Summer Scheme Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role on a day to day basis involved working with my graduate mentor on their current projects and helping them with tasks such as gathering information completing the due diligence. I worked with different members of the team which makes it interesting as everyone is working on different projects.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learned new skills such as analysing reports and interpreting contracts which I have not done before.


  • 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?
  • Yes I was given responsibility to do some research and due diligence on projects which they will use. This is important as it is key information needed to develop in the project.


  • 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 lot of support and guidance on my internship which has helped me with understanding the different types of work they do in the company


  • 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?
  • The company culture is very friendly and inviting as everyone around were very kind to explain and offer help when I was unsure about things. The general atmosphere is very calm and comfortable.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 2/5

  • 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 every part of my internship as I learned a lot of things that I would have never known if I did not get this opportunity especially coming form a non cognate degree.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • I would tell others to apply as soon as they can as it is a very good opportunity


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Surveying

West Midlands

July 2023


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