Summer Scheme Student Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.
  • Assisting my team create valuation reports for clients, mostly for Loan Security Valuations. I was mainly tasked with compiling comparable evidence.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Skills I feel I have developed upon during my internship are; resourcefulness, initiative and communication. By not instantly opting for help and trying to find the answer myself I believe I have learnt a lot.


  • 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?
  • Comparable evidence collection is an important element underpinning a valuation. I was also brought to site visits and was able to interact with clients of Savills.


  • 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?
  • From the Early Careers team, I had lots of support throughout the process, including a mid placement review, which I found really useful. In the department I was working in, there were instances where I had to figure out how to do the task I was given, where I could have potentially been supported more.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • As I was based in an office which only had one department, valuations, it was slightly harder to gauge the culture of Savills as a whole. I was able to grow my network during the internship and better understand Savills' culture. I found the atmosphere in the office very pleasant.


  • 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 greatly enjoyed this placement, which gave me a real sense of the life of a graduate working at Savills. It has given me greater drive to work towards a potential graduate role at Savills.


  • 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
  • Show genuine interest in the property industry. This has to be supported by knowledge on the current property market. Social skills are also important and how you interact in a group setting.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Surveying

London

June 2023


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