Consumer & retail: which graduate schemes sponsor visas?
Famous schemes that quietly cannot sponsor: pay sits just below the floor, or the firm states plainly that it will not sponsor a graduate scheme.
- 0
- Sponsors international grads
- 3
- Sponsors some tracks only
- 4
- Does not sponsor
- 15
- No published policy
Some tracksSponsors some tracks only
Unilever
Unilever Future Leaders Programme
Pay clears the sponsorship floor and Unilever holds a licence, but nothing on its own site says it will sponsor
Diageo
Diageo Graduate Programmes
Diageo's own FAQ says sponsorship is available for certain locations and programmes, but does not commit across the board
Aldi
Graduate Area Manager Programme
Pay clears both sponsorship thresholds by a wide margin and Aldi is a licensed sponsor, but there's no explicit written promise to sponsor
NoDoes not sponsor
Mars
Mars Leadership Experience
Base pay of 33,000 pounds sits just under the 33,400 pound new-entrant sponsorship floor
Nestle
Nestle Academy Future Talent
Nestle's own FAQ says you must already have unrestricted right to work, no sponsorship, to join Academy schemes
Lidl
Retail Graduate Management Programme
Pay clears easily at 40,000 pounds, but the graduate scheme itself requires you to already have the right to work, no sponsorship offered for this programme
John Lewis Partnership
JLP Graduate Scheme
John Lewis Partnership does not appear on the sponsor register at all, under John Lewis, Waitrose, or JLP
Not publishedNo published policy
Procter & Gamble
P&G UK graduate hiring
Holds a Skilled Worker licence but publishes no salary or sponsorship statement for UK graduate hiring
PepsiCo
PepsiCo UK Early Careers
Holds a Skilled Worker licence but no UK graduate-specific salary or sponsorship statement could be found
Mondelez
Mondelez Early Careers Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; own careers FAQ is silent on sponsorship and salary for UK early careers
L'Oreal
L'Oreal Management Trainee Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; UK-specific salary and sponsorship position could not be independently confirmed today
Reckitt
Reckitt Graduate Programmes
Holds a Skilled Worker and Graduate Trainee licence; no UK salary or sponsorship statement published, and no UK vacancies were live at time of check
Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz Early Careers
Holds a Skilled Worker and Graduate Trainee licence, but UK graduate salary and sponsorship position not published on the pages reached
GSK
GSK Graduate Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; checked the main programme page plus two track-specific pages, none mention salary or sponsorship
Haleon
Haleon Graduate Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; site blocked automated access on every attempt today, salary and sponsorship position unconfirmed
Tesco
Tesco Graduate Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; tesco-careers.com was unreachable on every attempt today, salary and sponsorship position unconfirmed
Sainsbury's
FutureMaker Graduate Programme
Holds only a plain Skilled Worker licence (narrower than most peers); own site is silent on salary and sponsorship
Marks & Spencer
M&S Early Careers Graduate Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; own site confirms the programme exists but gives no salary or sponsorship statement
Asda
Asda Future Talent Graduate Programmes
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; right-to-work page only covers proving existing eligibility, not sponsorship
Amazon
Amazon Area Manager Graduate Programme
Amazon UK Services Ltd holds a Graduate Trainee licence too, but that route is intra-company transfer only, not this open-market scheme
Enterprise Mobility
Graduate Management Trainee Programme
Holds a Skilled Worker licence; every attempt to reach Enterprise's own careers pages today was blocked, salary and sponsorship position unconfirmed
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
CCEP Great Britain Early Careers
Holds a Skilled Worker and Graduate Trainee licence; UK early-careers page describes bespoke placements with no salary or sponsorship statement
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