Development Surveyor Review

by Savills

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Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • 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.

    • I conducted due diligence for many different properties going to be valued, helped take measurements on site visits, collecting comparable information for both rental and sales properties and assisted in writing the draft report for 2 bank valuations.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have improved upon my ICT Skills in terms of Excel, and in relation to more property specific software such as Promaps. Also, just developing upon my communication skills when getting comparable information from other agents and simply talking with my colleagues (interpersonal skills).

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes, as I was responsible for conducting the due diligence for 2 bank valuations and writing the first section of the report. Also, it was my job to collect comparables both sales and lettings for a valuation portfolio consisting of over 50 properties to value.

  • 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 was given lots of support and could always ask questions if I was stuck.

  • 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?

    • It was such a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Everyone was always happy to help and it was really nice to be invited on their teams day out to London.

  • 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 thoroughly enjoyed my placement and wish it was longer!

  • 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

    • In terms of applying, make sure you do your research! Don't just investigate the company, but also show evidence that you want to know about the property market e.g. listening to Savills 'Real Estate Insights', subscribing to Property Week etc. Whilst on the placement just be proactive and ask questions if there's something you don't know.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Property Management

South East

July 2022

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