World of work Silver Statement
How has the statement writing process and feedback helped you to understand the importance of organisational awareness?
The Statement writing process has proven very important to me. It has enabled me to do thorough research on the company I wish to pursue a career in and even more so the roll I wish to undertake. I did not quite realise the potential benefits of being very aware of the organisation, Now I know that employers would expect me to show a great understanding of the organisation by considering the issues facing retailers in this modern day, and that employers would be looking for applicants which can keep up to date with developments in the food market sector. The Feedback for this statement has also been very beneficial for me as I did not quite realise how much detail employers are expecting you to go into during the interview, it is vital that I illustrate my understanding of the roll in great detail in order for employers to feel I have a great understanding of the job, as they will want to feel assured that I could be a professional representative for the organisation, and that I completely understand what behaviour is expected of me inside and outside of the work place.
What have you learnt from the feedback about how you can better identify and analyse external factors effecting organisations?
In my statement I went on to provide evidence of some of the external factors effecting ALDI such as the competition of being in such a crowded market place and the effect of political and social instability in other trading countries. What this feedback has helped me achieve is that I could have went on to analyse additional factors such as the economic factors of the attraction of the budget supermarket and what the competition has done in this economic downturn in order to counteract ALDI’s success, One key thing I also forgot to mention is the boom of online shopping which I could of went on to