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Originally Posted by DodgyDave
I have been told if you work in other retail shops and have done for a number of years etc Asda don't like you. Say for example you have worked in M&S for 4 years well they class you as being "M&S" trained so don't want to got to the trouble of Asda training you, they would rather someone could be trained from scratch.

I know it sounds daft but it does happen in retial as I know someone who got told at a interview because he worked in Next for years they would not give him the job as they don't like people who have been Next trained.

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This is not true, I worked in Tesco for 7 years, and now work in Next for the past 2 years, before this I applied for asda and got a job but never took it because it was on for the christmas period. They actually like people who have customer service experience !!!

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hi i did the online for asda to and im still waiting to hear to,i had the same email as u.feel like i've been waiting for ever. crazy
let me know if u hear from them

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Originally Posted by nickie
Originally Posted by DodgyDave
I have been told if you work in other retail shops and have done for a number of years etc Asda don't like you. Say for example you have worked in M&S for 4 years well they class you as being "M&S" trained so don't want to got to the trouble of Asda training you, they would rather someone could be trained from scratch.

I know it sounds daft but it does happen in retial as I know someone who got told at a interview because he worked in Next for years they would not give him the job as they don't like people who have been Next trained.

Madness!




This is not true, I worked in Tesco for 7 years, and now work in Next for the past 2 years, before this I applied for asda and got a job but never took it because it was on for the christmas period. They actually like people who have customer service experience !!!


from what i've heard, for christmas busy times they like people with experience, but not for long term jobs..as DodgyDave said...

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Thank you :-)

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Just logged on again tonight to find my application still pending. To be honest after 6 weeks if they offered me a job now I am not sure I would want to work for a company who feel it is acceptable to leave a job applicant waiting so long to hear. Takes the pi55 in my opinion.


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I applied for the night role at Asda Birkenhead and have a assessment day today at the Lauries Birkenhead. I did work there for a week at christmas after I was made redundant from my previous job. I only want the night role really as it's more money and less hassle.
Then as I was waiting for Adsa to get back for me I applied for 3 Royal mail jobs and have got an interview for one of them. Not the area I initially wanted but since i booked that interview after hearing back from that area position I was not eligible to get any further with the two other Royal Mail jobs. Bit gutted I booked the interview so soon otherwise I might have got the choice to go for an interview in the area I wanted. Ah well, it'll be good to be working at last instead of bouncing around the house on my own. smile

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Originally Posted by MerseyMan
I applied for the night role at Asda Birkenhead and have a assessment day today at the Lauries Birkenhead. I did work there for a week at christmas after I was made redundant from my previous job. I only want the night role really as it's more money and less hassle.
Then as I was waiting for Adsa to get back for me I applied for 3 Royal mail jobs and have got an interview for one of them. Not the area I initially wanted but since i booked that interview after hearing back from that area position I was not eligible to get any further with the two other Royal Mail jobs. Bit gutted I booked the interview so soon otherwise I might have got the choice to go for an interview in the area I wanted. Ah well, it'll be good to be working at last instead of bouncing around the house on my own. smile


hey! good luck, hope it goes well for you!
let us know how you get on happy

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Hi all, I worked for Asda Bromborough for eight and a half years and learnt quite a bit about the recruitment process from the training co ordinator.
It's all on a points system. On the multiple choice go for the answers that are mostly team playing but initiative. When they ask why you would like to work for Asda, the more times you can put the word Asda into the answer the better. For the record people who have worked for major retailers are considered "damaged goods".
I found them a terrible company to work for as in the less you did the more you were thought of and even then you were just a number but to be fair my bills got paid and that was what was important to me.

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Originally Posted by kittykat
For the record people who have worked for major retailers are considered "damaged goods".


Glad I'm not the only one who was told his about Asda, I hear as well if you know to much about Computers PC World don't want to know you.

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i couldnt work with the general public,, just aint got the patiance for it,,, i will stick with my factory manufacturing job any day lol

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If ASDA are picky then how the hell do most of their staff even get employed by them? When I go to asda in Bromborough I'm shocked by the caliber of people working there, mostly dunces from what I can tell with little to no common sense nor pleasant personalities

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Originally Posted by Elizabeth
If ASDA are picky then how the hell do most of their staff even get employed by them? When I go to asda in Bromborough I'm shocked by the caliber of people working there, mostly dunces from what I can tell with little to no common sense nor pleasant personalities
I've got to admit that most of the staff at Woodchurch seem better suited to their jobs than Bromborough ones. It doesn't bother me much, just go grab what you want, try and pay for it and leave without expecting some life-changing experience in the process.


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