Personal Development

Once you’re in your business area, you’ll have plenty of support to make sure that you develop the skills you need. Your personal development will involve a combination of training and hands-on business experience. Which means you’ll take early responsibility and use your initiative to make an immediate impact on our business. And you’ll receive all the support and training you need.

You’ll soon realise that when we say early responsibility, that’s just what we mean. Your first experience could involve working with board members, managing an area of a store, leading a team that delivers real business advantage, or even dealing with the press on our behalf.

Whatever you end up doing, you’ll have the full support of the people around you. Our line managers are measured on their ability to encourage our people to develop. So your manager will expect you to come up with innovative ideas, develop your creative thinking and go the extra mile. It makes for an exciting and enjoyable atmosphere where people aren’t afraid to take risks – even if things occasionally go wrong. Because we realise that everyone makes mistakes from time to time. They’re part of the learning process. The important thing is to take lessons from them, so the next time things go right. Show us you can do that and you’ll get along just fine.