Trainee - Recruitment Team Review

I help out the Early Careers Recruitment Team mainly hiring graduates, interns, trainees and apprentices. During an average day I could be running an assessment centre or screening applications or general admin work. All of these things have offered me a different kind of insight as to what kind of work goes into each aspect of the role.

Yes, I believe that I have become a lot more confident during my time at Schroders and it has also taught me how to deal with everyday work issues. I also think that this has made me understand how a business works through the responsibility that I have been given.

I enjoy my programme a lot. I believe that this is likely to be down to the level of responsibility/trust that I have been given whilst I have been at Schroders. I find that as soon as I joined everyone was very willing to help me - whether they are in my team or not.

The programme itself is not completely structured due to the fact it is only a 12 month programme, and so there is no regular training that we recieve, like we would in an apprenticeship. Once joined the business, I would suggest that the programme should be more structured and that the training should be more relevent.

I recieve a lot of support from everyone around me. I have a good relationship with my team, which I think has helped me to learn as much as possible and gain experience outside of my day-to-day job. The HR generalist team is very helpful if I have any questions and they are always willing to help.

As a trainee, we only complete a general Investment qualifcation, of which we are expected to learn ourselves in our spare time, along side some study leave that we will get near to the exam. Schroders provides us with all of the materials that we will need to be able to comfortably sit the exam.

I do not feel that the qualification that I will be doing will particularly benefit me in the role that I am doing at this time. However, I do believe that the qualification will be beneficial for me when it comes to working within the industry at some point in the future.

Schroders runs a range of different activities that anyone within the business can get involved in. This can be within work time, such as taking part in any gym classes. We also offer activities outside of work such as netball or football. Not only this but you can also join clubs/communities.

Yes

I believe that Schroders has a very enjoyable working culture, and it is very welcoming. The Early Careers programmes are very well respected as a lot of senior individuals started off in the business on one of the programmes that we run. This means that everyone within the business gets involved and so it offers a great opportunity to network with people within the business.

I would suggest that they do not try to change their skill sets to suit the department that they have applied to as during the application process, we try to match people to a role that is best suited to their skill set. Therefore it is likely that they come in for one vacancy and find that they are likely to enjoy a different department to what they expected.