Graduate Surveyor Review

I have greatly valued the client exposure I’ve had during rotations where such opportunities have been available, though I do wish there were more consistent avenues to engage in client-facing activities. I appreciate that, from a senior perspective, graduates may not always be included in client events such as lunches or drinks due to budget considerations or concerns around experience and knowledge. However, my understanding upon joining Savills was that we would be encouraged to begin building relationships with clients early on, as these connections may one day become valuable when we take on more senior roles. I believe it’s unfortunate that these opportunities are not offered to us more frequently. Personally, having such experiences would strongly reinforce my aspiration to pursue a future career at Savills, as it would demonstrate trust and encouragement. However, I feel that these opportunities have been somewhat limited.

Property Management - Service Charge Reconciliation, Service Charge Budgeting, Chasing Arrears, Resolving Tenant Dispute.
Commercial Valuation - Due Diligence, Collect Comparable Rental & Investment Evidence, Determine ERV (Estimated Rental Value), Analyse Comparable Evidence, Engage with Argus Enterprise to Establish Market Value, Make Weighted Assumptions for Market Value.

During my time at Savills, I have undertaken a variety of roles that have offered differing levels of responsibility and engagement. Some positions have allowed me to take full ownership of specific situations and issues, enabling me to delve deeper and drive resolutions independently, an aspect of the work I have found particularly rewarding. Other roles have been more procedural in nature, where my responsibilities were more structured and aligned with standard practices. While these roles have still contributed meaningfully to the team’s success, they did not provide the same level of autonomy or involvement.

I feel that these are all fair.

Overall, I feel things have gone relatively well, but I believe it would be more beneficial to receive a bit more support from each team throughout the rotations. I fully appreciate that, as graduates, it is our responsibility to seek clarification and proactively ask for help to deepen our understanding, and that teams are aware we are only with them for a limited period before moving on. However, at times, it has felt as though some teams are less invested in supporting our learning and development, focusing primarily on completing the work rather than helping us understand how it connects to the APC process, because they know we are not there for the long-term.

If I have had any issues I have always felt very comfortable raising them with HR and my line managers and they have always supported me and helped me resolve said issues.

It has fluctuated quite a lot depending on certain rotations with some being more demanding than others. It has been, at times, challenging on my mental health but this has been a mixture of personal matters outside the workplace as well.

Everyone's been very welcoming in each team.

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I think its a very supportive workplace that provides a stable foundations for anyone breaking into the industry.

I think moderately well, the only aspect that didn't meet my expectations in the exposure to clients, but I appreciate this is team dependant and so will fluctuate accordingly.