Work experience

Work experience: trying graduate careers in retail on for size

There's nothing like hands-on work experience to make you attractive to retail employers – it’s sure to give you the edge when you come to apply for that graduate job. Read on to find out how to get some and why retail recruiters go so nuts for it.

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Analyse your retail work experience

There's no doubt that work experience will enhance your application in the retail sector (or in any sector), but it's vital to analyse what you learned and emphasise the key skills you've developed when applying for a graduate job.

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From retail placement to graduate scheme: work experience in commercial management

After a successful application to the Marks & Spencer business placement programme, Emma Cassidy took on plenty of commercial responsibility – and was cherry-picked as management material.

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From retail placement to graduate scheme: discovering retail is the right career

Nia Edwards outlines how her hotel work placement and part-time job in a major department store not only boosted her confidence and teamworking, but also landed her a place on a food service management graduate training scheme.

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