Distribution – Your qualifications and qualities

In academic terms, we are looking for people who are on course for a 1st or 2:1 from any discipline. However, your personal qualities are equally important. Schroders’ working culture is built around a number of core values, and we look to our graduate trainees to reflect these values in everything they do.

Passion: a genuine enthusiasm for the business – and for growing our assets and global client base as we build an organisation that leads the industry.

Innovation: an entrepreneurial spirit and the vision to seek out new business opportunities, taking the lead in breaking into a new market segments. From marketing and promotion to the delivery of customer solutions, our goal is to be distinctively different.

Integrity:  a belief that to deliver excellent client service, we need to build strong relationships based on honesty, trust and confidentiality. This principle also underpins the way we work with our colleagues and partners.

Excellence: an ambition to be the best at what we do, and an understanding that we can only achieve that if we strive to continuously improve.

Teamwork: a recognition that people’s individual strengths, when combined within a team, create a unique synergy. This enables us to make ever-more valuable contributions to the business.

 

The Recruitment Process

Our graduate application is entirely online and very straightforward.

• Register and submit your details through the website at the beginning of October.
• Complete an application form and short assessment, which is at the end of the online application.
• Once you have submitted your application it will be reviewed by our resourcing team. We expect to get back to you by the middle of November to let you know whether you have been shortlisted for the next stage.
• Closing date for applications will be 21st November 2007.
• We’ll ask you to come in and see us for a 30-minute interview.
• We’ll contact you by the end of November, letting you know whether we’ll by inviting you to one of our assessment days.
• If you’re successful, you’ll attend an assessment day which will be held at the beginning of December.
• All offers will be made by the end of the second week of December.

 

What happens at an assessment day?

An assessment day is a great opportunity to get a feel for what life at Schroders is really like. There’ll be the chance to talk to managers and recent graduates alike – and get all of your questions answered. This is the running order for the day:

• Opening presentation from Schroders’ Senior Management personnel.
• Numerical/Mathematical ability test (around 45 minutes).
• Three interviews ranging from 20 to 40 minutes each.
• Lunch with the opportunity to meet graduates and managers.
• Case Studies
• Closing presentation and questions and answer session.