The John Lewis Thread

Thanks for all the help

I applied for a Selling Assistant Christmas Temp job last week, closing date was 19th. I got invited to fill in a test about what you would do in circumstances like Customer Complaint, Customer received dammed goods etc. I then had an email the next day inviting me to an Assessment Centre. I'm 15, but am 16 at the end of October. The dates for the assessment were several at the end of Sept/Start of Oct or one on the 29th Oct (a few days after I am 16). It's really inconvenient to go to the one on the 29th, so I accepted one next week, but now I'm stressing out about going to the interview when I'm not 16 yet. I emailed the recruitment team but they're not in till Monday and that's when my assessment is .
Can anyone help me?

Don't worry, I went for my group interview and was put on hold at 15 - they knew my age, yet they still interviewed me etc. etc.

Thanks. I was just worried they'd somehow missed it.

Hi,
The christmas jobs for my store aren't up yet- only for hours I can't do all of.
I was just wondering whats the likeliness of getting a permanent contract out of a JL christmas job? It'd be a big help if someone could let me know!

I would have thought they'd have advertised all they had. My local advertised Xmas Selling Assistants for a week, then on the closing date listed Catering Assistants for another week. I doubt they'll have anything else put up next week.

I'm still worried about my group assessment, I'm hopeless at 'fun fact about yourself' or 'example of when you did X'...

I applied for a Selling Assistant Christmas Temp job last week, closing date was 19th. I got invited to fill in a test about what you would do in circumstances like Customer Complaint, Customer received dammed goods etc. I then had an email the next day inviting me to an Assessment Centre. I'm 15, but am 16 at the end of October. The dates for the assessment were several at the end of Sept/Start of Oct or one on the 29th Oct (a few days after I am 16). It's really inconvenient to go to the one on the 29th, so I accepted one next week, but now I'm stressing out about going to the interview when I'm not 16 yet. I emailed the recruitment team but they're not in till Monday and that's when my assessment is .
Can anyone help me?

^ They did say they would get back to you either way in under 2 weeks on my application form, so assuming yours was the same you should get told
if you've been successful or not at some point.

Just a quick update, JL got back to me today (I rang and emailed on Friday) about changing the time, and said that I could change to one of the two other group interview slots, but as both were during collage hours I stuck to the original times and have got permission from my collage.

Thanks again for the help, now its just the interview I have to worry about!

Stuart

Update, I had my interview this afternoon. Basically we went through to a conference type room and sat at tables of between 3 and 5. There were 5 tables and assessors. We had a presentation on JL, then had to stand up and say out favourite retailer and why. Then another presentation, then each table got given a product. They were food mixers, toasters, irons etc. As a group we had to sell it to the assessor. Then it was the individual interviews, they asked the hours you could work and things like 'what could you bring to the partnership'. I've been put on hold till I'm 16, but I have to contact them then and they'll consider me properly.

Dear [me],

Thank you for attending the recent assessment for a position at John Lewis [store name].

Unfortunately, we will not be taking your application further for this position. We do feel there may be further suitable opportunities in the future and would therefore like to keep your details on file, and if the situation changes in the next six months we will be in touch.

If there are any changes to your contact details, please can you keep the branch informed, if you do not we may not be able to contact you when an opportunity becomes available.

Thank you again for your interest in wishing to join John Lewis.

Kind Regards,

[name]

I've got an interview tomorrow for a temp position, but I also have and interview with Tesco on Friday for a permanent position, does anyone know if there's a chance of it becoming permanent after Christmas?

Thanks

Stuart