No. of internship positions
Business Placement Programme c35
First year usually based location
Head Office roles are based in the Head
Office in Paddington, Retail / store roles
and HR roles are based in training stores
around the country
Head office location
Paddington
Disciplines accepted
All disciplines
How to apply
Online at
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See our website for details
When it comes to offering graduates a
thorough grounding in retail, the Marks &
Spencer scheme is hard to beat.
This is a perfectly balanced combination of
on-the-job learning, classroom training and
real-life project work. A fast-track route into
senior-level management. A chance to
become one of the future leaders of a wellknown,
quality brand.
Over the course of around 12 months, you'll
take on between three and four placements,
designed to give you a thorough grounding in
retail.At the same time, you'll receive regular
classroom tuition to help you develop both
expert knowledge and personal skills in
areas such as negotiation and leadership.
And you'll be making real decisions about
real business issues from the very first day
you start.
By the end of it, you should have everything
you need to take on your first big
management role. That could mean leading a
team of people or running an area of the
business worth millions of pounds. In all
likelihood, it will mean both.
It's a very steep learning curve, certainly. But
then this isn't just any graduate scheme. This
is the M&S graduate scheme.
Where can you join us?
Most of our graduates join us in a store-based
role, and are placed on a fast-track route into
senior level retail management. If everything
goes as planned then, within a year, you
could be running your own small store or
managing a whole department of a large one.
Alternatively, you could join us on our
18-month store-based HR programme.
Choose this route and you'll have the chance
to develop specialist skills and expertise, gain
professional qualifications, and build
yourself a successful, long-term career.
And if you're after something outside the
store environment, we recruit for a range of
head office areas, including IT, design,
buying and merchandising, garment and
food technology.
We also offer 12-month business placements.
So if you're a student, and you're required to
do a placement as part of your degree, then
there could be an opportunity for you to spend
time with us either in stores or head office.
Who are we looking for?
As you might expect, we're not just looking
for any graduates. We're looking for the best
around. People with the drive and ambition to
make the most of all the opportunities we
offer. And people who can match the energy,
vision and ideas that have kept us at the
forefront of our industry for so long.
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