to date, a credit to Savills' HR team, who organised countless out of work activities and events for us to go to. We're required to set goals at the start to make sure we're achieving something at the end. Every intern is assigned a graduate mentor to help them with the day to day, and there's an appraisal at the halfway mark where they check that you're meeting your goals, being given enough work, etc.

It was a surprisingly easy-going environment. People were professional when there was work to be done but were always friendly.

Lots of time and effort is invested in the interns. Thee are several department overview talks, particularly important for those on the RICS pathway who will be choosing which teams to rotate in on the grad scheme. There was a market update led by someone from the research team and we were always invited to any events that our teams were hosting.

It definitely helped my understanding a lot, in terms of the nature of projects, the variety of locations and size, etc.

I feel like I have a good understanding of what the company culture is like now - for such a large entity, Savills is very social, and there are lots of opportunities to interact with people from lots of different teams, not just yours.

Very helpful, since I was getting involved with the day to day tasks of planners

You're paid a fair amount and reimbursed for any travel expenses you take on the job

There were lot's of opportunities, but it's also up to you to follow up with people and arrange to meet them if you so wish. Everyone's really nice, and if there's someone you want to meet, you should just ask someone you know to introduce you or drop them an email.

Really good - the frequency of events does depend on the team you are in and who's around, naturally. But there's frequent after work drinks, and we were invited to a summer networking event in the city with other property interns

Lots of seasonal events, graduate training, conferences, socials, and sport activities to get involved in.

Yes, definitely