General Management Placement Student Review

by Aldi

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Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Completing the role of a store assistant manager. Then moving to train as an Area Manager, who runs approximately 4 Aldi stores

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Communication, team working and leadership

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Incredible responsibility, keys to an Aldi store within weeks

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Dedicated mentor all year

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Very hardworking and driven. Life revolves around Aldi.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 2/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Thoroughly enjoyed, despite a lot of hard work.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Aldi

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Aldi to a friend?

    • No

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Aldi

    • Team Working and drive are regarded highly in the recruitment process, so emphasise those in your application process.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management

North West

August 2021

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