Cumbria’s home shopping and online giant – Lakeland Plastics is on a recruitment drive to fill over 60 seasonal vacancies in their contact centre in Windermere.
Working with career management specialists, Inspira, the partnership is designed to help prospective employees get work ready and to start in the contact centre as soon as possible.
Due to COVID19, the employment programme will be delivered online but if some clients want to complete the course face to face, they are welcome to undergo the course in the Inspira Barrow-in-Furness centre on Dalton Road.
“We are really excited to help Lakeland Plastics, especially as there is so much unemployment in the county,” said Mark Bowman Chief Exec of Inspira. “These are roles which are available now, and with help from Inspira, we can get people upskilled and ready to work within a week.”
The employability programme officially starts on Monday (28th of September), but enrolment will be this Friday to make sure all the participants have login details and a mapped-out course plan for the following week.
“In essence the weeklong course will consist of ‘live’ classroom teaching during the week mornings and independent learning in the afternoon,” says course leader Karen Whitehouse from Inspira.
“Our aim is to help people understand the recruitment process and roles available with Lakeland, learning about customer service, help with updating CVs, completing the application, and preparing for telephone interviews.”
“The course is free and available to anyone, who if successful can travel to Windermere to work.”
“It is a great opportunity and I am sure it could really help people who are looking for work in the lead up to Christmas,” continued Ms Whitehouse.
For anyone interested in finding out more or enrolling on the course please contact Inspira on 01229 824052 or message the team on Facebook @inspiraforlife
