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Walmart may seem like it’s just a chain of American
supermarkets, but for recent graduates, it could be
so much more than that. Their graduate schemes
allow candidates to do work that impacts 230 million
shoppers across a range of brands every week. It all
starts with a 10-week internship (that is competitively
paid), which in most cases results in the offer of a full-
time position or a return internship. Walmart help with
the relocation process for their successful applicants to
help them settle and assigns them their own project
from the very beginning to make them feel included
and responsible. Their opportunities span a broad
range of skillsets and operations, including finance,
commerce and marketing.
Walmart
Based in North Carolina but with central hubs in New
York and around the world, Bank of America is the
second-largest banking institution in the United States.
The environment that has been cultivated at Bank of
America supports personal growth and development,
particularly because their management team are open
and encouraging for those who are ambitious and
hard-working. While most of the successful candidates
for their full-time programmes come from their 10-
week summer internship (which is typically taken by
students in their penultimate year at university), they
do offer full-time Analyst and Associate Programmes
to recent graduates. Employees in these programmes
are supported by continued training, performance
evaluations, mentoring support and networking
opportunities alongside their on-the-job experience.
Bank of America
Disney welcomes millions of visitors to its exciting
resorts worldwide every year; its graduate scheme
combines all the excitement of a visit to Disneyland with
bountiful career development opportunities too. The
scheme involves a five to eight month working period
on a Disneyland Resort as part of the Disney College
Programme in which trainees network with leaders,
undertake varied personal and professional development
classes and build transferable skills in a dynamic business
environment. At the end of the programme, Disney
share current openings with graduates who then express
interest in their desired position, with fields ranging from
commercial strategy to technology. Perks of the scheme
include complementary theme park admission, access to
cast-exclusive events as well as discounts on merchandise
and hotel accommodation.
Disney
Google encourages their employees to spend 20%
of their time pursuing ideas they are passionate about in
order to inspire innovation. This technique has already led
to the development of Google News and Google Alerts. The
company only employ the best and the brightest, which
means graduates will be surrounded by other amazing
and gifted people. Googlers are also offered wellness and
healthcare services, financial advice and planning services
and lifelong learning opportunities. Google are one of the
richest companies in the world, which is demonstrated in
the generous salaries they offer their staff, even in entry-
level positions. If that isn’t enough encouragement, in
some of their offices, Google’s employees are even allowed
to bring their dogs to work.
Google
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Walmart may seem like it’s just a chain of American
supermarkets, but for recent graduates, it could be
so much more than that. Their graduate schemes
allow candidates to do work that impacts 230 million
shoppers across a range of brands every week. It all
starts with a 10-week internship (that is competitively
paid), which in most cases results in the offer of a full-
time position or a return internship. Walmart help with
the relocation process for their successful applicants to
help them settle and assigns them their own project
from the very beginning to make them feel included
and responsible. Their opportunities span a broad
range of skillsets and operations, including finance,
commerce and marketing.
Walmart
Based in North Carolina but with central hubs in New
York and around the world, Bank of America is the
second-largest banking institution in the United States.
The environment that has been cultivated at Bank of
America supports personal growth and development,
particularly because their management team are open
and encouraging for those who are ambitious and
hard-working. While most of the successful candidates
for their full-time programmes come from their 10-
week summer internship (which is typically taken by
students in their penultimate year at university), they
do offer full-time Analyst and Associate Programmes
to recent graduates. Employees in these programmes
are supported by continued training, performance
evaluations, mentoring support and networking
opportunities alongside their on-the-job experience.
Bank of America
Disney welcomes millions of visitors to its exciting
resorts worldwide every year; its graduate scheme
combines all the excitement of a visit to Disneyland with
bountiful career development opportunities too. The
scheme involves a five to eight month working period
on a Disneyland Resort as part of the Disney College
Programme in which trainees network with leaders,
undertake varied personal and professional development
classes and build transferable skills in a dynamic business
environment. At the end of the programme, Disney
share current openings with graduates who then express
interest in their desired position, with fields ranging from
commercial strategy to technology. Perks of the scheme
include complementary theme park admission, access to
cast-exclusive events as well as discounts on merchandise
and hotel accommodation.
Disney
Google encourages their employees to spend 20%
of their time pursuing ideas they are passionate about in
order to inspire innovation. This technique has already led
to the development of Google News and Google Alerts. The
company only employ the best and the brightest, which
means graduates will be surrounded by other amazing
and gifted people. Googlers are also offered wellness and
healthcare services, financial advice and planning services
and lifelong learning opportunities. Google are one of the
richest companies in the world, which is demonstrated in
the generous salaries they offer their staff, even in entry-
level positions. If that isn’t enough encouragement, in
some of their offices, Google’s employees are even allowed
to bring their dogs to work.
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