Objectives

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WELCOME
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Objectives

• Overview of MS
• Graduate opportunities
• Recruitment process
• Training programme
• The graduate experience at MS

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Graduate campaign2008
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Overview

• The scheme
• Recruitment targets
• Process of attraction selection
• Opportunities available
• Training Development

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Why MS Graduate Scheme?

• Passionate retailers
• Intensive, focused and very rewarding
• Accountability from day one
• Clear goals, outcomes and measures
• Support from Line Managers
• In-house and external learning
• Careers/succession planning

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Recruitment targets 2008

• STORES HEAD OFFICE
• 135 Graduates 20 Graduates
• 125 Selling 3 IT
• 10 HR 2 Food Technology
• 5 Buying
• 5 Merchandising
• 3 GM Technology
• 2 Garment Design
• 35 BPPs 6 BPPs
• 30 Selling 2 IT
• 5 HR 2 Food Technology
• 2 Garment Design

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Attraction strategy

• This is not just any graduate scheme
• www.marksandspencer.com/gradcareers
• Brochures
• Website live from 10 September
• Careers Advisors Day 13 September
• Online media
• Offline media
• Careers Fairs
• University presentations
• Store presentations

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Fairs and Presentations

• 25th October - Durham
• 25th October - Liverpool
• 29th October - Nottingham (F)
• 30th October - Leicester
• 30th October - York
• 1st November - Oxford
• 1/2/3 November - NEC Birmingham (F)
• 6th November Cardiff
• 7th November - Southampton
• 8th November Cambridge (F)

• 4th October - Surrey (F)
• 8th October - Edinburgh
• 8th October - Warwick (F)
• 11/12/13 October Wembley (F)
• 15th October - Leeds (F)
• 16th October - Dublin (F)
• 16-17th October Glasgow (F)
• 18th October - Bath (F)
• 22nd October - Loughborough (F)
• 23rd October - Aston
• 24th October - Manchester (F)

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Entry requirements

• Recruit the talent and train the skill
• Any discipline apart from specialist roles
• Passion for Retail

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Application process

• Applicant completes
• Eligibility and leadership questionnaire
• Verbal Numerical test
• OPQ Test

Successful applicants book on-line to attend an
assessment centre
Applicant applies online
Closing Date 14 December 2007

• Group Discussion
• Talent Interview
• Analysis Exercise/Presentation
• Coaching Exercise (stores)
• Role play (HO)

Offers made to candidates
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Commercial Acumen
Managing Ambiguity
Innovation Change
Decision Making
Competencies
Resource Management
Communicating Influencing
Business Leadership
Setting Direction
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Assessment Centres

• 80 Assessment Centres
• 4 weeks
• 6 Retail Academies
• BPPs 14 January
• (1 week)
• Grads 14 January
• (4 weeks)

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Goals of the programme

• To offer an inspirational and rewarding career
• To provide a welcoming culture where individual
  skills and contribution are valued
• To encourage individuals to be part of a dynamic
  and forward-looking organisation
• To exceed graduates expectations in the training
  and prepare them effectively for the part they
  will play at MS

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Goals of the programme

• To use individual expertise and strengths to
  deliver a business benefit in their training year
• To enable graduates to take up their first
  appointment at an effective level, i.e. in their
  technical and leadership skills
• To enable BPPs to return to the business on the
  BPP Returner scheme the following year

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Training programme

• Local Induction
• Corporate Induction
• Getting to Grips with General Merchandise,
  Foods, Store Ops HR
• Putting it into Practice General Merchandise,
  Foods Store Operations
• Final Performance Review sign off

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Management Career Path

• LEADERSHIP 1
• Management Trainees
• Module 1, 2 Day workshop in first 3 months
  September/October
• Module 2, 3 Day workshop after 8 months

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Competency
Business Leadership
Commercial Manager C (small)
Commercial Acumen
Managing Ambiguity
Technical
Decision Making
Innovation and Change
Operational Management
Team Management
Sales Management
People Resource Management
Communicating and Influencing
Setting Direction
Financial Management
General Merchandise
Service Management
Foods
Stock Management
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Store Manager C (large)
Competency
Business Leadership
Commercial Acumen
Managing Ambiguity
Technical
Decision Making
Innovation and Change
Operational Management
Team Management
Sales Management
People Resource Management
Communicating and Influencing
Setting Direction
Financial Management
General Merchandise
Basic Intermediate Expert
Service Management
Foods
Stock Management
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Last Years Success

• Times Top 100
• Best Graduate Recruiter in Retail sector
• Best Graduate Recruiter in HR sector
• Improved our overall position from 22 to 17
• Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards
• Most popular graduate recruiter in retail sector
• Shortlisted for CIPD Award

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Last Years Success

• Last years targets 163 Retail HO
• Recruited 176 Retail HO

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Salary and Benefits

• Graduate 23,000
• BPP 17,500
• up to 3.5k London weighting

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