Intern Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my placement and would recommend it to anyone considering pursuing a career in property.

Everybody was extremely welcoming and I felt at ease to ask any questions I had. In quite a large and at times busy office I still felt included.

I was introduced to each of the directors in the team I was working in and whilst I usually went 'out and about' with others in the team, all the directors ensured I understood what I was doing and encouraged me to find out more. The end of my internship included an appraisal, conducted by the head of office and contained feedback from each of the directors with whom I had worked. This was invaluable.

This varied from each department: the only period I felt I should have been busier was when the department was inundated with meetings and therefore I was left to find things to do.

I was left to do report sections and research on my own and feed this back to others in my team. I was pleased to be asked to represent the company without a supervisor on a viewing with a client in my last week.

I have been better able to decide on the route to follow in my conversion degree after this internship. It has taught me that there are many avenues to explore in surveying and given me a better idea of where my skills lie.

Professional, but not hierarchical - directors sit amongst secretaries in an open-plan set out which I found refreshing. The atmosphere was busy and always positive.

I worked in a different department each week, and, on the whole, work had been set aside for me to do in advance and viewings/valuation trips arranged for me to be able to attend also.

The internship is paid well considering you gain much from it as a learning experience. The training is informal as much of what you learn is from observing how others work and by advice gained from senior members of the team.

The internship has only compounded my desire to work for Savills in the future.

Interns in the regional offices (I was in Manchester) are seperated onto different months, so there were no fellow interns, however there is a good social scene amongst all the graduates, often linking between firms.

Socialising is expensive, but most city centres are!

It depends on what you make of it. There was plenty to do, but most of the office have families/enjoy private time after work and at weekends.

There are but I did not experience these as I was only there for 4 weeks! More opportunities like this are enjoyed by those on the graduate schemes.