Savills Summer Scheme Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • it included tasks such as; helping with lease reading, creating lease summaries and checking for alterations and other clauses. calculating service charge caps and management fee caps for the service charge budgets. going out on site visits to different asset types such as out of town retail sites to office spaces. Using excel and other software researching potential clients


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • my communication skills have been significantly improved throughout my placement. My skills using excel for the different roles involved with property management has improved and I have also learnt how to effectively extract information from a lease


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I have been given a good level of responsibility during my placement and have felt that i have really been allowed to contribute to the day to day in the property management team, everyone has been so good at finding work for me to and ensuring I understand the task at hand


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received a high level of support throughout my placement from all members of the team and those working for the HR team. people at all levels of the business have taken the time to introduce themselves to me and help me with different tasks as well as setting work for me and taking me along on site visits


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • really positive, everyone I have come in contact with has been open and happy to help with any questions I have, there were lots of social opportunities to get involved with which allowed me to feel like a real part of the team


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed the variety of the work and the mix of working in the office and going out on site. The team I worked in also made it very enjoyable and made me feel like I was really contributing to the overall goals of the team and gave me lots of work to keep me busy.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Savills
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
  • Savills will employ people who are a good fit for the team and enthusiastic about the work they do. Always ask questions and be confident enough to ask for help when you are not sure. take advantage of all the resources Savills produces from research documents to podcasts.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Surveying

North West

June 2022


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