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Exciting news! 📢 We’ve been shortlisted with our longstanding and fabulous charity partner National Literacy Trust for the Corporate Engagement Awards 2023 for our collaborative approach and best educational programme! The Young Readers Programme is all about providing essential support to local communities by raising literacy levels and encouraging a love of reading with children from disadvantaged backgrounds. This initiative sits very close to our heart which is why we’ve been supporting it for nearly two decades - donating books, fundraising and raising awareness.
Wherever you are on your career journey, discover tonnes of great reasons to join us. Hear from Dominic Irabor, Store Leader at our Westfield Stratford City High Street store, about his journey from Sales Assistant to managing a team, as well as discovering his passion for merchandising. "My journey so far in the business has been an exciting one. I started as a Sales Assistant, and not long after I progressed as a Supervisor. I’ve also had the opportunity to work with other stores and support the teams, which I’ve really enjoyed." We can take you on a journey toward your future 🌟 Find a role that could be the perfect next step on your career journey at whsmithcareers.co.uk
Life is full of journeys and there’s a WHSmith for every single one. But what you might not know, is there’s also a WHSmith for every career journey 🙌 Hear from the people at the heart of our business about their own journeys at WHSmith. First up, Deborah Proud (she/her), who started as a Sales Assistant in our High Street stores and is now our International Operations Director 🌎 We chatted with Deborah about her incredible journey and what she loves about her job. “I love the people. I love the fact that I get to work with so many cultures and bring the WHSmith brand to different countries, then adapt our ways of working to land it well. Every day is completely different so where it comes with its challenges, the reward is huge.” We can take you on a journey of true career progression too. Learn more about a career with WHSmith: whsmithcareers.co.uk
Toys R Us is back in town! Today, we celebrated the opening of our first Toys R Us shop-in-shop in York. Geoffrey the Giraffe joined us for the big reveal, greeting children and visitors to the store throughout the morning and posing for some stellar selfies! A further 8 Toys R Us shop-in-shops will be opening across our High Street stores this summer in locations including Reading, Oxford and Cheltenham. #WHSmith #HighStreet #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith #ToysRUs Toys"R"Us
Have you checked out our new WHSmith Careers website yet? Wherever you are on your career journey, we’re making it easier for you to find the perfect opportunity for your next step, from personalised searches for job roles to videos from our people. Here’s a sneak peek at our new candidate booklet to support you when joining our business. 👀 Apply online and start your career journey with us today! www.whsmithcareers.co.uk. #ForEveryCareerJourney #WHSmith #Talent #Retail
What a way to start the week! Last night our amazing Travel Books team won BIG at the British Book Awards 2023 as we were named the Book Retailer of the Year. Recognising a strong recovery from the pandemic, the award celebrates the growth of our business as we’ve opened more dedicated Bookshops, and helped shape bestsellers across the industry. Well done Team Books and congratulations to all of this year’s winners. The Bookseller #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies #Travel #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith
We’re not just here for our customers’ journeys - we want to make every career journey better too! We’re excited to share the launch of our new WHSmith Careers website, where we’ve hit the reset button to make everyone’s career search even better. Hear stories from the people at the heart of our businesses around the globe, learn more about what we do and where we operate, and most importantly, find the perfect opportunity for your next step. Wherever you are on your career journey, you can check out all the great reasons to join us on our new website - https://lnkd.in/eq7Yc-uX - and watch our video below 👇 #ForEveryCareerJourney #WHSmith #Careers #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith
We couldn’t be prouder of our Group CEO Carl Cowling who was honoured as ‘Retail Leader of the Year’ last week. This prestigious award recognises Carl’s leadership steering WHSmith through the pandemic to its strongest ever position as a global travel retailer 👏 Congratulations to Carl and all of the award winners! #RetailWeekAwards #RWA23 #WHSmith #RetailLeader
• Edited • If you’re travelling through Oslo anytime soon, come and visit us! We’ve just opened our first two Norwegian stores under ‘The Kiosk by WHSmith’ in Oslo Airport. Offering customers travel essentials for their journey, the new stores include a tailored range of news and magazines, food and drink and fresh baked treats from Norway’s favourite bakery brand Backstube. Yet more fantastic store openings this year from our teams! #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith #Norway #International #Travel #Retail
Our WHSmith Graduate Assessment Centre held this week in London. We saw such a high standard of graduate talent 💥 it was great to meet all of you! We can’t wait for our 2023/24 Graduate programme to begin and watch our future leaders grow 🚀 #graduatejobs
