Clarks

Company Details

Clarks, the shoe retailer, is a major British success story with roots going back to the early nineteenth century. Clarks trades in over 70 countries, has an empire encompassing more than 1,400 stores worldwide and sells around 50 million pairs of shoes every year.

If you want to find a full or part time job at Clarks while you are studying at college or university then you will be happy to hear that the retailer has over 450 stores in the UK alone. You can find your nearest branch of Clarks using this store locator.

A typical retail entry role at a Clarks’ store would probably see you slipping into a sales team member vacancy. In this sort of position, where you will be dealing with the public on a regular basis, you should highlight all of your skills and experience in the customer service area in the very first stages of your application. As the Clarks’ careers website says:

“As a Sales Team Member, you’ll make sure that every customer has a warm welcome and a great first impression of the store. Starting with a smile. You’ll talk to customers and, when they need help, you’ll be only too happy to help them. You’ll get the shoes they want for them and then, when the customer’s ready, take them up to the till. Friendly and professional and polite, from start to finish.”

If you can keep the customers coming back for more in your new job as a sales team member at Clarks, then you could move up through the retail ladder to become a team leader, store manager - and, in time, even area management or regional sales management.

If you are studying in Street, Somerset or Kendal, Cumbria then you could also check if there are any part time jobs on offer for students at the Clarks’ distribution facilities in those areas.

Clarks’ head office is also based at Street in Somerset and is an option for graduates and other young people who want to work in a retail support role for a major company that is almost 200 years old. Jobs at Clarks’ head office include everything from supply chain roles to HR and from finance to IT.

Hopefully, we’ve given you some good insight into what sort of retail jobs and other positions are available with Clarks, and furnished you with an idea of what working for them might be like, but, if you need more information about the company then check out their careers website and follow Clarks on their various social media channels to the left of this page.

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