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Mike Stapleton Corporate Affairs Director
The worlds leading and largest foodservice
company
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A brief Overview of Compass..

• Worlds market leader in contract food service.
• FTSE 100 Company
• 5 global divisions covering 60countries
• Serve 12,000,000 people a day worldwide (3.0m
  UK).
• Annual revenue over 12b globally (2bn UK)
• Spend 4bn annually worldwide on consumables.
• Employ approx 380,000 personnel worldwide
• 40,000 contracts worldwide (many global).
• 8000 Businesses in the UK
• Opportunities endless to start own business.

Compass Group..the worlds leading foodservice
company.
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Some of the company we keep..
BT IBM Morgan Stanley Credit Suisse
Unisys UDV USTennis Open Tower 42
BA BAA Compaq Shell The Range
ASDA
Citibank Tesco QMC Addenbrookes Wimbledon
Ford Motor Company Manchester Airport
Merrill Lynch
Manchester Business School MOD Dollar
Academy
Stirling Castle EHL Phillips
Marsh Tesco
Sainsburys BQ Goldman Sachs
Glyndebourne
Millennium Stadium Royal Albert Hall
Reuters
Compass Group English Open Henley Macys,
New York
Salt Lake Winter Olympics Sydney Athens
Olympics
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COMPASS GROUP - geographic coverage
60 countries
Quality foodservice
world-wide
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Some Sector Operating companies..
Specialists in their market sectors
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Some of our outlet brands
Integrity, values, positioning.
Some Foodservice Brand Examples
Compass Group Owned Brands
Franchised Brands
Compass - leadership in its chosen
markets
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Overview of graduates in our business..

• Recruit about 70-75 pa in the UK.
• Recruit around 180 pa in the USA
• Launched pilot international program in last few
  year, 15 candidates recruited into 7 countries.
• Generally use a generic 1 year extended induction
  development program globally, then plug into
  internal development process.
• Many graduates now in senior positions (10 years
  on).ie.Ops directors, senior business managers,
  specialist senior managers directors in
  Purchasing/HR/Sales.
• We value them greatly.they are the lifeblood of
  our management succession plan
• Opportunities endless to start own business.

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Why graduates, what benefits?

• Young, high intellect proteges to manage the
  future business
• Current western world demographics very
  frightening
• Chosen the industry of their own volition,
  therefore well motivated
• Learn develop quickly, agile minded
• Bring good technological skills and no
  preconceived ideas.
• Different ways of doing things.no history
• Energetic enthusiastic,often challenge
  traditional practises
• Keen to make their mark and move up the career
  ladder
• Opportunities endless to start own business.

Compass Group..the worlds leading foodservice
company.
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General characteristics at selection process

• Poor dress sense deportment (Europe the USA
  have cracked this issue)
• Very inexperienced at interviews assessment
  procedures
• Generation Y with different attitudes to work,
  but.. always sparkling personalities!
• Finance skills generally poor
• Linguistic ability very limited in the UK yet
  global opportunities demanded
• Technical skills usually underdeveloped (know
  little about food or service).
• Experience in the workplace often very limited (
  we only shortlist candidates with good
  placement/work experience)
• Opportunities endless to start own business.

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What are the challenges with grads.?

• Very high maintenance at the early stages (1st 2
  years)
• Often bring lots of baggage and need lots of
  coaching support strong mentors needed.
• Naïve to working routines, politics
  relationships
• Require constant feedback attention.
• Want to run before walking established.
• Dont want to work in operations (unrealistic job
  expectations)
• Can be very expensive pro rata with productivity
  in the early stages therefore retention
  practises imperative
• Opportunities endless to start own business.

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What have we done to ensure quality inputs.?

• Developed relationships with centers running the
  programmes and content we require (SHU in our top
  3)
• Made inputs into those centers ie. helped deliver
  lectures/case studies/seminars/placements and
  course validations/advisory board
  membership/awards ceremony sponsorship
• Participated in staff development to ensure our
  business is fully understood and changes are
  communicated
• Assisted with resource development and betterment
  of teaching provision
• Opportunities endless to start own business.

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Any Questions?
The worlds leading and largest foodservice
company