Tesco is best known as the UK's number one retailer a — worldwide brand with a £59.4billion turnover. As The Times Graduate Employer of Choice 2008 for General Management, Tesco are also recognised for their fantastic graduate opportunities.
But there's a lot more to Tesco. Something people may not realise is they're a pioneer in greener retailing: they have reduced carrier bag usage by three billion and are rated the 15th greenest company in the UK. What's more, Tesco's greenest store ever opened this year in Manchester, with a 70% lower carbon footprint than typical stores.
For graduates, this innovation means they'll be joining a forward-thinking company that takes corporate social responsibility seriously — much like the development of their graduates. In fact, Tesco offers a total of 17 diverse graduate programmes that each provide huge scope for progression. Whether graduates want to begin their career in, to name a few, property, customer analysis, stores or distribution, Tesco's breadth of graduate programmes has it covered.
Depending on the area they join, graduates get involved in anything from sourcing products, to negotiating prices with suppliers, and predicting sales forecasts for acquiring land. Within three to five years, graduates can even be running their own store. In other words, Tesco's structured fast-track programmes offer outstanding rewards and development.
Tesco looks for ambitious graduates from any discipline who have the drive to succeed and understand the importance of delivering for the customer, whatever part of the business they work in.