Spotlight On… Marketing & Content Production Apprenticeships – Severn Trent

So What Is An Apprenticeship?

Darren: “So it’s a real job with hands on experience and training and you’ll gain this through off the job training and training at the academy. So at Severn Trent out apprentices receive a permanent contract above the living wage salary and access to all of our lifestyle benefits, so you’re treated the same as any Severn Trent employee. We have lots of different apprenticeships on offer and they take between 1 and 5 years to complete depending on your level and occupation but it’s at least a year that it must last.”

Spotlight on… Max – Why have I chosen Severn Trent as an apprenticeship?

Max: “I live in the Severn Trent patch so I was sort of fairly familiar with Severn Trent before I joined my apprenticeship. I knew Severn Trent had a fairly good reputation, were a big company and I knew that they valued their apprentices as well based on a few things. Benefits were fantastic, the pay for an apprentice was really really good compared to some apprentices that were out there. Then they had so many apprenticeships available as well all throughout the business so it shows they are really keen to help their apprentices and grow them into permanent staff. In terms of my experiences then as part of my broadcast production role – I had great support from my line manager Chris who I have for the best part of eighteen months now have worked really really closely with, he’s taken me under his wing and helped guide me into a full time employee now. It’s been really really good.”

A Bit About The Selection Process

Darren: “So once you put in your application form, you’ll be invited to an online assessment and that’ll be a numerical and verbal reasoning test. If you’re successful in these tests then you will be invited to an assessment centre and that’s when you’ll go through a group activity, there’ll be a presentation and some competency based questions and that’s how we assess our candidates. So we’re looking for potential and that’s one of the key drivers in our selection process. So its not all about attainment it’s about potential and whether you will fit in with our purpose and values whether you resonate with those yourself and whether you’ve got the drive to work with our business and really put in what you can.”