General Management Placement Student Review

by Aldi

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Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • 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.
  • Spent 6 months in a store learning how to be a store assistant and then an assistant store manager. Then move to project work within the store operations, logistics, property and trading departments.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Leadership, team work, communication, presentation and excel skills.


  • 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?
  • You are given the responsibility of the running of the store from week 15. You may be the only manager on the shift so all responsibility is on you.


  • 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?
  • I felt supported the entire way though my placement. My mentor was there to answer any questions I had and to help guide Me.


  • 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?
  • Everybody within the company was very friendly. It is a very formal company culture.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • I absolutely loved my placement. I gained such an insight into the business and felt challenged the whole way through. I would like to return upon the completion of my degree.


  • 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
  • Drive your own training the whole way through. Constantly challenge yourself. You have to be hard working and resilient and take every piece of feedback on board.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Retail

North West

July 2022


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