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Are you a contender?
We think most recruitment processes take far too long. So we undertake to let you know if you are a contender (or not) within 7 days of receiving your Application Form via this website.
Degrees and other qualifications
We’re not hung up on degrees etc but they are one way of proving you know your stuff. So, if you haven’t got a degree in IT you’ll need to show us the computer you built or the software you wrote or … And if you haven’t got a qualification in Art & Design you will have a portfolio, or photos of the interior design work that people have asked you to do, or, for whatever you’re telling us you can handle … a compelling track record.
Application Forms
We don’t think too highly of that great recruitment institution, the CV. It’s not easy to make a cv speak to all the things that you are, or could be. Instead, we rely on having a different application form for each job. The form is designed to allow you to talk about your ‘fit’ with the particular requirements of the job (and the description of the job is our best attempt to give you a feel for what that fit might be like).
The Perfect CV
One of the reasons that CVs don’t count for much with us is that tradition says they should be perfect: nobody ever worked for a rubbish company or a boss they couldn’t get on with - it’s always perfect – and unrealistic. We want people who’ve made mistakes (and preferably learned from them) and we want people to be able to talk about it.
Rescue for you
So (following from The Perfect CV) if your career with us takes a tumble or gets stuck, we’ll do our best to help you move on, whether within the Group or without. And we have someone centrally whose job it is to do this.
Development & Training
We believe that you’ll learn most ‘on the job’ – given the right challenges, boss and colleagues. On top of that we try to get a selection of our best people together for a few days each year, for a development experience and to share what’s going on across the Group. This is in addition to any training arranged for you by your local management.
Intelligence and other tests
We want to make sure that you have the best chance of fitting, both the job and the culture of the company. So later in the process, we may invite you to take some relevant tests.
The Small Print
We are of course an Equal Opportunities employer; we are looking for talent, not types.