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Hiring 5,000 Quebecers, 27,000 across Canada <\/b><\/i>
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\nBy Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

American retail giant Target started recruiting local staff today for its new outlet in St. Laurent.<\/p>\n

Spokesman S\u00e9bastien Bouchard told The Suburban<\/i> that the company will hold a job fair this week from May 8-10 at the Airport Crowne Plaza hotel on C\u00f4te de Liesse, to hire full time supervisors for its St. Laurent store. Target will convene another recruitment drive there for prospective non-supervisory staff, June 11-20. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe store will be hiring about 15 team leaders and anywhere between 150-200 team members,\u201d Bouchard said in an interview. \u201cIn addition to customer contact positions, we also will be hiring people to work in logistics and asset protection, and there are even some night shift jobs available in merchandising.\u201d<\/p>\n

Target’s expansion is the largest in Canadian commercial history; he added \u201cand will energize the retail landscape here in Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever before has a company opened 124 stores all at once, including 25 that will open in Quebec by the end of this year,\u201d Bouchard noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be hiring more than 5,000 people in Quebec and, across Canada, almost 27,000.\u201d<\/p>\n

The companies has already hired directors for each store, who are currently undergoing two month of intensive training in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s fairly significant, he said. \u201cTarget invests heavily in training because our culture is different from what you would find in a typical store.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole guest experience is driven by our culture, a philosophy that every guest experience ought to be fast, fun and friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada is Target’s first international expansion,\u201d Bouchard underscored. \u201cIt reflects a vote of confidence in the Canadian retail market by the company’s headquarters in Minnesota. It involves a significant investment in terms of construction, because every single store is undergoing an $11-23 million makeover and all of our premises are going to be certified according to LEED standards for environment-friendliness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInvesting so heavily in the Quebec economy is obviously very good news for Quebecers,\u201d he emphasized, adding that Target, which operates 1,784 stores in the United States, \u201chas long been known in America as a very good neighbour, investing heavily in the communities it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bouchard said that he expects that the team leaders Target hires will commence work in June, with the remaining employees starting in July or thereabouts.<\/p>\n

Specific store opening dates depend upon the pace of construction, he continued, though he expects the launch to take place in early Fall.<\/p>\n

Bouchard urged aspiring employees to complete their application online before attending the job fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will speed up the process considerably,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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