Company DetailsT J Hughes is a well known chain of department stores that specialise in selling quality, yet discounted goods. The company tag line is, ‘Biggest Brands, Biggest Savings,’ and this is what has attracted so many customers. Stores vary greatly between size and layout around the country which means the goods they sell can differ, too. Larger stores are able to sell home furnishings and electrical goods, for example, whilst others will sell menswear and womenswear. T J Hughes was founded in 1912 in Liverpool by shopkeeper, Thomas J Hughes and the company has expanded from there to employ almost 1,000 staff to help run its stores. The headquarters of T J Hughes is still in the northwest city of Liverpool, today. Whether you are a student or school leaver looking for full time and part time retail jobs, or you are a graduate who is looking to go into retail management or head office roles within the retail industry, there could be lots of opportunities for you at T J Hughes. Because each store is so individual, for retail management roles, T J Hughes look to employ people with individual flare who are comfortable working in an environment with a degree of autonomy. Students and school leavers might be able to find retail jobs on a part time or seasonal basis, working in stores as a retail assistant. For retail jobs of any type, there will be varied duties such as keeping stock areas clean and tidy, replacing stock, supervising changing rooms, dealing with cash and also dealing with customers. T J Hughes jobs will be no different so those wanting to work with the company need to be confident, outgoing and friendly and, especially, you must enjoy dealing with the general public as well as communicating with colleagues. T J Hughes has come into difficulty over the years and had to close a number of its stores. However, a recent turnaround in fortune has meant the company is now expanding again and many stores are reopening. This means it could be an exciting time to have retail jobs and retail careers with T J Hughes as they continue to rebuild and grow. A number of stores reopened just in the first half of 2015 and there is also a full online shopping service, so there is a lot of ambition within the company. T J Hughes had a large number of department stores up and down the United Kingdom before it went into administration and it is now beginning to reopen many of those stores. These are scattered around England and Scotland and are in smaller towns as well as university cities. If there is no T J Hughes store near you, chances are there could be one very soon so keep a look out. For those interested in head office careers with T J Hughes, many of these will be based in Liverpool. Take a look at the T J Hughes store finder to see if there is a store near to where you are studying. For entry level retail assistant jobs that will suit students and school leavers, T J Hughes employ staff on an ongoing basis so it could be worth popping into your local store to see if there are any current vacancies for sales assistants. Because the company is starting to reopen many of its stores that were there previously, there could be block recruitment to staff any stores that are about to reopen. If you have a T J Hughes in your town or city, keep an eye on local news to see if there are any upcoming plans to reopen the store soon. |
