Retail Management Placement Review
at Aldi
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Management
Balham
Review Submitted: June 2022
Overall Rating
4.9 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
The first 6 months involved managing a store team , ensuring KPI and targets were met, implementing Aldi's management system and driving sales. The last 6 months involved working on a project which showcased different skills such as initiative, organisation and communication.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A huge amount of responsibility. Within a few months, I was acting as Store Manager for a London store. From day dot, you are given a key to the store and trained up on things like safe management. The second part of the year, involves project work whereby you are left to take your own initiative and are responsible for improving a set task.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have massively developed my leadership and managerial skills. I have also developed resilience, time management, organisation, confidence, self awareness, managing underperformance, communication and professionalism.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I met with my mentor regularly, and had quarterly updates with my operations director. I also had two personnel updates with the managing director.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Everyone is friendly and the culture is very much about people and developing people
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was hard work and challenging but very rewarding.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Aldi
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Aldi to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Aldi
Have lots of examples to common competencies and be yourself.
