Prepare for takeoff with holiday giant Thomas Cook as they recruit over 200 cabin crew
The firm is hiring people with customer service experience and the right attitude to fill over 200 vacancies
BELT up for a high- flying career with Thomas Cook – and you do not need a suitcase full of qualifcations to get on board.
The holiday giant is recruiting for hundreds of cabin crew to fly from airports around the UK.
Most jobs are seasonal, covering the busy summer months, but you do not need prior cabin crew experience. Instead, the firm is hiring people with customer service experience and the right attitude.
There are currently more than 200 vacancies — flying from Stansted, Gatwick, Bristol and Birmingham, on both short and long-haul holiday routes.
Applicants need to be 18 on the date they start their training and hold a valid EEA passport with no travel restrictions.
You also need to be tall enough to reach luggage racks in the aircraft and live within 90 minutes of your base airport. Full training is provided and staff who excel can apply for permanent roles.
Prefer to keep your feet on the ground? Thomas Cook also has more than 100 other jobs, including sales consultant and head office roles.
A spokesman said: “We are renowned for treating our people well, with good working conditions, great benefits and a friendly, inclusive culture.”
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'I NEVER TIRE OF IT'
MARGARITA “Margo” Rod is part of Thomas Cook’s cabin crew team flying from Gatwick.
The 28-year-old, from Crawley, West Sussex, says: “I tried working in a few office jobs and realised being stuck behind a desk wasn’t for me.
“As soon as I started training as cabin crew, I fell in love. The job makes me so happy and you get to do so much – flying to new destinations and meeting excited customers.
“My ‘office’ view is out of an aeroplane window. I never tire of it.”
Estates of mind
THEY may rank as some of the least trusted professions, but estate agency and the law are among the five happiest career choices.
Other cheery job sectors include business management, marketing and staff working in “fast-moving consumer goods”, the Workplace Happiness Survey by Engaging Works found.
The happiest staff work in energy, telecoms and healthcare.
Lord Price, Minister for Trade and Investment and former managing director of Waitrose, says:
“Employers should assess the happiness of their teams.”
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Applicants need at least four GCSEs at grade C or above, including maths and science, plus the ability to work quickly and accurately.
They must be a good team player, have basic technical knowledge and manual dexterity.
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Coding benefits
CLAIMING benefits? Take a chance on this coding initiative.
Digital training specialist Code Nation is giving 500 out-of-work benefit claimants the chance to kick-start a career in tech, thanks to funding from the Adult Education Board.
Andy Lord, chief executive of the Manchester-based coding school, says: “This initiative aims to enable those surviving on benefits to pave a new future for themselves, through a well-paid career in software development.
“The course will give up to 500 candidates the opportunity to learn a skill that businesses are desperate to acquire.”
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Flexible fathers
ALMOST three-quarters of dads would like a more flexible job so they can do more to spend time with their children.
Sixteen per cent of working fathers are looking elsewhere for a more suitable position that fits family committments, latest research reports.
A new website called – from the same team that created – aims to help firms match roles with talented fathers.
Website founder Gillian Nissim says: “Modern family life is a joint endeavour, with greater equality at home enabling greater equality at work – and the workplace must reflect that.
“It’s a win-win for families and for employers.”
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Access success
FIRMS love to claim they are inclusive – but half of disabled people who want jobs still struggle to get hired.
Here TIM FALLOWFIELD, Sainsbury’s corporate services director, sets out the benefits of opening up job opportunities to people with disabilities:
- DIVERSE teams are higher - performing, more creative and lead to better decisions for customers.
- ONE in every five people has a disability or health condition, so businesses can access a big talent pool.
- EMPLOYING disabled people gives firms different perspectives.
- BEING inclusive can improve productivity and company culture.
- YOU can inspire other employers to become “disability confident”.
- THE Government provides help for firms to hire disabled people through its Access to Work scheme and Disability Confident campaign.
Minister for Disabled People Sarah Newton says: “Bosses thinking about employing a disabled person should join our Disability Confident scheme to get advice and support.”
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