Marks&Spencer(M&S)launched a seasonal recruitment drive to take on an extra 20,000 employees across its UK and Republic of Ireland stores this Christmas–5,000 more than last year.
Last year more than 1 in 5 of the 15,000 recruits were made permanent employees after finishing their seasonal contracts.
Based in over 500 stores,the roles available include customer assistants,M&S Caféassistants and store operation roles.All new recruits take part in a two day induction training session to ensure they are fully-equipped to offer the best possible customer service.Recruits will also receive the excellent reward package available at M&S,including a 20%discount on M&S products.
Steve Rowe,Director of Retail at M&S,said:"Customers turn to M&S for the most important occasions,trusting us to deliver delicious Christmas lunch,latest fashions and fantastic customer service.
Christmas at M&S
In the week leading to Christmas last year,our customer assistants helped more than 35 million M&S shoppers At least 400,000 hours will be worked every week by M&S employees in the lead up to Christmas–equating to over 400 years of time over the entire festive season spent helping customers find the perfect gift for their loved ones Over the festive season last year,our customer assistants helped to sell over 33 million mince pies,1.25 million turkeys,1 million thermal tops and 514,000 pairs of boots
"We want to make sure that our customer needs are met so we're putting the call out for 20,000 passionate,service-centred recruits to come join the team and help make it a merry Christmas for millions of M&S shoppers."
Applicants should be prepared to work evenings,weekends as well as Bank Holidays over the Christmas and New Year period.
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