Intern Review

Enjoyed both my time in Australia and in the UK hugely!

For the first few weeks in Sydney it was mainly a shadowing role, but I was able to help on work tasks occasionally. In London, I was given more work.

The support I got was very good on the whole. Both from graduates and more senior members of the teams I worked with.

There were occasions where there wasn't much work going on but generally I was kept busy. The more proactive you are in asking people in your team, the more you will get providing the work you do is good.

It is hard to give an intern too much responsibility but I felt I was given more as I went on. It was good call be given the responsibility of calling other professinal in the industry, whether to discuss the market or find out particular information.

Very much so. For example I was given basic training of how to use Circle Software, which has been useful as I have now started with Portfolio Valuations. It was useful to see what the standard should be for client reports and the attention to detail required.

Both with Savills in Sydney and London, I enjoyed the atmosphere. There is a hard working culture but also like to have a good time away from work.

In Australia the organisation for my internship was excellent. The whole HR team were very good at organising everything for whilst I was there. I had an itinerary of what I was going to do every day. In London, again the organisation was very good. The only annoying thing was not having an email set up for the first 4 days.

I have just started on the graduate programme and I saw the summer internship as a genuine chance to acheive this. I think Savills understand that an intern could potentially one day be in a senior position and therefore look to teach the fundamentals very early.

I have just started on the grad scheme doing my first rotation with Portfolio Valuations. I had heard that people had done it on previous years and that if I perfomed well then my chances would be quite high. Still had to go to assessment centre and have an interview which were both hard but think the interning probably helped me.

Yes a good social scene.

In Sydney it was VERY expensive, and obviously London is also. Luckily Savills payed for my accomodation in Sydney and I had a place to stay in London, so therefore I was able to spend money on socials.

Sydney V gooa and London V good.

In Sydney I joined in an early morning fitness session around the Royal Botanical Gardens, which was quite random but enjoyed it. Otherwise there weren't really any sport events I did whilst doing my internship.