Summer Scheme Rural Review

Item: Summer Scheme Rural at Savills
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Savills

Internship (1 Month+)

Property Management

Oxford

Review Submitted: July 2022

Overall Rating

4.8 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Working with a range of people in the rural sector, in the office and out on site visits to farms and estates. Attending internal and external meetings and working with tenants, clients and contractors.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given as much responsibility as was possible given my qualifications and terms of work. I was allowed to do research, client work, data processing, attend internal and external meetings, go to estates and farms and meet clients, tenants and contractors. They gave me lots of responsibility in the office and with the work I was carrying out.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Yes, the biggest skill is my interpersonal skills which I have learnt and enhanced whilst working with such a wide range of people, as well and time keeping and management skills. I have also enhanced my report writing and written communication skills through reading and writing reports during my internship.
As well as this, I have developed skills specifically to estate management including data collecting, surveying and excel skills more specifically.

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

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I had a mentor who I could talk to on a daily basis, but was given the freedom to work with all members of the team. They all gave me support and guidance, but ultimately it was up to me to plan who I worked for and then who ever I was working with helped me and supported me really well.