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Barclays Application Form

Barclays has more than 1,720 branches and 3,000+ ATMS across the UK, serving over 15 million customers. Barclays one of the biggest UK bank and its an international banking group.

Barclays offer a job within their company no matter what level of experience you have, from a school leaver to an MBA. You do however, have to pass a credit check before you can be considered for a role within the company.

How to Apply

To apply for a role within Barclays, first you need to go onto their website and click which level of experience you are, the options are; school leaver, graduate or intern, experienced or MBA. You are then required to select the role in which you are interested in applying for. Then you are able to register, update your personal details and apply online.

Interview

Once you have took the step to apply, you will be contacted about a telephone interview. The telephone interviews are usually competency based and you will be asked how you will handle certain work related situations. If you pass this stage, you will then attend an assessment centre where you will have a formal 1:1 interview, a group assessment, a verbal and/or numerical test, presentation and a written test.

Graduates

Barclays also run a graduate scheme for a number of different job roles, more information can be found on their website where you are free to apply.

Related: Barclays Graduate Scheme

Benefits

As a Barclays employee, you are entitled a number of benefits; a competitive salary, pension, share scheme, job flexibility, discounts on certain products, health benefits such as health insurance and eye care.

Salary

The salary at Barclays all depends on the role you play and your level of experience. A personal banker is looking at a salary between £16,443 and £28,515pa. A customer service advisor’s salary is between £10,466 and £19,066pa. A branch managers salary is between £20,928 and £62,656pa.

Click here to learn more about Barclays careers and apply for the latest vacancies.

  
Natwest Application Form

Natwest Bank is one of the biggest bank of the UK and they have branches in many towns of the UK, in total of 1600. Natwest are currently a member of the Royal Bank of Scotland after they bought them out due to money crisis back in 2000. Now back on their feet completely, they are seeking individuals to join their team who can provide excellent customer service, have a love for retail and who can think on their feet regarding numbers. They don’t necessarily want individuals who have previous experience as they run their own graduate scheme which you can find out more information on how to apply on the RBS website.

How to apply

To apply, you do need to keep in mind that you will be requested to take part and pass a credit check before you can be part of their team. All applications are done online, where you can search through the many vacancies they may have.

Interview

The interview at Natwest is an assessment centre where you will be asked to take part in a number of group exercises, a presentation and finally a 1:1 interview. The group exercises are a way for the interviewer to see how you react with certain roles and how well you work with others, its best to try to take leadership of your group, if not then get yourself noticed the best you can. The presentation is a 5 minute affair, you will be given more information about your niche on the day, remember to speak clearly, research as much information as you can and talk directly to your audience. The 1:1 interview is quite basic, you will be asked more questions about your application, the job role and how you would handle certain work situations. Again, speak clearly and think about what you are going to say before you do, be honest, happy and polite.

Salary

For a customer service role, your salary will be between £15,000 and £16,000pa, for any management roles your salary is negotiable.

  
HSBC Application Form

HSBC is world’s local bank as their slogan and very big and strong in the UK too. HSBC Bank has 1500 branches all around the UK. How about working for HSBC? Cashier jobs would be good for you? HSBC jobs and careers thread is on our job seekers forum and you can download an application form for the bank or just search an apply for the roles online.

Roles

HSBC offers a wide range of roles within their company; customer service, call centre & support, management roles and graduate roles. Anyone at any career level can find a suitable role within HSBC, with that in mind, they have over 1,500 branches across the UK alone so finding a branch with vacancies near you should be a piece of cake.

Application

You can search and apply for all vacancies via their website, you can also have a read about each role and what you are expected to do in each department before you apply. This gives you a chance to see which role you will be best suited for. You can also send a copy of your CV and a covering letter with your application, so your potential employer has as much information about you as possible.

Interview

You do need to pass a credit check, like with all banks within the UK, this is usually done after you have been for your interview. Your interview will be a 1:1 interview with the store manager, if you are applying for a customer service role. Management roles may vary on the techniques they use within your interview. You will be asked to explain about your previous employment and why you want to join the team at HSBC.

Graduates

HSBC also run a graduate scheme for the following programmes: commercial management, executive management, customer propositions, HSBC technology & services management and retail management.

Benefits

As an HSBC employee you are eligible for the following benefits; critical illness cover, life assurance, pension, dental cover, healthcare plan, car breakdown cover, retail vouchers, childcare vouchers and fitness club vouchers.

Salary

The salary within the branch all depends on the role you play within the company. The rates are competitive and negotiable at the interview stage.

Click here to visit HSBC career site to search and apply for vacancies.

  
FedEx is one of the largest parcel delivery services in the UK. With a number of different vacancies available, there’s something for everyone. FedEx takes pride in customer loyalty, so expects their employees to have great customer service skills and to be able to manage their work load independently.

How to Apply

To apply for a job at FedEx, you need to register on their website. Create a personal profile where you can upload your CV along with a covering letter with any other additional details you wish to include. You will then receive an e-mail with a list of job vacancies that match your profile, which you then can apply for if you wish. You will be sent e-mails daily regarding any suitable matched vacancies, so you never miss any.

Interview

The interview process consists of a phone screening, which is basically a telephone interview which allows the interview to ask a few competency based questions to see if you are suitable for the role you are applying for. If you’re successful at this stage, you will be invited to an on-site interview. This is a panel interview, which means more than one person will be interviewing you at the same time, this stage usually lasts for roughly 45 minutes. They will ask you questions regarding your experience, your knowledge about the company, and they may also ask why you want to work for FedEx.

Benefits

Working as a FedEx employee you will be entitled to a number of benefits, including; free flights via the company, health insurance, dental discount, eye test discount, prescription discount.

Salary

The salary at FedEx depends on the role you’re employed for. A package handler earns national minimum wage, currently £6.08ph, a marketing manager earns between £60,000 and 82,000pa.

Click here to visit Fedex careers.

  
EasyJet Application Form

EasyJet jobs are idea for those who likes travelling a lot around the Europe and the world! The company is one of the top budget airlines within the UK. Easy Jet can boast over 200 aircraft, 500 routes, operating from 130 airports, 30 countries and 19 bases. Annually we look after over 50 million passengers, oversee the safe arrival of over 1200 daily departures. So with that in mind, they are constantly looking for new cabin crew members.

Application

To apply to join cabin crew at Easy Jet, it’s all done online, where you can search and apply for all current open vacancies. You can also register and request e-mails to be sent when any new job vacancies are put onto their website. With your application, it’s also a good idea to send a copy of your CV and a covering letter along with it. Your covering letter should be set out like a formal letter with your name, address and contact information written on the top right hand corner. You should explain more about yourself within your covering letter and tell them at length why you are interested in joining their team.

Interview

The interview process at Easy Jet is in three stages, a presentation, a group exercise and a personal interview. The presentation, you will receive information throughout the day on what this should be about, it’s all confidence based. The group exercise’s give the interviewer a chance to view how you work within a team, there may be a few of these throughout the day. If you have passed both parts within the process, you will be asked for a personal interview, this gives the interviewer a chance to learn more about you, you will be asked a few questions about your past experience and asked to demonstrate how that would affect your role with Easy Jet.

They also have a graduate intake for IT and finance roles at Easy Jet, you can find more information about this on their website.

Click here to visit their careers site to apply for vacancies.

  
Superdrug Application Form

Superdrug is the second largest beauty and health retailer on the high street, with 887 stores across the UK. They offer a number of roles within their store, head office and their distribution centres.

How to Apply

To apply at Superdrug, you can either complete an application form which can be found on their website, or take it a fully updated copy of your CV in store. It’s also advised with your application form to print off a copy of your CV and a covering letter. The more information they have about you, the better chance you have of getting an interview.

Interview

The interview process is a 1:1 affair, where you will be asked a number of questions about yourself, your personality and your experiences. They may also ask you questions regarding your application and/or CV so make sure you know exactly what is written on these.

You will be asked to take some form of ID to prove your right to work in the UK; passport, driving licence, birth certificate, passport etc. Dress smartly as first impressions have a huge impact on your application. Try to be yourself, happy, positive as that’s what they are looking for.

Salary

For a store manager, your salary will be between £17,000 and £18,000pa, for an assistant store manager, your salary will be between £14,000 and £18,000pa, for a general sales assistant, your salary will be national minimum wage, which is currently £6.08ph.

Click here to visit Superdrug job site to learn more about their careers and apply for vacancies.

  
Company Overview: New Look is a fashion retailer whose mission it is to make ‘people look and feel great’. It focuses on girls and women’s’ fashion but also has a smaller range of clothing for men. The first store was open in 1969 and it now has 1,150 stores worldwide plus an online store available to 120 countries. New Look has embraced social networking and has over 2 million Facebook fans plus 152,000 Twitter followers.

New Look produces clothes priced at the low to middle income market, making the latest fashions affordable for their customers. They react quickly to trends and upload 800 new products to their online store every week! New Look wants people to be excited by their clothes, and in the past decade have extended their clothing range to teens, maternity and plus size.

How to apply

Their website www.newlookcareers.co.uk is designed to be fun, with an ‘Apply Now’ link on the notepad list on the left panel bringing you to a jobs search facility. The notepad list also has handy links to further information about the company, which is well worth a look before applying. After hitting the ‘Apply Now’ link, you can search for New Look jobs by location, job type and salary or alternatively just hitting the ‘Search’ button defaults to searching for all available vacancies. Each vacancy has a short job description with the application deadline, but hitting on the job title brings you to an extended job description together with details of the skills they are looking for an the range of benefits that come with that job. You can then use the ‘Apply Now’ link at the bottom to apply directly online.

Interview Advice

New Look want their staff to ‘live and breathe the brand’ so do your company research thoroughly before interview stage. Show that you understand the company mission and what market they aim their clothing ranges at. Show bags of enthusiasm for the job and tell the interviewer what you would bring to the job should you get the position. If you are passionate about fashion, let this shine through!

Come to the interview well dressed and if you enjoy fashion, don’t be afraid to put a trendy twist on your outfit. New Look are looking for people with ideas and who embrace change, so come to the interview with examples of where you have led change in your previous work or in any voluntary work outside of college/work.

Lastly, New Look put customers at the heart of everything so show that you understand the importance of excellent customer service. Come to the interview with examples of where you have given great customer service and specifically what your actions were in achieving this.

Salary

Salary ranges for available jobs aren’t specified so think about this before the interview, although let the interviewer bring up this topic first.
   
Benefits

The benefits of working for New Look can include:
50% staff discountBonus schemeLife insurance and medical healthcare20 days’ holiday (this varies across job positions)Group Pension SchemeGood luck.

  
Company Overview: Boots the pharmacy chain started in 1849, and is now part of Alliance Boots which is an international pharmacy and beauty Group. Their mission is ‘to make people look and feel better than they ever thought possible’. They are committed to customer care, and offer their customers the points card ‘Boots Advantage’ so that people can collect points from shopping at Boots and spend them on another purchase. They also have an ‘only at Boots’ range where the products are exclusive to Boots.

Boots have 2,500 health and beauty stores across the country; statistically 90% of the UK population are thought to be within 10 minutes of a Boots store! They are continuously looking to expand their pharmacy stores in particular so that there is one in every community. Boots also have an online shopping store.

How to apply

Their website www.boots.jobs brings you to a homepage with links to a wealth of information about working at Boots. The ‘Search and apply’ link is at the top of the page and this leads you to a further link for ‘Boots Jobs in UK and Ireland’. There is the option to register with their jobs website or you can ‘search for openings’ to look at the list of current vacancies. There are also tabs at the top of this page to specifically look at vacancies by job type, for example their Head Office jobs or Pharmacy jobs.

The ‘search for openings’ link brings you to a number of search criteria such as location or hours per week, or simply clicking on ‘search’ at the bottom of the page will bring up all vacancies. Clicking on each job position brings you to a job description and skills they are looking for. You can then hit ‘Apply for role’ button to apply online or ‘Save’ the job to re-visit later.

Interview Advice

Boots are known for their range of beauty and pharmaceutical products so visit a Boots store before the interview to get a feel for what they sell, and do your company research on their website beforehand. They are looking for people with attention to detail so this is a way that you can show that. Come to the interview very well presented and arrive on time.

Show that you understand why great customer service is important, and how you have used customer service skills in the past. Be open and friendly in the interview, as you will be working as part of a team at Boots so they will want to know that you have great interpersonal skills.

Salary

Salary ranges are not specified for each job vacancy so this is something to think about before the interview. Let the interviewer bring up this topic first!

Benefits

The benefits of working for Boots include:

In-store discounts
Competitive salaries
Holidays

Boots are not very specific about the benefits package you will receive so this is something that you can ask about at interview stage.

  
Company Overview: Aldi’s headquarters is in Germany. Their motto is to ‘spend a little, live a lot’ and they have often been named ‘Best Supermarket’ for their value and quality of their products. They are open about how they achieve this; they buy in bulk and pass on the savings to the customer. Their advertising is deliberately kept minimal which is another cost saving efficiency. They also recognise the need to be responsible and their Corporate Responsibility Policy outlines how they source products responsibly with care for nature and the environment. Their values are simplicity, consistency and responsibility.

Aldi have also topped customer supermarket satisfaction surveys and won several awards for their locally sourced products.

How to apply

Their website www.aldirecruitment.co.uk has four main job areas: Graduates, In-Store and Distribution vacancies, Placements and Apprenticeships. Clicking on each job type will bring you to a selection of their current vacancies summarised by job title, location and salary. Clicking on ‘More about this position’ will bring you to a short job summary with details of benefits, and an ‘Apply Online Now’ link. This will allow you to apply directly online.

Interview Advice

Aldi are looking for ‘outstanding’ graduates so if you are applying for this type of position, come prepared with a mental list of all your achievements at university; not just accolades and awards but describe any obstacles you have overcome. Think about why you should be given the job and what makes you stand out from other candidates. The interviewer will be looking for someone with initiative and fresh ideas so think about what you can bring to the company but do your research first.

You will be working as part of a team at Aldi so give examples of where you have previously worked as a team. The company look for people who are committed and prepared to work hard, so think of examples where you had to put in extra hours to complete a job but communicate this in a positive light. Explain how this was rewarding and what you learned from it.

Customer service skills will also be key, so think about where you have delivered excellent customer service previously and how you can apply these skills to your position at Aldi.

Salary

The salary for each job position is given when using their website www.aldirecruitment.co.uk

Benefits

The benefits of working for Aldi can include:
28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)Flexible working hoursOvertime availablePension schemeTraining is providedGood luck.

  
Company Overview: Waitrose is one of the leading supermarkets offering quality and specialist foods to consumers as well as a ‘basics’ range to address affordability. They have over 230 stores throughout the country. Waitrose source food with care from local suppliers, and as a company they have Waitrose farms. They champion British farming and British produce, and focus on variety and freshness with their food and grocery ranges. Waitrose also stock products exclusive to them; for example their famous Heston range.

Waitrose was founded by John Lewis, who has a chain of successful clothing and home ware stores. Both companies operate online, with Waitrose offering a range of garden and flower products for sale in their online stores.

How to apply

Their website www.waitrosejobs.com is full of information about working for the Waitrose and John Lewis partnership together with schemes such as the Waitrose Apprentice programme. There is a link to ‘Waitrose Jobs’ which takes you to further links to their Head Office jobs and non-Head Office vacancies. There is then an option to define your search criteria by location and/or job type, or just clicking ‘Find’ will bring up a full list of their current vacancies. Each job position indicates its location and salary for that role.

Clicking on each job title brings you to a short job description and an ‘Apply Now’ link at the bottom of the page where you can apply directly online.

Interview Advice

Waitrose are looking for people with great customer care skills and attention to detail, so come to the interview very well presented and arrive 10 minutes before the interview. The company emphasis is on quality so although you will be required to work quickly, you will also be expected to provide specialist knowledge to customers who need your full attention so show that you understand this is important.

Think of examples of where you have given great customer service, and familiarise yourself with Waitrose stores before you come to the interview. Doing your research about the company and its values will also impress the interviewer, and think about why you would make a fantastic addition to their team.

Salary

Salary ranges are indicated alongside each job vacancy on their jobs website.

Benefits

The benefits of working for Waitrose include:
Training programmesAnnual bonusPension schemeIn-store discount after 3 months’ serviceMinimum of 22 days’ annual holidayLife assuranceFor a full range of staff benefits this is detailed on the Waitrose jobs website.