sandwich placement student Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • handling day to day management issues and tasks relating to large commercial buildings. this involves working with tenants, clients, contractors and staff. alongside the handling of rents and service charges providing an accounting aspect to the role.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • learnt and developed at every aspect involved in the role. I found I became more proficient using systems such as excel. I also found lots of soft skills such as communication and working with other were improved upon.


  • 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?
  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given lots of responsibility and felt like a valued member of the team. my manger had given me ownership of different tasks that made me learn allot.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • there was plenty of support throughout from all of my colleagues I was working with. any further help i ever required i could ask anyone throughout 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • very social and welcoming. people were always around to make the day fun


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • my placement at Savills was very valuable and i enjoyed it to the fullest. i felt i was welcomed in and allowed to learn and grow all while feeling respected for my work.


  • 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
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
  • make sure to be yourself as Savills love peoples personalities to show. ensure to always be respectful and wanting to learn/take on more work.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Project Management

London

September 2023


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