Gloucestershire job board breaks vacancy records

A record number of jobseekers and new vacancies gave a Gloucestershire job board a hectic start to the year, latest figures reveal.

A record number of jobseekers and new vacancies gave a Gloucestershire job board a hectic start to the year, latest figures reveal.

GlosJobs.co.uk saw 121,282 visits and 2,326 new job adverts uploaded last month.

Belinda Wilson, director of GlosJobs.co.uk and GFirst LEP Ambassador for Gloucestershire, said more businesses are expanding to cover skills shortages while retaining valuable existing employees.

One growing business is Cheltenham-based SOHO Coffee Co. which has 32 outlets across the UK and internationally. It recently filled a high profile vacancy through GlosJobs.co.uk, with Head of Food Dom Pelling bringing in Marcin Birula as Distribution & Facilities Manager.

“We are in an exciting period of growth and as we continue to expand our business it is ever more important to have the right people in place. Glosjobs has been helping us find great people from within the local community for years now and we are delighted to have found another excellent candidate through them,” Dom Pelling said.

Marcin Birula said: “This job is exactly what I was looking for and it was really easy to apply through GlosJobs.co.uk. I am very much looking forward to the challenge of helping to make great things happen for Soho Coffee Co. in 2014.”

Belinda Wilson, director of GlosJobs.co.uk, added: “SOHO Coffee Co. is an excellent example of a successful, local, independent business which has long been one of our best clients, so we’re delighted to see its workforce being strengthened.”

GlosJobs.co.uk has been helping Gloucestershire’s employers find the right employees since it was launched in 2001. It has had 288,026 job adverts uploaded in that time and now has more than 2,700 advertisers.

For more information please visit www.Glosjobs.co.uk