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Timpson

Retail

United Kingdom

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Founded in Manchester in 1865 by William Timpson and his brother in law, Walter Joyce, Timpson started out life as a shoe retailer. Today, the company headquarters are still in the northwest England city of Manchester, in Wythenshawe, but the services are now much more varied.

Timpson now have over 1,350 branches all over the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and they employ well over 3,000 people. Services Timpson provide now include shoe repair, photo processing, dry cleaning, key cutting, engraving, door numbers and a whole host of other services. Students, school leavers and graduates looking for retail jobs and careers could well find Timpson to be a good option due to the number of stores and also because of the variety of services offered.

As you might expect from a company such as this, Timpson jobs are not just retail jobs. Staff are also needed to carry out the services offered by the company such as working the laundry press in the dry cleaning division. For school leavers and students looking for part time jobs, however, entry level retail jobs with Timpson could be available as a branch colleague. There could also be the option of seasonal work such as summer jobs with Timpson.

Graduate jobs with Timpson could be good for those of you looking to get into retail management as the company employ a number of staff as trainee branch managers, as well as other managerial positions.

Timpson pride themselves on being a great place to work and they pledge to encourage everyone to develop their own career and fulfil their true potential. They have a structured training plan starting from an induction where you will be assigned a mentor. After that, there is a week by week development course where you learn all the skills you need for working at Timpson, as well as residentials and also training manuals. As they say, it’s a lot to learn but it will be no problem for someone with the right drive and personality.

If you are the sort of person who likes to kept busy, learning a whole new set of skills, and learning how to amaze customers (Timpson aim to amaze customers), Timpson jobs and careers could prove to be really rewarding. And if you are thinking about developing a full time retail career with Timpson, they also have structured trainee management courses where will be working towards a Manager’s Diploma. There is also a host of other training courses where you can really develop your breadth of knowledge about working in retail and recruitment with Timpson.

The good news for students and school leavers who might be looking for work locally is that, with so many branches around the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, there could well be Timpson job vacancies close to where you live. As well as standalone branches, Timpson also have a presence in some of the major supermarkets around the UK so there could be options in these outlets, too. Timpson also own Max Spielman and Snappy Snaps so Timpson jobs could also crop up within these stores, specialising in all things photos.

Because Timpson has so many branches and services on offer, they regularly have vacancies within their stores as a branch colleague. For Timpson jobs and careers of all levels, vacancies are advertised in the recruitment section of their website so if you are interested in this type of work, take a look there to see what’s on offer at the moment.

Whether it’s for Timpson apprenticeships or other roles within the company, Timpson recruit only on personality: Mrs Happy, Mr Keen, Miss Skillful, Mr Friendly. If you think you are one of those people, you can apply online or give them a call regarding job vacancies.

Timpson jobs are more than just retail jobs and you could learn a lot of new skills via their apprenticeships and other roles. If you are unsure about what is involved in apprenticeships, take a look at this article for more information. And if you are looking for ideas for retail jobs as well as Timpson jobs, read this article about retail jobs that students can do.

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