Retail Management Placement Review

by Aldi

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

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

    • In my store time my role involved communicating with the store team on any information that needed to be cascaded. Also planning out the daily tasks for the shift. Throughout my placement I managed people and processes and also undertook projects to work on and create effective solutions.

    Skills

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

    • One of the skills/qualities that I have developed is management/leadership. Before my placement I had very little experience in managing people or processes or being a leader. Throughout the entirety of my placement I have been able to develop my leadership skills and learn how to become an effective manager.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Yes I was given a great amount of responsibility. I was able to manage a store team of about 20 members of staff. Also during my projects I was responsible with coming up with solutions in order to improve performance.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

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

    • I was given constant feedback and support throughout my placement. I had weekly meetings with my mentor where a variety of topics were discussed. Regular catch-ups with upper-management were also in place

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

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • The company culture was positive and inclusive. I constantly felt motivated and driven to push for improvement and always felt supported and appreciated for the work I was doing

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

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

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I enjoyed my placement very much. I know that it is going to be very beneficial to me in terms of going back to university and also in my career

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

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

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

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

    • Yes

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

    • I would suggest that if anyone is questioning whether they apply they should 100% apply. Advice that I would give to anyone starting a placement is make sure they enjoy the year, asks lot's of questions, take every opportunity that is presented and constantly learn and develop

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Retail

Scotland

June 2024

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