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Graduate schemes will typically fit into one of the sectors below:
scheme
Your career begins with a three-week
induction, which will give you the chance to
meet senior people within the Bank and to
gain a detailed understanding of our unique
role within the economy. We provide the
technical and business training you need to
get started but we also focus on the 'softer'
skills that will help you make the most of the
Bank's collaborative culture. Job Sector: Banking & Finance
purchase
option schemes and quarterly teambuilding
trips.
For further information and to apply online
please visit www.capitalone.co.uk
Application deadline
31st December 2009
Starting salary
£32,000
No. of graduate positions
5
No. of internship positions
0
First year usually based location
Nottingham
Head office location
Nottingham
Disciplines accepted
Any numerical, analytical and scientific. Job Sector: Banking & Finance Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
or a specialist scheme. Both
schemes incorporate comprehensive training
programmes, job rotations around the business
to broaden your experience and access to a
senior mentor, who will support you through
the scheme. If you provide the enthusiasm
and drive to succeed, we’ll provide all the
tools, training and support you’ll need to
advance your career. Job Sector: Banking & Finance Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
pension
scheme, life assurance, private medical
insurance, health screening and the everhandy
interest-free season ticket loan.
Our flexible benefits allowance lets you to
opt for extra holiday (up to a maximum of
35 days), dental cover, childcare vouchers or
travel insurance, or you could simply top up
your pension contributions. Job Sector: Banking & Finance Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
scheme, private health
insurance and discounted investment products
and savings schemes. As an employer with
a talented, dedicated workforce, we take
particular care to ensure that we get the work/life balance right and we continuously strive
to boost our employees’ quality of life. With
a broad, flexible company structure and a
worldwide presence, there’s no limit to how
far you can progress with us. Job Sector: Banking & Finance Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
Our training scheme
You'll start off as a Management Trainee, and
after an initial classroom-based orientation
session, you'll be assigned to a branch
office for the hands-on business training.
This includes management skills, finance,
marketing, operations, sales and customer
service, giving you the kind of business
knowledge you'd only usually get from an
MBA. Within a year you could be promoted to
Assistant Manager. Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services
Generally, the scheme includes
three placements in various locations within
two years therefore flexibility is essential to
achieve the breadth of experience required.
We offer excellent training covering
leadership development, general business
and professional skills and full support is
offered to gain Chartered status or relevant
professional qualifications, such as CIMA,
IMechE, IchemE and IEE.
We want people with the potential to lead our
business. Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
has a mentor scheme which matches
you with someone who doesn't work with
you but acts as a sounding board and advisor
in your early months. The mentors are often
in senior positions which help with your
development and provide inspiration when
you're in the early stages of your career. Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services
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. Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services
and prestigious grad schemes
in the industry. And with our extensive global
network and group of specialist agencies,
the opportunities are there for the taking. All
grads at JWT London join as Trainee Account
Managers. Account Managers are the axels in
the wheels of the agency. Job Sector: Media, Advertising & PR Page Contains 2 PDF downloads
the Summer Vacation Scheme to our
Insight days, there are many ways to find
out what working with us is really like, even
before you graduate.
We believe in plain speaking, pragmatic
thinking, delivering on our promises, and a
good work-life balance. And no matter what
degree you achieve, you will be working with
the best in every field. All of which makes our
offices very special places to work.
It's your future. Job Sector: Accountancy & Actuarial
scheme has been designed to
help you become a qualified professional as
smoothly and quickly as possible. Our national
induction programme and training courses
are held at our dedicated training centre,
Bradenham Manor, where you will gain
essential business, technical and professional
skills through a selection of courses. Job Sector: Accountancy & Actuarial Page Contains 1 PDF download
into Look Ahead's scheme
Option A
Going Places is designed for graduates who know they want to join our organisation but don't yet know which of our specialist or business areas they prefer to work in. Job Sector: Other
scheme opportunities. In addition, you can obtain detailed knowledge and information on the marketing profession - together with associated professions such as advertising, PR and market research.
Feel free to visit and revisit our website as many times as you want. Job Sector: Other
Regr/cession surprisingly well-placed in the grand scheme of things. Few of us own property, few have dependants and most are welcome to live in and work from their parents' place. Employment-wise, we've got degrees - and if we can't find work, we're in a good position to reconsider postgrad study. I don't have a lot to complain about today. In fact, I'd ....Read Full Post
Temping & running off applying for same Dublin/journalism scheme as boyf - he's just emailed me and his placement sounds like a lorra fun! (Tomorrow he's interviewing a restauranteur who walked to the South Pole. Why? I'll let you know next time).
So - a lucky escape with Reed, or am I punching below my weight? And what do you think of ....Read Full Post
Free To A Good Home again. I've found a work experience scheme for print journalism, but it's in Dublin. Travelling and living abroad relies on huge reserves of excitement and a thirst for adventure. But mine was quenched in Paris last autumn. What I really want is to get some good work experience in the UK. But no-one wants me!!
Anyone else finding it hard ....Read Full Post
Making headlines there's a lot of internship schemes and postgraduate study on offer even if there's no jobs". Unfortunately, I have always known that's not true and it's quite a comfort having Britain's leading broadsheet put the issue front page.
What do you think of the issue, and the Guardian's coverage?
Having said that, at least on the ....Read Full Post
Friday Fun Day
Next week will be the graduatescheme interview as promised.
Right its Friday and sunny so I'm off for a nice social beer, have a good ....Read Full Post
The following companies have posted editorials relating to graduate schemes
Editorial - Lloyds TSB
Name: David Pilbeam
Business Area: UK Retail Banking, Group
Executive Director's .... .... are on the scheme which is supplemented
by an individual learning fund which you can
use to boost your skills. I have spent some
of my fund on an accountancy qualification
but you don't necessarily need to spend it on
formal classroom learning. Other graduates
have spent their funds on less traditional (but
still valuable) development activities like
funding training and travel for the Microsoft
Challenge Charity event!
Lloyds TSB has a big charity culture as well
as its own charitable foundation. Earlier
this year I was involved in organising an
Emerging Talent charity event that raised
nearly £10,000 for our previous charity of
the year, Barnardo's. The green agenda is
big here too - we are on a mission to reduce
our carbon footprint! We also support
more unorthodox charities like Opportunity
International that provide micro-finance in
developing countries. ....Read the full Editorial
Job Sector: Banking & Finance
Editorial - MAN Group plc
Yousaf Khokar
Education: LSE, BSc Economics
Graduated: 2006
Job Title: .... .... nature of
the scheme means you really understand the
different parts of the business.
I started in late 2007 in Product Development
and, since March, have been working with
the Head of Business Management to look
at how we run MGS from a commercial and
operational point of view. As well as this, I'm
reviewing our investment process and which
hedge fund managers we use. It's a great way
to see the business from end to end.
To work here I think you really need to be
curious, innovative and take a methodical
approach to what you do. We don't have the
'star' culture that is seen at many City firms
and that means you're always supported in
what you do. For instance, I'm taking the first
of my CFA exams in December, which the
company is not only sponsoring, but allowing
study leave for. It's just that sort of a place.
Whatever the future holds, we'll see. ....Read the full Editorial
Job Sector: Banking & Finance
Editorial - Nationwide
Name: Graham Lloyd
Age: 25
Job Title: Treasury Markets Dealer
University attended: The .... .... of the specialist scheme
is that you spend the majority of the 2 years
in your chosen area before moving on to
a substantive post within that discipline.
Placements included roles in the following
teams: Market Risk, Derivatives, Corporate
Tax and Money Markets.
Current role:
My current role is on the Money Markets
desk in Nationwide's Treasury department.
Treasury is an exciting and demanding area of
the business, providing funding and liquidity
for the Nationwide group as well as managing
balance sheet risk and substantial investment
portfolios. We transact in a range of financial
instruments including deposits, securities and
derivatives - in sterling and other currencies. ....Read the full Editorial
The JTI/Gallaher graduate training .... .... training scheme
has launched many successful careers.
Current head of UK cigarette marketing, Tom
Osborne, shares his experience of the journey
from shop floor to his current role in the UK.
Just five years after joining the graduate
training scheme, Tom Osborne is responsible
for developing the brand strategies and
programmes that are designed to reclaim the
UK market leadership for JTI/Gallaher.
Since the acquisition by Japan Tobacco
International (JTI) in April 2007, he finds
himself with a key role at the heart of the
world’s third largest tobacco company.
“I’ve always had a strong entrepreneurial
side and the big brands, size and reach of
JTI/Gallaher was a big draw for me,” says
Tom, who joined the development scheme
in September 2003, having graduated
from Bristol University with a degree in
Sociology. ....Read the full Editorial
Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services
Editorial - Nestle
Fiona Lamont
Field Operations Executive
Sales Graduate.... ....scheme
stood out from the rest. Not only tailored to my
individual needs, it also offered continuous
support in my career development. I felt that
I'd benefit greatly from a scheme offering
experience in a number of roles. Theirs
consisted of three different placements: one
in Field Sales, one in a Head Office-based
Sales role, and the third, either another Sales
role or a role in Customer Marketing.
I began my life with Nestle Rowntree in
Sheffield, as a Business Development
Executive (BDE). As part of a regional
team, I was responsible for managing my
own territory and the accounts within it.
These ranged from small Co-ops to massive
Tesco Extras. Each call involved ensuring
stores were compliant with Head Officeagreed
activity, influencing additional orders
and negotiating discretionary space for
incremental displays. ....Read the full Editorial
Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services
Editorial - Unilever
Name: Ella Ward
Joined Unilever September 2007
Current job title: Lipton Operations .... .... I liked that the scheme offered
Flexibility
Opportunity to move around the business
Ability to get involved in a variety of
projects and work
Training and support.
Why did you choose your career area?
I didn't want to completely lose my technical
background and joining the ITM scheme still
allowed me to do technically challenging
and innovative work but for exciting and
successful brands in a business context.
Career So Far
My first placement was based at the Centre
of Excellence Drinks located in Colworth,
Bedfordshire, where I joined the Product
Technology 1 team. I worked as a product
developer on Lipton Ice Tea, supporting
the current work within the team as well as
working on my own projects. This included
working with external flavour houses to
develop a replacement lemon flavour for
Lipton Ice Tea. ....Read the full Editorial
Job Sector: Consumer Goods & Services
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