I advise senior leadership on complex business issues, performance, reward and pay, talent and succession goal planning, and more. My role also involves challenging certain senior stakeholders in their decisions. I act as their critical friend for decisions impacting people from both engagement and well-being perspectives, I also work closely with our talent acquisition partners to ensure we have sufficient diversity representation across all levels."
My experience on the WHSmith graduate scheme has been an exciting and transformative journey so far.
My journey started as a sales assistant in a small store in Holborn, which I worked part-time in during my last year of university in 2023. I applied for the graduate scheme during this time.
The Careers and Development team at WHSmith has left no stone unturned in designing the Graduate programme 2023. The very hands-on induction programme, coupled with the warm and welcoming atmosphere of everyone here, has made me feel right at home.
The one thing that really excites me is just helping people.
What I love about working here at WHSmith is the work culture in the office and the nature of the job that I do. It's given me an opportunity be involved in so much new stuff and it's just the nature of the work ethic that we have here is that we're constantly evolving.
I was just fresh out of university and I wasn’t sure what to do and I sat down with my dad and we said, WHSmith. Really well known brand. Everybody loves it and it’d be great for your career!
The culture I would describe here as collaborative, supportive and fun. I feel like it's really inclusive and everyone feels comfortable participating and contributing which makes it a really happy place to work.