Employers are looking for more than just grades! Employers care more about the experience you have, and more importantly, what skills you have gained from that experience! Evidence of communication skills, reliability, independence and time-management is exactly what will make you a top-level job applicant, and these are the skills that are gained by Serve Legal auditors.
Auditing with Serve Legal builds real workplace skills
Auditing for Serve Legal as an auditor is a lot more than just a part-time job, it is a role that builds real workplace skills that you can use in the future.
Communication
As an auditor for Serve Legal, communication is critical. Communicating with your area manager, and keeping them up-to-date with the audits that you are doing builds important professional communication skills that you can use in the future. Some audits require talking to management, which is an even more valuable skill as this shows confidence and the ability to represent a company in a professional way.
Time management
As an auditor you are not only trusted to complete audits within the deadline given, but also to manage your time effectively when route planning and completing audits. This builds time management skills, which are crucial in most workplaces. Being a Serve Legal auditor shows that you can manage tasks independently and work to deadlines effectively, skills employers love!
Reliability
Being reliable is a skill that is difficult to gain in most workplaces, as most part-time jobs have set working hours and shift patterns. However, with Serve Legal you have the ability to work as little or as much as you like. Taking on big batches of audits, or even a few urgent audits, and doing them to a high standard shows you are reliable and someone who can be counted on. This is something that employers love to see and will make you stand out from other potential candidates.
Attention to Detail and Accuracy
Accuracy and attention to detail are possibly the two most important skills when completing audits as an auditor. Inaccurate reports can cause issues not just for Serve Legal but also the clients that we audit too, so area managers take a lot of care to ensure that the reports that are submitted by auditors are filled with as much correct detail as possible.
Independence
Due to the nature of auditing, a lot of the work you do at Serve Legal will be independent. From planning the batch, to completing the audits, to submitting them accurately, there is a lot of independent work as an auditor. This builds fantastic skills such as proactiveness and accountability, which are so important to future employers!
Being an auditor with Serve Legal is more than just a “side hustle”. All part-time jobs help you earn money, but roles like auditing give you examples and experience you can use in future interviews and employment. Working with Serve Legal is also excellent for networking, and there are progression opportunities within the company. Over 75% of the Serve Legal internal team started as auditors, showing how the role can open doors to future opportunities, allowing you to gain even more invaluable experience.
How can you use auditing with Serve Legal to build your CV and job interviews?
There are so many ways to sell your experience with Serve Legal on your CV and within other job interviews!
One way of doing this is when describing your work with Serve Legal, being as descriptive as possible. Instead of saying “I completed audits and this shows I am organised” you could say: “I completed compliance audits independently across a range of retail and hospitality venues. I regularly planned travel routes, organised receipts and audit evidence, and maintained communication with my area manager to ensure audits were completed accurately and within the deadline set”.
This description of the role really sells Serve Legal as valuable experience and shows skills that employers are looking for like time management, communication, and accuracy.
Another way of doing this is showing off your experience and skills built from being an auditor in interview questioning. If an interviewer asks “Tell me about a time you worked independently” or “describe a time you showed responsibility”, Serve Legal is the perfect job experience to have! Working as an auditor shows you can manage your own assignments, arrive at locations prepared, and complete reports professionally and on time without direct supervision. There are so many ways to use your experience and skills built at Serve Legal to wow potential employers!
Final note
For many young people, gaining experience can be one of the hardest parts of starting a career. Auditing is more than just a part time role, Serve Legal offers young people to develop real responsibility, professional experience and transferrable skills that can strengthen future CVs, university applications and interviews.
Whether you are looking to build confidence, develop workplace skills or just gain valuable experience alongside your studies, being a Serve Legal auditor can be a strong first step towards future career opportunities.