300 apply for 20 jobs at new Rayleigh Tesco (From Echo)
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300 apply for 20 jobs at new Rayleigh Tesco
2:00pm Wednesday 8th February 2012 in Southend By Emma Thomas
300 apply for 20 jobs at new Rayleigh Tesco
THREE hundred people applied for 20 jobs at a new supermarket in Rayleigh.
Tesco Express, in London Road, will officially be opened next Friday, February 17, and has already recruited all its staff.
Applications flooded in for the full and part-time positions.
Joan Mockford, Sweyne Park ward councillor, said the volume of applications, and those left disappointed, was a sad reflection of today’s job market. She said: “I really don’t know what the answer is.
“The council is trying to find apprenticeships for a lot of young people, some of the schools have got courses to train them in different trades.
“But it is the climate at the moment, unfortunately.”
Rhys Pegrum, 20, from Rayleigh, who has been unemployed for just over a year, managed to bag one of the Tesco jobs.
He said: “I am really excited.
“I hope to push my career on, starting with this role and then working my way up to team leader as quickly as I can.
“I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead.”
Tesco said locals were employed to give the store a community feel.
Store manager Mike Kingsnorth and his team promoted the new jobs with the JobCentre, and in south Essex shops, which led to all vacancies being filled locally. He said: “I was thrilled by the response.
“In this time of economic uncertainty, it is great we are able to create jobs for our local community.”
The new shop will be open from 7am until 11pm seven days a week. It will include a cash machine and two self-service tills, as well as parking.
Comments(8)
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5:58pm Wed 8 Feb 12
jolllyboy wrote:Self-service tills = less fannying around at the checkout for those of us who don't like to poison ourselves with tobacco
Self service tills = less jobs !
MrFrogFace
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8:08pm Wed 8 Feb 12
lillie1967
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10:00pm Wed 8 Feb 12
muffindamule
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12:39pm Thu 9 Feb 12
Nebs
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11:58am Fri 10 Feb 12
Alekhine
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2:23pm Fri 10 Feb 12
Nebs wrote:While we are still in Europe, maybe we should ask the Germans to pay for it. The UK is broke you know.
The taxpayer subsidises the Tesco wage bill by zillions every year. The level of pay for lots of jobs is insufficient to maintain a family, and so is topped up with benefits and tax credits. It's about time the minimum wage was increased.
jobsworth society
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12:36am Sat 11 Feb 12
lillie1967 wrote:That's a shame.
this new tesco is an abbomination...it will put out of business the parade of shops opposite...the residents, of which i am one, did not want this tesco..it will also cause more traffic problems - open from 7-11 discraceful that means yobs hanging around outside wanting other people to buy them fags and booze...we didnt want this tesco and we didnt need it ...shame on you tesco...
If your local stores can offer what tesco is offering then maybe i'd use it but they can't so till then i'll enjoy shopping late at night, get everything i want, at a good price.
jolllyboy says...
4:39pm Wed 8 Feb 12