Summer intern in the Infrastructure team Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Business Insight
    4.7
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.

    • I was given the opportunity to work between multiple different departments and offices over my time. Each departments jobs differed but I did a whole range of things including - wayleave surveying including site visits, writing up meetings, identifying land owners, contacting land owners - planning including high level planning appraisals, updating planning lists - GIS mapping. No day was the same. I got to sit in on a wide range of different meetings and did tasks to do with those.

    Skills

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

    • - developed my communication skills (in terms of how to write/ talk to clients in a professional way) - learned new GIS mapping skills - developed my planning skills

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

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development

    • 5/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?

    • I found it very useful to experience a number of different departments and offices to give my a great view of the business. Talking to current grads was so valuable in terms of understanding graduate oppertunities

  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the structure of the insight

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The atmosphere is great. Everyone is very welcoming and even people who aren't involved in the placement have been happy to talk with me, share their expertise and give me insight. The office is a great atmosphere, very young vibe which is great for grads

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Would 10/10 recommend to anyone thinking of a career in planning/ commercial/ surveying

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight

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

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

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Savills to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Savills

    • Take your time with your application. Make sure you put effort into a personalised cover letter as it is really worth doing. Do your research into the exact department prior to your interview- knowing exactly what the team did is what made me stand out at my interview. Be honest. They said they liked that I had got advice from my dad and was honest about it.

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Property Management

Scotland

August 2022

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