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Business Communication

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Summary                                                                                             P 3

The Organisation                                                                                 P 4

Job Description                                                                                    P 4-5

Skills Audit                                                                                          P 5-6

Conclusion                                                                                           P 6

Appendices : 1) Skills Profile                                                              P 7-8

                      2) Belbin Questionnaire                                                 P 8 -9

                      3) Learning Style                                                            P 10

List Of References                                                                                P 11

Summary

This is a report which tells us what transferable skills means and its types. It also tells us what types of skills a graduate student normally has and what skills are required in a job high level management job . It also shows us where a particular student , me would like to work after completing this course and the current employment opportunities available to me. The Belbin Questionnaire is also given in this report with my results.

The organisation

The organisation I would like to work for is Marks and Spencer’s. Marks & Spencer is one of UK's leading retailers of clothing, foods, homeware and financial services, serving 10 million customers a week in over 300 UK stores. The Company is a worldwide known brand and trades in 30 countries worldwide, and has a Group turnover in excess of £8 billion. ( from M&S online ). Marks and Spencers are primarily retailers, particularly targeting women and children for their excellent clothes lines. Marks and Spencers food is also known to be of better quality than other supermarkets and is generally regarded as the supplier of best quality food .It was one of Britain’s earliest supermarkets.The vision of the company is to be THE standard against which all others are measured. The mission  , to make aspirational quality accessible to all. The values of the company are quality , value, service , innovation and trust. Marks and Spencer is one of the oldest stores in the Uk and has continually offered excelent services to its customers. Although the company has been in some financial difficulties for the past 5 years , steps have been taking to safe-guard the groups future.

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Job Description

Currently , as I donot yet have a degree , marks and spencer would only offer me a job as a checkout teller. Right now, I have just completed my schooling and hold no other diplomas or degrees. Even for a job as a checkout teller, I would need to exceed in transferable skills. Transfferable skills are skills which you have acquired during any activity in your life -- jobs, classes, projects, parenting, hobbies, sports, virtually anything -- that are transferable and applicable to what you want to do in your next job. (Taken from Quintcareers online) ...

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