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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Savills
- 7. Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
Overview
Sustainability Consultant (intern) working on projects across several departments including ISO14001, BREEAM In-Use, Strategy, Climate Risk, Social Value, Utility Data Platforms, Water & Waste Management. My day-to-day schedule included attending meetings, researching, creating and delivering presentations, writing reports, completing social value assessments, completing audits and compliance checks (BREEAM In-Use & ISO14001), on-site visits to complete ISO14001 audits, working with data e.g. Met Office. I was also introduced to the sub-departments across the sustainability consulting team and spoke with the ESG strategy team as well (separate department). I also engaged in several departmental overviews (i.e. Savills Earth, Affordable Housing, Property Management, Affordable Housing, Valuation etc.) and networking events with directors and graduates from across the company.
Skills
Developed skills: team work, time management, organisation, communication, networking. ArcGIS Learnt: environmental management and compliance and audits (ISO14001), building certifications and audits (BREEAM In-Use audit), Met Office & climate data, Health & Wellbeing assessment,
Responsibilities
A reasonable amount of responsibility was given to me. I was completing audits for BREEAM In-Use and ISO14001 (onsite) and handled manageable data sets. I certainly felt a sense of responsibility over the work I was completing for clients whether it was to write up a report, complete a compliance check or validate the report findings to proceed to certification. There is definitely a step up in the responsibility given to graduates as they are working here for a longer time; a month is not really enough to handle serious data sets or delve into immense projects.
Support & Guidance
Overall, I received thorough guidance and support during my placement. My mentors and colleagues were more than happy to help me with tasks, inquiries and very welcoming! My inquiries were answered or I was redirected to a more suitable team member, very helpful. Everyone was so helpful and generous in sharing their knowledge and advice. One point to consider is that there is always room to ask further questions. After completing a task having consulted my colleagues, I received feedback from a senior team member that the work was not correctly aligned with its objective/target audience. My questions were acknowledged and I am/was able to properly understand the task at hand.
Culture
The company culture and general atmosphere at Savills and the Sustainability Team left me pleasantly surprised! Pre-internship I had preconceptions of the 'typical' real estate atmosphere as quite formal, serious, professional, and sometimes dull. Although everyone maintains upmost professionalism, they were all genuinely very friendly, welcoming, and generous. I was able to reach out to members from across my team for help and chats, as well as from across the company, without a problem. Savills was more than happy to allow me to engage with other departments (ESG) despite working under different departments. Team members are generous with their time to help with personal development and work-related inquiries, sharing and signposting to resources. Besides he team, Savills has actively promoted diversity and inclusion in a lovely manner. There is a dedicated multi-faith room as well as health and wellbeing facilities. The canteen is a great place to socialise and the open floor plan is good for working with/catching up with others. I thoroughly enjoyed my time here and would love to return in the future!
Your Impressions
9/10. I thoroughly enjoyed the placement and would have wished for it to be a little longer i.e. minimum 6 weeks. I feels as though my time here has gone by very quickly. I was able to get involved in lots of projects but the last week feels very short preventing me from getting stuck in longer projects. Also, the hybrid working culture means I do not feel like I've had enough time with everyone, nevertheless, I've met lots of lovely people. I really enjoyed the Savills Office BBQ despite the weather meaning a low-turn our. Would have loved to get involved in more social events that got rescheduled or were held outside of my internship schedule,
Yes
Be confident, unapologetically authentic and enthusiastic! Savills is a great company to work for, the people have been really lovely and I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here. They love to see individualism and genuine interest, do just that. Get stuck in projects, ask for things and you'll receive!
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Surveying
London
July 2024