It’s a future you can believe in
Clearly, in a business that’s as large and diverse as ours, there are many different directions to build your career - but all of them are underpinned with our social values and ethical focus. As we’ve said elsewhere, ours is a unique business with a ‘best of both worlds’ focus on commercial opportunity and community well-being. It really is a big business you can believe in.
Needless to say, we put a lot of belief in you. You represent the future, and we really want you to shape our direction, and share in our success. Previous graduates have become Marketing Managers, HR Managers and Buyers – to name but a few. On finishing the programme, graduates can expect to move up at least one rank within our structure – sometimes even two. Perhaps this is why our retention rates are so high. Or maybe it’s the variety of the business, with graduates seeing the opportunity to use the contacts they’ve made and move around to experience the full range of The Co-operative Group.
The breadth of future opportunity is genuinely huge.
“The exposure to such a broad range of businesses helped me decide that I wanted to specialise in Marketing, and the graduate team worked really hard to secure my final placement in this area. I still enjoy the support of my mentor, and I’m now focused on improving my marketing skills within this role, as well as building on the broad range of experience the programme provided me with.”
James Morrison