Tesco criteria for employing staff

whatisthepoint

Bitter; no! Left with questions about their criteria for employing staff; yes.

tomtontom

Tesco look at a candidate's potential ability to do a job, attitude rather than actual experience. This makes sense, it is easy to train up someone with the right outlook and attitude, whereas someone with lots of experience but a poor attitude is going to bring little to the role. Maybe something for you to think about, how are you coming across in your application?

I doubt very much that age is the issue. A 21 year old assistant will be paid the same as a 45 year old.

Red*Dragonfly

Sometime with big shops, experience can work against you.

They may want to train staff from scratch the 'tesco way', it can be annoying when someone constantly mentions how it was done somewhere they used to work.

Also, I've worked in retail for 10 years and things have changed allot in this time, so experience from over 10 years ago may not count for much in the managers eyes.

TELLIT01

tomtontom wrote: »

Tesco look at a candidate's potential ability to do a job, attitude rather than actual experience. This makes sense, it is easy to train up someone with the right outlook and attitude, whereas someone with lots of experience but a poor attitude is going to bring little to the role. Maybe something for you to think about, how are you coming across in your application?

Trying to judge somebody's outlook and attitude from a CV is not a great way to identify genuine potential or ability. I can accept those criteria being used after an interview.

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whatisthepoint wrote: »

They could have had someone with experience who intended staying with them.

See I've come to the conclusion some employers don't like this, teams of HR and training staff wouldn't have jobs otherwise in these pretty big corporate companies, sometimes they are after sections of people who won't want to stay forever more :eek::Djobs aren't there for life anymore and so the recruiting process continues, so whatever you do don't get down, it's likely not you, I know I'll regret saying this but it's clear why youngsters are preferred for they just don't have the same problems as oldies, just something that has started to resonate with me over the last few weeks, I can't put it in the right words but I'm sure you'll find something else better just as selection I bet can be regretted either scale of age and who wants to be in a wrongful working environment, always think of it as a lucky escape!


I'd recommend anyone job seeking tap into the art of mindfulness development because that is what it is increasingly becoming about now out there


Have you seen the documentary's where the supermarkets want people who only want a few hours of work? not be upset because they are not really earning enough to survive.

kittygirl20

It just goes on how you answer their psychometric test style answers for Tesco, they get so many applications they don't read what your career history is. Funnily enough, I did it a week ago and was offered an interview (I'm 43) which I declined, I really thought the answers were quite obvious to be honest.

Asda are the same though they also throw in a basic English and Maths test too. I've worked for them for just over a year averaging 15-18 hours a week (I'm self employed, I wanted something low stress to get out of the house) . I was just seeing if I could get past the 'Tesco Test'

Obviously I'm a great supermarket drone! To be fair, I like working for Asda and the store I am in is extremely friendly at all staff levels.

tomtontom

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Trying to judge somebody's outlook and attitude from a CV is not a great way to identify genuine potential or ability. I can accept those criteria being used after an interview.

I'm not sure why you are referring to a cv - their application form is based around psychometric/ situational testing.

patman99

Actually, stores like Tesco preffer younger staff because the NMW for under 24's is lower, so they save money on their wage bill.

Op, why not try Homebase, B&Q, Wickes etc. They go for experience over youth.

Also, if you are on benefits, why not as about QCF (formely NVQ) courses ?. As these are based on real-life experiences, they are considered to be more sort-after as a qualification in some areas than a degree. This is down to the fact that you need to prove you not only know the theory, but the practice as well.

DCFC79

whatisthepoint wrote: »

Bitter; no! Left with questions about their criteria for employing staff; yes.

You tried applying for agency work ?

pinpin

When the new minimum wage comes in next year at £7.20 for over 25's, am I right in thinking employers will only ever employ teenagers to fill unskilled vacancies so that they can get them for cheaper?
Is there any rules in place to stop this happening?