Welcome to Pets at Home Group Assessment

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Welcome to Pets at Home Group Assessment
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About us

• 1991 - Pets at Home founded by Anthony Preston
  1st store opened in Chester
• 1999 Acquired Petsmart in UK brings us to 140
  stores
• 2004 Pets at Home acquired by Bridgepoint
  (private equity firm)
• 2007 opened 200th store in Barnstaple launch
  of Support Adoption For Pets charity.
• 2008 launch of website www.petsathome.com
• ...continued

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About us

• 2010 Acquired by KKR (private equity firm)
• 2012 Acquired Ride-Away Equestrian business
  launch of VIP
• 2013 Sunday Times No1 Best Big Company
  acquired Vets4Pets
• 2014 Float on London Stock Exchange.
• Today - Largest pet care retailer in the UK
  with
• Over 385 stores 150 Groom Rooms
• 300 veterinary practices
• growing!!!

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Our mission and values....

• To be the best pet shop in The World! 
• Life at Pets at Home is underpinned by our
  values

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• Established 7 years ago, Support Adoption For
  Pets aims to give every pet a second chance of
  happiness.
• Over the last 12 months
• Over 62,000 pets were adopted through our stores
• Over 2.5 million was raised for Support Adoption
  For Pets
• Over 1,530,000 was raised by stores through
  in-store fundraising and donations.
• continued

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• 346 Pets at Home stores now have an Adoption
  Centre
• 470 local re-homing centres are now partnered
  with Pets at Home stores
• Over 2 million was donated to national animal
  welfare charities and local re-homing
  organisations
• 564 different organisations have received funding
  or help from Support Adoption For Pets Pets at
  Home over the last year

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Reality the job role...

• Positions available
• Hours / shifts
• Weekends

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Training and Development
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Rewards...

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to progress and develop your career
• 28 days paid holiday a year (inc. bank hols),
  rising to 33 days after 2 years service!
• Birthday leave! (An extra day off to celebrate
  your birthday!)
• Week off for your wedding, newborn baby
  treats!
• Cycle to Work scheme
• 20 colleague discount- Store, Groom Rooms,
  Companion Care Vets Vets4Pets, Ride-Away and
  Pets at Home Pet Insurance.
  
• Pension scheme
• Charity leave a day a year to work at a pet
  charity of your choice!
• Treats voluntary benefits!

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What is the process?

• Today! Group Assessment
• If successful, next timeWork trial Interview

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Why do all these stages?
Give you a good look at us, our store and how we
work
Meet the people you would be working with
Chance for you to ask about anything and
everything
Decide if we are for you, can we take your
skills and develop you
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What we are looking for....

• A passion for pets and people
• Customer friendly people who want to help our
  customers
• Team players who can really contribute and also
  have some fun along the way!
• Great communicators who want to join in
• People with high store standards who thrive off
  providing our customers with a great place
• to shop.

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Summary...

• Learnt more about Pets at Home
• The role within the Pets at Home team
• Your training and development
• What we are going to be looking for

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Any Questions?