STAR answers to person specifications Flashcards
EXCELLENT NUMERACY AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS
S: My role at Storck and RBC and education
T: Regular use of data and navigation of different databases and Excel spreadsheets
A: I regularly produced excel reports using pivot tables, VLOOKUPs and other functions
R: My role at Storck developed my confidence and ability in using data
GOOD ORAL, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
S: Home working during my placement at Storck
T: familiarising myself with the role and company more difficult. This forced me to be a more effective listener. , I had to improve my communication to colleagues during the home environment
A: listener when set a task and prompted me to make detailed notes on the information given.
My communication improved from reading ‘Surrounded by idiots’ which details the best way to communicate to colleagues with different personality types. For example, I had to adapt my communication across the sales versus the marketing departments whose personnel exhibited different personality types.
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CONFIDENT IN THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF COMPLEX DATASETS
S: Storck and RBC
T: regularly analysing different databases (IRI, Kantar, Excel) on a weekly and monthly basis.
A: . I had to be proficient in navigating the datasets, drawing out the relevant information and being confident in putting those insights into reports that were sent to the wider business.
R: Positive feedback on regular and ad-hoc report findings and layout
ATTENTION TO DETAIL BUT WITH THE ABILITY TO DRAW THE OVERALL PICTURE
S: Storck
T: important to be clear on the detail of various product’s performance but equally important to see the wider picture
A: detail of Lidl/Aldi only retailers growing sales in X category but wider picture of new store openings
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EXCELLENT IT SKILLS IN PARTICULAR MICROSOFT EXCEL
S: My roles at Storck and Royal Bank of Canada were heavily IT based
T: and required being able to use various excel functions as well as numerous online databases
A: Create and maintain excel and powerpoint reports and present to team meetings
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A CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE AND PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO PROBLEM-SOLVING:
S: volunteering as a marketing coordinator for the Loughborough sport event and RBC charity event
T: problem solving marketing strategy of previous years and aim to promote the charity event in an effective way and manage costs
A: Black box thinking-It is about breaking a problem down into its component parts, narrow and wide lens,no corners are cut in finding a solution. growth mindset
R: 50% of participants scored it 10/10 and lots of money raised for RBC
AND ORGANISED APPROACH TO WORK WHILST RETAINING FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS CHANGING PRIORITIES, MANAGE A COMPLEX WORKLOAD EFFECTIVELY
S: There was a gradual increase in workload, with the lead up to Christmas at Storck
T: required me to improve my work efficiency and time management
A: Outlook calendar and colour coding for priority but also needed to be adapted for ad-hoc tasks
R: Finish on time and more time for important tasks
TO WORK WITH UNCERTAIN AND INCOMPLETE INFORMATION, IDENTIFYING GAPS AND HOW TO FILL THEM
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ABILITY TO ASSIMILATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES
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ABLE TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA TO AUDIENCES WITH DIFFERING LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING
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PROVEN ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AS A MEMBER OF A TEAM AS WELL AS TO WORK AS AN INDIVIDUAL
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KNOWLEDGE OF STATISTICS AND THE ABILITY TO EXPLAIN CONCEPTS AND DATA TO USERS AT ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE
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