Trainee Surveyor Review

fantastic atmosphere to work in, really excellent team spirit and varied work

actually alot, surprising since I was an intern but they actually took time out to learn about me and only gave me tasks they thought would actually help me develop. they didnt get me doing standard admin or anything.

alot of support, a different member of my team looked in on me each day, some took me out to lunch others showed me around the building. they each checked I wasnt bored and actually each week they gave me a list of tasks and said which ones would you like to be involved with

my desk was never empty but i never had to stay late to finish anything. 1 day I was on a site visit and got back at 6 30 so next day they said leave early to make up for it.

I wasnt running the show but they actually gave me tasks to do that they would each do, they would check on it to make sure I hadnt made any mistakes etc but they let me email clients, compile client reports and be involved in an internal board presentation

the contacts i made definately helped me as if I had a question I could call them for advice regarding an essay topic, I understood proffessional documents much and it just gave me lots of real world skills that meant I could make my theoretical arguements real by applying them to actual market situations

Great atmosphere, theres a great work hard play hard vibe, but it is also really relaxed, as long as you do your work and perform no one minds if you take longer on your lunch or you leave slightly earlier. they all know its give and take and theres a good level of respect with that

cannot fault it at all. Arrived and had my own login details and laptop set up. Company stationary and security pass were on my desk waiting. My manager had planned my first day out for me involving a tour of the building meeting the team, taking me for lunch to find out about me. I even got given my own company umbrella which i still have.

I went on 3 courses in my 5 weeks and these were courses full time employees go on and were like £500 each. I never expected that, especially as kind of a few weeks later i would leave and could potentially never see them again

I am now working for them and have to say It has been great. So happy I chose to work here as opposed to the other offers I got from CBRE, Savills, Cushman and Wakefield and Kinght Franks

I got invited on the graduate get together nights out and most friday lunchtimes all the grads in the office and placement students went for lunch together

Birmingham is great, quite cheap, and the salary isnt much less than london but the cost of living is.

Jones Lang LaSalle are based in the financial services area of Bham and so are all the other property businesses and financial consultants such as PWC and KPMG. Because of all the professional services around the bars are all really trendy and do cheap good food for quick business lunches. there are so many bars as well in such a short space and you always know someone from one of the firms in there so it makes it friendly

we do alot of activities. we play in a annual rugby sevens tournament and have a team in a five-a-side league. In summer we do 2 volunteering days and do an annual clay pigeon shoot for the office. They also do a client cylcing tour which has gone from london to Paris, Paris to Geneva, Geneva to Nice and this year Nice to Carcasonne.