M&S has become the latest retailer to launch its Christmas recruitment programme to help meet demand during the busy trading period.
The high street chain is hiring over 11,000 new customer assistants to support its stores – more than 1,000 extra roles than last year.
M&S said its new colleagues across its food and clothing and home business will support the shop floor and play an “integral role” in delivering its Christmas food to order service.
The recruitment window opens on 9 October, with new recruits to join the business from mid-November.
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M&S operations director Sacha Berendji said: “Our fantastic store colleagues play such a big part in delivering the magic of M&S at Christmas to our customers.
“And this year we’re recruiting even more colleagues to ensure we’re closer to customers.
“The Christmas period is a busy but exciting time for M&S and no two days are the same – in fact, many colleagues started their M&S careers at Christmas and after the festive period were invited to go onto our Stepping Into Team Manager programme.
“With a range of roles and flexible working patterns available, anyone who is interested in being part of something special this Christmas should visit our careers website to apply.”
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