Preparing for Success University: Assistant Manager Ideal Job Report

This report, prepared for a university assignment, focuses on preparing for success by identifying an ideal job and the steps needed to achieve it. The report centers on the role of an assistant manager within Tesco Plc, a major retail company. It includes a detailed job description outlining responsibilities, required skills, and qualifications. A person specification is also provided, detailing the candidate's skills, experience, and personal attributes. The report further explores various resources available to aid in the job-finding process, such as networking events, social media platforms, employment firms, and company career pages, concluding with a discussion on how these resources facilitate the search for a suitable job. The assignment emphasizes the importance of self-improvement and strategic preparation to secure a desired position.

Preparing for Success
University-Knowledge &
Creativity

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Covered in PPT............................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
Ideal Job.......................................................................................................................................1
Job Description for the Ideal Role...............................................................................................2
Person specification.....................................................................................................................3
Resources available which helps in facilitate job finding process..............................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Preparing for success is the process which is used by the students to improve their overall
performance in the academic career (Al-Sawy, 2019). In their student life, individual have to set
goals regarding their ideal job and they have to make themselves accordingly to become skilled
for the role. In addition, it helps in improving individual knowledge or creativity that is
beneficial in the future in their professional life. This assessment based on the ideal job after
graduation, it required job description, person specification and the qualities required to become
competitive for the ideal job. In addition, how job finding process done and how individual
facilitates their job finding process.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
Ideal Job
My ideal job after graduation is to become assistant manager in the retail industry, so i
preferred to work as assistant managers in Tesco Plc. Ideal job should be related to your interest
which helps in maximising company’s profitability. Currently I am improving myself or my
skills to become suitable candidate for the organization and they prefer me to hire in comparison
to other candidates (Curda and Westeren, 2019). I wanted to be an assistant manager of Tesco
Plc which is UK based company and it is huge popular in the retail sector. Currently i am
perusing graduation and i am improving myself for my ideal job.
Although assistant manager roles can vary widely among businesses, the responsibilities
of assistant manager generally include assisting the store manager, recruiting and training staff,
designing and maintaining shift schedules (Braun And et.al., 2018). Consider job description
for the role of assistant manager to start developing a work listing for the company position. For
the role of assistant manager, i have to develop my skills and competencies to become right
candidate who helps the organization to achieve their goals & objectives.
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Job Description for the Ideal Role
Job description: A job description is a paragraph describing the details of a given role or
position with an organization. It goes through the duties and functions of the work in depth.
Companies usually conduct a task review that requires an in-depth look at the work to establish a
detailed summary of what job involves (Jansz, van Dijk and Mobach, 2020). Job requirement
describes the role of the vacancy and the best candidate to fill that position during the recruiting
process. It helps to guide recruiting with a detailed explanation to hit the right applicants which
making the job sounds enticing. It may be used by hiring assistant managers to hash out
candidates when interviewing candidates for interviews.
Below mention job description is for the role of assistant manager for the leading
organization such as Tesco Plc. JD helps the candidates to understand the requirement of
company for the vacant position.
Job Description
Company: Tesco
Role: Assistant manager
Salary: Not disclosed
Experience: 0 to 2 years
Role & Responsibilities:
 Candidate have to follow company’s rules & regulations
 Need to optimize profit through controlling cost
 Candidate should provide training to the new employees and develop their skills
 Higher suitable candidates as well for the completion of task
 Need to resolve customer issues to enhance their satisfaction level
 Delivering leadership and advice for all workers.
 Ensuring the consistency and affordability of the goods.
 Prepare and give reports to staff.
 Acting directly with the president of the store in order to direct staff.
 Supervising supermarket production.
 Helping the people where appropriate.
 Organizing plan for the staff.
 Ensuring compliance with food, welfare, and fire laws.
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 Where need be, take disciplinary action.
 Ensuring the customer care quality is high.
 To inspire staff and to keep a emphasis on the project.
 Maintain goods, and a visual plan.
 Store up to standards including storage and cleaning.
 Completing projects which are delegated accurately and effectively by the general
manager.
Skills required for assistant manager:
 Primary or comparable level of education required.
 Stable working experience required
 Employees should be self development and self-motivated
 Have the capacity to work independently when appropriate.
 Be a contributor of the squad.
 Be committed to customer support and an outstanding user experience.
 Experience as an acting sales manager or in the operation of department stores.
Interest candidates can send their resume in the below mention mail id or if you have any issues
than feel free to contact through below mention number.
Email: [e-mail]
Contact no: 8452150236
Person specification
It is the document which outlines the abilities, experience and qualities required to do a
specific job. It is required by the recruiters for recruitment process to incorporate the job
requirements into measurable features that candidates need to emphasize the suitable vacancy to
be considered (Kek And et.al., 2019). An individual classification should usually detail the
requirements that are necessary and appropriate in terms of education, expertise, work-based
abilities and skills dependent on behaviour. The managers participating in the recruitment
process will agree on the correct screening methods to be used for the evaluation and comparison
of candidates.
Person Specification
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Name: John Watson
Email Id: [e-mail]
Contact Number: 58941254852
Qualification:
 Perusing graduation from London University
 High school completed from school of Cambridge
 Certified in advanced computer
 Diploma in digital marketing
 Certified in building promotions
Working experience:
 Fresher
Personal skills:
 Undertaking on-going preparation to know and learn the current strategies and
procedures of management.
 Talkative and convivial.
 Able to bear human and social responsibility.
 Get a robust "can-do" mindset and constructive dilemma approach.
 Express and approachable.
Managerial skills:
 Strong listening and leadership skills.
 Conducting sales and revenues, recruiting and team building Providing a hands on
attitude and leading by example.
 Strong degree of skills.
 Strong rates of revenue and market knowledge.
 Excellent teamwork, management and organizational skills.
 Efficient and adaptive.
 Compromise to have a high degree of customer support.
 Capacity to function under pressure.
 Outstanding levels of maintenance.
 Flexibility to adapt to a variety of circumstances at work.
 Unity to work as part of a team, on your own.
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Resources available which helps in facilitate job finding process
There are several resources available which help the individuals to find jobs as per their
capabilities. Below are some of the commonest sources to find a job. Growing background is a
perfect way to start a new job on its own right. But using a mixture of these outlets would be
much more successful, helping them to extend their efforts and speed up their work quest. Some
of them discussed below:
Networking events: This is often said that, when individual comes to finding a job, it is
matter that who you know. To find a good job, person need to have skills, but having the right
people may get them job more quickly. Networking activities are ways to meet others who can
match individual with future career prospects, offer helpful advice or serve as advisors in
the industry. By using websites is like Eventbrite, LinkedIn, Meetup or even Twitter to locate
networking opportunities in person. They will also have wireless networking. Connectivity can
be terrifying but the better it gets, the more they do it.
Social media platform: It is not just a great way to spend time with their parents while
standing in line at Starbucks or at dinner. This is one of the easiest ways to support the career
quest, too. Join and interact with businesses which involved in on different social media
platforms (they are usually mentioned on the firm's site), where they also talk on business
announcements and the newest project openings (Nieth and Benneworth, 2019). They will also
interact in real time only with business, asking questions about the community or the appropriate
process of applying for work. They may also consider people working there in the social circle
and being able to give suggestions or put in a word for them.
Employment firms: These organizations work with businesses to help them to find the best
people to apply open roles. Such positions still aren't publicly advertised. Not individual get the
job what they find also know the jobs which a person wouldn't know out when you're using a
recruiting company. It helps in getting valuable advice on your career quest. Operating for a
recruiting firm is free of charge for job applicants and you have nothing to lose.
Career page of companies: When people are researching a organization that you'd like to
work for, head directly to their homepage and see if they are recruiting. Nearly each business has
a designated "careers" section contain information about the prospects available and the rewards
of working there. And if a organization has no vacancies right now, it may have a network of
talent that you can enter in. Through entering the recruitment network of a organization, they
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will be the first one to hear about potential career openings, are in front of recruitment agencies
and hear about every networking or recruiting activities that the organization may hold.
Virtual work boards: Career boards tend to be among the easiest places to find out more
and apply to open jobs (Van Egeren, 2018). Also they can browse jobs by job role, qualifications
or organization and place, but candidate also can submit their CV so that can be quickly
identified by employer and hiring managers who are looking for applicants. Maybe one of the
main advantages of having an electronic work board is being able to register for career notices.
With work updates, they get new positions that fit the search requirements forwarded to them
(saving you time to go out and launch a new quest each time) and one of the first to hear about
new job openings, they can make a leap on other prospective applicants.
Technical association websites: There is at certain one technical group devoted to this for
almost every industry they are in-from the American Institution of CPAs to the national strategic
communications Society to the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE).
Usually those organizations have industry specific jobs posted on their internet sites. To get
unique membership perks, such as participants-only networking activities, career learning
programs and certification, try to join a trade association.
Google: It is one of the best services where a person can search anything which they want.
From job opening to find a store near by their location is possible through Google (Wetzinger,
Standl and Futschek, 2018). It recently upgraded the search feature to make it even easier to
browse for work. Simply insert a work description in the Search field to see a list of possible
employment in your area that can then be sorted by occupation, type of position, date posted,
type of business, place and sector, type of job, date posted, description and even commuting time
for certain workers.
Above mention resources facilitate the job finding process for applicant and it helps them to
find suitable job for the candidates as per their skills and competencies.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it has been concluded that individual have to prepare them for the
future success. They need to set their future goals and implement appropriate strategies to
achieve success. Job description and person specification is essential to prepare to attract suitable
candidates for the right position. In addition, there are several resources which can be used by the
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person to find relevant role for themselves. These resources are beneficial for recruiters to select
candidates according to the job description which they publish as per the required position.
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