Management Trainnee Review

I really enjoyed my placement year. From the beginning, being anxious and nervous about what to expect to now, being fully confident and excited to be able to deal with any situation within the business to be best of your ability with the right people supporting you aswell.

I was always valued by my colleagues and the company itself. Excellent rewards scheme were put in place when you work hard and over achieve on your set objectives and goals which motivates you to give your 100%, knowing its appreciated and reciprocated.

From the beginning of the placement year to finish, proper support was provide. Starting off with monthly training days at the head office in Staines to help you gain and develop skills that will help you in your daily activities. Most training is done on the job, however, the immediate manager and line manager would frequently check up on you to see if there's any areas you are struggling with & what can be done to ensure you are over achieveing on your goals & you are confident in the sales and service you provide

Every day is a different day which means you experience new things, deal with new situations and learn/develop new skills regularly. However, there are periods within the year whereby you experience a very busy day e.g. Christmas, Easter etc. But you are provided with the support form your team and managers to make it through the day. Personally, even after a very tough day, when its all over and you are closing down the branch for the day, its a rewarding feeling knowing you've done your best and it's paid off.

You have very few responsibilities when you first begin the placement year, however, day after day as you progress, you will be issued with new roles and responsibilities. This helped to have proper exposure into all areas of the business - sales, marketing, admin etc.

Skill gained and developed over the course of the placement year has really helped me to become a mature professional individual. Communication & interpersonal skills to be able to speak your customers professionally and appropriately, also being able to tailor the skill to your audience which will really help once i go into a graduate job Time management - to be able to manage and use your time effectively because you are not only focusing on yourself but also how your time management will impact the branch, your team and customers. This is another of many skills that will help in future careers

Lovely, warming, relaxed and very welcoming atmosphere in the office at all times which enables you to do your effective to the best of your ability . This enables us to build rapport with our customers always and ensuring every customer leaves completely satisfied

Very well organised with the opportunity to gain experience from different areas/ departments within the business too.

- 1 week training at head office prior to placement commencing and working in the offices - Almost monthly training at head office to get you ready for MQi - Monthly statement reviews to see how well the business is doing and what areas need improving and how you impact the business. - Daily review of sales and service targets - Sales and marketing training provided when needed - ESQI road show

Very appealing.

- Trainee meals and night outs giving us an opportunity to reflect on any progress made and to help each other out in our strongest and weakest areas

Being so close to london, living expenses can be quite high especially when you are working and living away from home for the year period

Very good and social able night life

There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work, however, being a customer orientated business, there's no guarantee that you will finish at a certain time to be able to go through with daily plans. However, if you have any commitments that you must attend and your manager is made aware, they will happily work around you to make sure you have enough time to yourself too.