Training Opportunities

Your training and development are a top priority because they'll allow you to take responsibility earlier in your career. On all of our Graduate Programmes, we'll put together a personal development plan that involves both operational training and the behavioural skills required for your role.

There are also lots of courses that will develop your technical knowledge. Depending on your programme, this may include technical skills (spreadsheets and the like) or professional skills like leadership, negotiation or presentation. There are also core company skills including personal effectiveness, communication and time management. Rest assured, you'll have access to all you need to get ahead.

While you train, we'll encourage you and, where available, support your professional qualifications. Our HR Graduate Programme offers CIPD accreditation for example, Finance offers CIMA and so on.

Whatever business area you choose, you'll have an induction to give you an idea of who we are. You'll meet other graduates – your first step to a network of contacts that will be valuable throughout your career. And your induction will touch on the training you'll get.

The most valuable training you'll receive will be real work in your actual business area. In a store, office or distribution centre, the best lessons come from rolling up your sleeves. Office and distribution graduates will spend some time in the store, where the customer is. After all, you need to know how decisions you'll make affect customers and the people who deal directly with them.