Annual Jobs Fair Aberdeen
The Bon Accord St Nicholas Shopping Centre’s annual jobs fair will get underway today (Wednesday 27 September 2006), in the lower atrium of the Bon Accord centre, in a one day recruitment drive to secure seasonal staff to keep up with the annual stampede of Christmas shoppers who will descend upon the shopping centre from November onwards this year.
The third annual Bon Accord St Nicholas Centre Christmas job fair, which will run from 1 pm – 5pm, will see various staff from the centre’s units on hand distributing application forms and answering queries on skills and experience required for various jobs, as well as carrying out interviews.
Frank Sutherland, centre manager of the Bon Accord St Nicholas Shopping Centre, says, “The last two job fairs have been a great success so we’re hoping for a good turnout this year as usual. We are inviting the public into the centre for interviews for various positions during the Christmas period and are looking for applicants for replenishment duties, customer service, greeters, till operators, stock room duties and sales assistants.
“By holding the festive recruitment drive, we are providing an ideal opportunity for potential employees to meet with several potential employers under the same roof,” continues Frank. “During last year’s one day fair our retailers saw over 500 applicants - and employed a good proportion of those who attended. The one day approach seems to make life easier for the candidates, providing them with a number of retailers to visit under one roof. It also provides a fast track approach to recruitment, since candidates move from the initial meeting to interview all in the space of a day, thus avoiding the need to schedule future interviews around other commitments.”
To make the one day recruitment fair as effective as possible for potential applicants, staff at The Bon Accord St Nicholas Shopping Centre have come up with the following pointers for those seeking seasonal work:
Bring your C.V. The first page should contain personal details for an employer if they need to contact you and make sure that the format of your C.V. is in key headings e.g.
a. Key skills
b. Key achievements etc
Your employment history should commence with your current or most recent position and work backwards and you should provide information that demonstrates your ability to do the job – such as previous retail experience.
Dress for success – Remember to dress smartly. Even though you are in informal surroundings remember that this is a formal interview. Applicants should have a smart appearance as many of the jobs will be customer facing.
Job description – Be specific about which type of job you are looking for and stress your key skills. If you are a good communicator and enjoy dealing with the public then you would be most suited for a sales assistant position. If you feel you are more suited to a manual job then try for a position which deals with stock room and delivery duties.
Temporary to permanent? – Remember that even though the majority of the Christmas positions will be temporary this will stand you in good stead for future employment within the same stores.
Enthusiasm – Be enthusiastic and show how much you want the job! There will be lots of people looking for Christmas employment and last year saw many applicants.
Chris
The third annual Bon Accord St Nicholas Centre Christmas job fair, which will run from 1 pm – 5pm, will see various staff from the centre’s units on hand distributing application forms and answering queries on skills and experience required for various jobs, as well as carrying out interviews.
Frank Sutherland, centre manager of the Bon Accord St Nicholas Shopping Centre, says, “The last two job fairs have been a great success so we’re hoping for a good turnout this year as usual. We are inviting the public into the centre for interviews for various positions during the Christmas period and are looking for applicants for replenishment duties, customer service, greeters, till operators, stock room duties and sales assistants.
“By holding the festive recruitment drive, we are providing an ideal opportunity for potential employees to meet with several potential employers under the same roof,” continues Frank. “During last year’s one day fair our retailers saw over 500 applicants - and employed a good proportion of those who attended. The one day approach seems to make life easier for the candidates, providing them with a number of retailers to visit under one roof. It also provides a fast track approach to recruitment, since candidates move from the initial meeting to interview all in the space of a day, thus avoiding the need to schedule future interviews around other commitments.”
To make the one day recruitment fair as effective as possible for potential applicants, staff at The Bon Accord St Nicholas Shopping Centre have come up with the following pointers for those seeking seasonal work:
Bring your C.V. The first page should contain personal details for an employer if they need to contact you and make sure that the format of your C.V. is in key headings e.g.
a. Key skills
b. Key achievements etc
Your employment history should commence with your current or most recent position and work backwards and you should provide information that demonstrates your ability to do the job – such as previous retail experience.
Dress for success – Remember to dress smartly. Even though you are in informal surroundings remember that this is a formal interview. Applicants should have a smart appearance as many of the jobs will be customer facing.
Job description – Be specific about which type of job you are looking for and stress your key skills. If you are a good communicator and enjoy dealing with the public then you would be most suited for a sales assistant position. If you feel you are more suited to a manual job then try for a position which deals with stock room and delivery duties.
Temporary to permanent? – Remember that even though the majority of the Christmas positions will be temporary this will stand you in good stead for future employment within the same stores.
Enthusiasm – Be enthusiastic and show how much you want the job! There will be lots of people looking for Christmas employment and last year saw many applicants.
Chris
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