John Lewis Partnership

Sector:

Retail

Ranking in Times Top 100 Graduate Employers:

2006: 72
2007: 54
2008: 47
2009: 45
2010: 28

Link to Careers Web site

Graduate Job Programme

2011 Applications Open: Waitrose and John Lewis; Retail Management, Buying, Merchandising. John Lewis Head Office; Buying, Finance, IT, Merchandising.
2011 Applications Closing Date: For all schemes: Midnight 26th November 2010

2011/2012 6-12 Month Placements

Applications for John Lewis Retail and Waitrose Retail schemes and John Lewis Head Office schemes close 26th November 2010.

2011 Summer/Vacation Internships

Applications for John Lewis Retail scheme closes 26th November 2010;

Competencies and Other Requirements

The assessment process is made up of an initial on-line application form, accessed through this website. If you are successful at this initial stage you are invited to complete a second, more in depth application form. If successful at this stage you will be invited to an Assessment Centre. This will be a series of exercises, some individual and some group. The assessment of these exercises will be based on the criteria against which all Department Managers are performance assessed. The headings of those criteria are listed below:

About Me
- Contributes to an open & honest culture
- Is enthusiastic & committed
- Is responsible for own actions
- Drives own self development, displays self awareness and recognises others’ needs
Team Player
- Commits to team values and goals
- Shares skills and knowledge
- Actively contributes to team performance
- Supports and encourages colleagues
Vision and Creativity
- Establishes a compelling way forward
- Creates initiatives to support branch strategy
- Shows creativity and innovation
- Thinks for the future
Leading and Developing
- Sets clear direction
- Gets the best from their Partners
- Motivates team to achieve results
- Listens
Passionate Retailer
- Offers outstanding customer service and exceeds expectations
- Has pride in the wider business and treats it as their own
- Strives to be the best
- Thinks commercially
Delivering Results
- Works productively
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency
- Makes decisions
- Is results orientated
- Achieves improvements in Partner Opinion Survey Results

We will be looking for evidence of these behaviours at all stages of the assessment process.