John Lewis Newcastle, Attract and Develop Talent 2009

Serco Talent Award, supported by the Talent & Enterprise Taskforce
John Lewis Newcastle is a branch of the John Lewis Partnership consisting of the Department Store Division and Waitrose. Attract and Develop Talent – Fit for the future is a programme that builds on the vision of founder John Spedan Lewis to create a company dedicated to the happiness of the staff through their worthwhile, secure and satisfying employment in a successful business.

Process
John Lewis Newcastle through their expansion programme saw attracting and developing Partners as vital to helping them achieve succession targets and organisational goals. The ‘Fit for Our Future’ programme aims to achieve these goals through an integrated approach to ‘attracting and developing’ our talent, producing Partners who are passionate about retailing and developing leaders of the future.

John Lewis Newcastle have dedicated resource and their programme to both attract new talent and developing the talent within their existing partners. Attending careers fairs, providing NVQ and BTEC placements and supporting their partners as mentors in local schools and colleges are just some of the ways they have managed to engage partners both future and present.