My Great News!

I have been applying for quite a lot of jobs recently as I am trying to find something in retail that will work alongside my degree. I am already a Waitress at the weekends, however wanted something extra to do on my days off from university. I applied for a job at Tiger which is opening a new store in Nottingham using the website Indeed.co.uk (this job site is so easy to use and is one of my favourites!), if you have not heard of Tiger they are like Ikea but without the furniture and sell fun and quirky items.

I received an email saying I had passed the paper sift and was invited to a recruitment evening. I really did not know what to expect and thought it could possibly be meeting other applicants and learning more about the brand. It was not until I got there that I realised it was an actual recruitment selection evening!

So, there were two stages - firstly we went in pairs and had to tell everyone about the other person. Then we swapped pairs and got given a Tiger item and had to describe to everyone. They just wanted to see our personalities come through as the brand is fun and unique. There were 30 of us there which was knocked down from 350 applicants! I was so proud of myself to even get to that stage but obviously wanted to go further. Half of the group were then knocked out leaving 16 of us that reached the second stage of the evening. We then had one to one interviews and  were told we would receive a call to say if we were successful.

I did think it went well and really surprised myself on how confident I was as I used to be so shy! I really believe university and my internship has really changed me as a person and made me so more confident about myself and what I can achieve.

I received a call today to say I got the job and I am literally so so happy and proud of myself! You just have to believe in yourself and also be yourself, and you'll get there!

If you have not heard of Tiger, here is their website to have a look at: http://www.tigerstores.co.uk

Megan x