Sandwich placement student Review
by Savills
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Savills
- 7. Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
Overview
My role consisted of a range of office and out of office work. Inside the office involved mainly a range of different report writing and planning. Site visits often consisted of myself paired with a senior surveyor visiting a range of different sites ranging from small domestic dwellings, to large churches. We performed a variety of surveys including RCA's quinquennial, condition and EPC surveys.
Skills
I really developed my surveying skills, knowledge surrounding properties and attention to detail. When surveying properties being paired with some very skilled surveyors allowed me to get a full insight on specific details to look for and how they survey properties.
Responsibilities
After the first couple of months of training I was given a lot more responsibility within my placement. I started going out on my own and conducting surveys by myself and writing the following reports up after. I was also often tasked with planning days where we had multiple surveyors tackling a multitude of properties during a day.
Support & Guidance
I was given a lot of support within my placement. If I ever had any queries or problems there were multiple people within the team to help me solve them. Particularly at the beginning of my placement we went through a lot reports that I had written, and I got feedback on my writing technique and report writing.
Culture
I was situated in a great office with great culture and friendly people. There were regular social events which included everyone.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my placement I was placed in a great team and office, with people I got on really well with and learnt a lot from. I really developed my skills and interest within the industry which I will carry over to my final year at University.
Yes
Coming in a big company can seem daunting, but everyone is really friendly and open to any questions you may have.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Surveying
South East
September 2023
