Littlewood’s owner Shop Direct is to make 900 jobs redundant from its Hendon call centre, according to reports.
The cuts are being made as customers increasingly use the Internet to make purchases, rather than the telephone, Shop Direct said in a statement.
UPDATE: Sunderland Echo report that 400 jobs are to be created at Nissan’s Washington plant.
Now, with the help of you, we’re aiming to collate all the best job-hunting resources and websites in one place.
If you know a great website for people looking for jobs in and around Sunderland, please tell us about it in the comments below or email editor@sr2blog.com.
Job searching sites:
Latest jobs in Sunderland from Direct.gov – An updated list of all the job openings in Sunderland.
My Sunderland Jobs – Without stating the obvious, this site seems like the go-to place for searching Sunderland jobs.
Useful sites for help getting back into work:
Job Linkage – Job Linkage have a number of drop-in centres around Sunderland where you can just go on the day or make an appointment. Claim to have got over 10,000 Sunderland folk into work, can’t be bad.
Sunderland City Council jobs resource – the council link to a lot of sites for helping with job-hunting, career changes etc.
Sunderland East Area Forum – Great employment-focused organisation to get involved with. Get in touch with them or go along to their open meeting next week (February 4).
We’re always looking for links for this page. Know a useful site? Leave a comment below or drop an email to editor@sr2blog.com. Thanks!
