Graduate Planner Review

by Fisher German

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Working on reports typically planning constraints and writing planning applications.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have enhanced my report writing skills and improved my technical terminology and knowledge of the planning system.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given quite a bit of responsibility, however never more than I can handle. I also had multiple people checking up on me and helping me if i got stuck.


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I had multiple levels of support, not just from my line manager but the entire team helped me out.


  • 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?
  • The company culture was really great, quite relaxed but hard working at the same time. Through my time I attended a cricket match, an evening out with the team and an office lunch.


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed my internship, the last 2 months have helped me grow and develop in the planning industry and in my career development.


  • 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 Fisher German
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Fisher German to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Fisher German
  • If you are able to gain some more work experience as I think if I had no experience I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much, because the team I was in was quite technical at times. That being said, there were multiple opportunities for asking questions and learning as you go along.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Property Development

East Midlands

August 2023


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