Our success at GAME is underpinned by a comprehensive suite of training programmes which are in place at all levels of the business. We have written about a few below to give you a taster of what you can expect if you join GAME.

Excellence in Practice (EIP)

This programme is the foundation of our stores training and doubles up as a reference and training tool for our store staff. The programme equips all staff to effectively operate all aspects of a GAME store. 80% of the training is on the job and it takes up to three months to complete. Every member of staff and management will go through this programme when they start and will then go through regular refresher training.

Deputy Manager Finishing School

At GAME we've identified that good Deputy Managers need some help and guidance before they will become good Store Managers. The finishing school allows individuals to identify their own personal skills gaps with their mentor and work on these areas drawing on the network of resource around them.

Excellence in Leadership

A course aimed at the select few, those at the top of their game at store level. This course was set up to deliver Regional Managers of the future. It opens doors for these individuals, encourages them to drive their own development and challenges them to stretch out of their comfort zones. It gets managers to think at a higher level, to think like leaders and develop the potential that we have seen in them. The course involves theory, self learning, exams, secondments, project work and presentations.

Apprenticeship/NVQ

Whether you have just finished EIP or you are a new deputy Manager the Apprenticeship programme can help to take your career to the next level. Apprenticeships are available to all staff who have worked at GAME for 6 months. They combine practical on-the-job coaching with structured training to give you a nationally recognised qualification and the experience you need to progress.

Conference

Conference lets you join up with all the other managers in the business once a year to be the first in the country and often the world to see new technology and preview new releases of hardware and software that will drive our business at Christmas. This action packed three day event lets our managers network and talk directly with our suppliers, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft being just a few of the big names.

And it isn't all work, interactive entertainment nights that we lay on for our managers ensure you are thoroughly spoilt and thanked for the work that you do in our stores. Once you've experienced a GAME conference you'll understand why people say they are second to none.