Tesco Organisation Report: Job Opportunities, Skills, and Recruitment

This report provides an analysis of Tesco as an organization, focusing on its retail products and services, job vacancy situation, and recruitment processes. It includes advice for graduates seeking employment, highlighting the importance of strong leadership and multitasking skills. The report also examines Tesco's use of social media for recruitment, common mistakes graduates make in job applications, and current trends in the job market. Furthermore, it explores the challenges Tesco faces in the retail industry, the qualities that make a graduate attractive to the company, and steps graduates can take to improve their employability. The analysis extends to Tesco's mission statement, customer base, global operations, main competitors, size, annual turnover, and recent news. It also covers job opportunities, graduate programs, placements, internships, minimum requirements, application deadlines, and contact details for the recruitment team, providing a comprehensive overview of Tesco as a potential employer, including its core values, policies, and training opportunities.

Name of organisation- Tesco
What does the organisation do? What products and/or services does it offer?
Tesco works in retail products and services and has best services, with
large number of retail stores and businesses.
What is the job vacancy situation like in your company/job sector?
Marketing manager
What application process does your company require?
Interviews
What advice do you have for graduates finding a job?
Advice for graduates finding a job is to be dynamic in all skills and
professional work abilities.
What skills are you looking for in a graduate?
Strong leadership skills
How do you use social media?
For looking new jobs
What are the biggest mistakes graduates make applying for jobs/attending
Interviews?
Not being prepared with multitasking skill
How many people applied for your job/the latest vacancy in your
organisation
15
What are the current trends in your area of the job market?
Strong leadership skills and multi tasking skill
What are the biggest challenges you experience in your particular industry?
Changing trends in customer preferences

What makes a graduate attractiveto a potential employer?
Confidence
What can I do now to improve my chances when I graduate?
Take learning sessions and work within seminars
Follow Up – your reflection on talking to employers
What did you gain from talking to potential employers?
Confident learning
How did the experience change your perceptions on industry? What
surprised you?
Multi cultural working in companies surprised me.
What skills do you need to think about improving upon?
Leadership skills
What will you now do to build upon your skills to ensure you are more
employable when you graduate?
Work and train under mentors, seniors
 Website address- tesco.com
 Company’s mission statement- To bring best innovative retail products and services
 Who uses the organisations products and/or services (give examples)
Retail customers
 In which countries does the organisation operate
UK and various other customers
 Main competitors – how do they compare?
Sainsbury, Aldi, Morison’s
 Main locations

UK
 Size and annual turnover
Tesco is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating around 2,318 stores and
employing over 326,000 people.
Annual turnover-53 billion British pounds
 In the news – look at press releases for the last 3 years and review a good quality
newspaper or it’s website – what are the important stories and headlines for this
organisation?
Recruitment opportunities for people are strongly diversified and dynamic
 What are the job opportunities/graduate programmes offered?
Highly creative job opportunities are there for graduates
 What are the placements and internships offered?
Placements in marketing department are available
 Minimum requirements for graduate schemes and placement programmes (degree
class, UCAS points)
 Does the organisation accept applications from applicants needing a work permit?
Yes
 Application deadlines
 Contact details for recruitment team/HR
TescoHR @gmail.com
 Type of application: CV and covering letter, online application
 Selection process: tests, interviews, assessment centre, telephone or skype interview?
Tests, interviews
Understanding the culture
 What are the core values of this organisation?
Strong creative and dynamic working core values are there in company
 What does the brand say to me?
Highly attractivess
 What are the policies relating to flexible working, equal opportunities …?

Yes policies are flexible working, equal opportunities are there for all employees Has the company won any awards related to recruitment in the workplace (eg
TARGET jobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards, Best Employer awards) or its
products and services?
YES
 What do current graduates/placements say? Use external sites like ratemyplacement
and targetjobs to find this information.
YES
 Is a driving licence required? Will I need to move around the country or abroad?
YES
 What training and development are offered?
YES
 What benefits are on offer – pay, holidays, pension, private healthcare, nursery ..?
ALL
 What is your general feeling about the organisation?
Tesco has been competitively growing within retail industry
 Would you like to work for this employer?
Yes
 What could you offer this employer?
High quality professional skills
 Skills, qualities, experience, attributes, knowledge (giver examples using STAR)
Marketing skill, professional working experience and knowledge related with retail
companies
 3 questions I will ask at interview.
Tell me about your past experience
Tell me about your qualifications

Tell me about you working engagement within company