In Town Retail Placement Review

by Savills

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • 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.
  • My role involves negotiating lease terms with tenants and landlords. Marketing new properties and finding properties to suit our clients. Adding new requirements to our schedule to ensure we target specific occupiers on specific properties. Conducting viewings and calling specific parties to chat through their requirement for space.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes i have learnt many news skills during my placement as well as developing existing skills i had learnt throughout my time at university.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Yes i firstly shadowed a lot to gain initial skills. but through out my placement i have had more and more responsibility handed to me, such as being put in front of clients, meeting specific deadlines.


  • 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?
  • I have had exceptional support during my placement year, from my team, office colleagues and wider graduate team/ savills.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Company couture at Savills is fantastic, there are many events to get involved in, many campaigns and speeding awareness e.g. prime month was great there were serval activities put on such as teams talks, 5k rainbow laces run, and so much more promotion over savills networks. the atmosphere is empowering.


  • 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 have extremely enjoyed my placement !


  • 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
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
  • Be yourself during interviews, its ok to show some personality to stand out from the crowd! Work hard and put in the effort.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Retail, Property Development

Yorkshire and Humberside

July 2024


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