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Pets At Home

Retail

United Kingdom

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Pets At Home employs over 6,000 people in full and part time retail roles in the UK. The company, which trades in pet products including toys, pet food, bedding, medication and accessories has a turnover in excess of £600 million and is always looking for great talent to join their workforce. Pets At Home was even voted as the Sunday Times’ Best Big Company to Work For in 2013 - and that was by their own workforce. High praise indeed!

Pets At Home started out life in the North West of England at Chester in the early 1990s when founder Anthony Preston opened the first shop. The idea quickly expanded to more than 200 specialist stores just 16 years later, and, in the present day, Pets At Home now trades from over 350 outlets all over the UK.

Commenting on what working in a retail role at Pets At Home might be like, the retailer’s careers site says:

“Our retail teams are made up of diverse and dedicated people, all of whom share a combined passion for pets and customer-facing retail. We believe work should be fun, and we work hard to create an environment where Colleagues love coming to work, are fully engaged with their role and feel like part of an extended family where their individual contribution is recognised.”

Some of the retail jobs at Pets At Home can be for as few as 16 hours per week, meaning that many students could fit in some hours at the chain without interfering with their study commitments too much at all.

If a retail job at Pets At Home sounds like something which is barking up the right tree for you then you can find your nearest store by using the company’s online store finder.

Other opportunities at Pets At Home, outside of retail roles in local stores, include positions at their distribution centres and support office.

There are currently two Pets At Home distribution centres which could be of interest to students who are studying in Stoke on Trent or Northampton. Between the two facilities, the company provides full and part time distribution, warehouse and logistics jobs to over 700 members of staff.

The Support Office for Pets At Home is just a stone’s throw from Manchester and could throw up more opportunities for students and graduates who want to work with a company that it’s employees are proud to be a part of.

Students might also be able to find work at the Pets At Home ‘Groom Rooms’ based at over 100 locations around the UK. These roles offer training to people who fancy the idea of grooming pets for a living - and these positions can even be a long-term career option for animal-lovers.

There are a couple of the social media channel updates and videos of Pets At Home embedded at the left side of this page if you want to find out more about the sort of things the company posts about. You can also glean more information from the Pets At Home careers website if we still haven’t done enough to convince you that a job with the retailer is just the ticket for you.

We also advertise thousands of other opportunities in the retail sector all through the year on the e4s student jobs website. Apply for the latest full and part time vacancies right now on our page of Retail Jobs For UK Students.

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