Talent Aquistion Assistant Review

Each year you will have the opportunity to rotate around the main business functions. You will gain a range of responsibilities and interact with people from entry leveled staff to directors of the departments. My first year is in HR dealing with recruitment; working with internal and external individuals. As a student you benefit from one day a week at college where you will be able to focus your time on your studies. You will also be given a college mentor who comes in to observe you college work and ensuring you keep up with the deadlines/workload. As a first year you will also be given a personal mentor, so if you have any questions/ concerns, you are able to approach them and ask for support. Your daily work will involve helping out with the recruitment; supporting interviews, CV and telephone screening, ensuring candidates are prepared and informed of what there interview/day will consist of, attending apprenticeship career events. The role involved many activities and you can always find something else to get involved with.

Through doing this apprenticeship scheme you will gain you overall a HND in Business and Administration. You will also have the option to do a top on year to gain a Degree level depending on your performance. You are provided with training through out your years for different roles and responsibilities to ensure you produce the best quality performance. The role allows you to adapt and build on your attributes like, communication (written and vocal), time management, organization, people skills.

The team and environment you are surrounded with is the best part about this job. Your are made to feel apart of the team and people within the organization at any level will understand that you are a member of the team but still also training. It an enjoyable company to be apart of and not only do you build strong relationships in work but you then take that out of the work place and build new friendships. Teams also make the effort in doing out of work activities like bubble football and Christmas dinners so its always very social.

Everyone, whatever level they are at, treat you with respect and as a valuable member of the organization. You are never felt less superior than anyone else.

The induction and training is very in depth and gives you all the details you need. You are supported throughout your entire time at Vauxhall and the studying is supported by your managers and college mentors. Some days may be a lot busier than others but you will have that in any large organization.

The support and training you receive is good as you have a college mentor who comes into the organsation on a monthly basis. You also have one day at week at college to ensure your studies are focused on.

The team and the manager are constantly support with the work at Vauxhall and the work at college. They ensure you have enough/ not too much of a workload. If you have any questions or concerns about the work, the team are very approachable to ask for support and help from. Positive attitude to helping you develop and become a stronger employee.

The salary is an average package you'd get from this level of apprenticeship, however you will receive a pay rise each year you're with the organization. Personally the pay is lower than I would like as I have to pay for travel and living costs but for an apprenticeship, its what you'd expect. The location of the company is very good as its close to the train station and also the motorway if you're travelling by car.

There is constantly outside of work events; bubble football, walking/ slimming club, community/ charity events. There is so much to get involved in and if you enjoy football you wont be missing out

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The experience and qualification you will gain from the job.

Make sure to research the company and the program before applying/ coming in for an interview, educate yourself about the course. The application process is where you need to sell yourself so never be vague. The assessment day will consist of a presentation, interviews and group tasks. For the presentation it will always look good to have a prepared powerpoint to show why you'd be a good candidate, your previous education/ work experience. Your hobbies and what you do socially and also what you know about the company and why you'd wish to work for them. If I was able to redo my assessment day I would have definitely done some more research and prepared better.