NEWS RELEASE
HOME DEPOT CANADA
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As part of their spring hiring push, Home Depot Canada will be bringing 17 new jobs to Barrie.
The push, which seeks sales associates, cashiers, overnight freight, lot and garden centre associates, is part of a wider initiative in Ontario which will create more than 2,400 jobs for the province.
“We know convenience is key when applying for a job,” says Aliana Rozenek, Home Depot's vice president of human resources. “This spring our new Text-To-Apply will make it easier than ever for people with a passion for delivering an excellent customer experience to join our values-driven team.”
Candidates can apply by texting “Home Depot Jobs” to 97211.
They can also visit homedepot.ca/jobs to view all current openings, along with a schedule of Home Depot Canada’s upcoming Career Fairs.
The details of the next Barie career fair are below:
10 Barrie View Drive, Barrie, ON, L4M 6A7
Feb. 27, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Quick Facts
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The Home Depot Canada’s Text-To-Apply feature saves applicants time during the recruitment process allowing them to apply, self-schedule phone screens, receive job fair invitations and interview reminders.
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Available roles include: sales associates, cashiers, overnight freight associates, lot and garden centre associates.
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More than 75 per cent of Home Depot Canada store managers started as hourly associates.
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Eligible full and part-time employees have access to competitive benefits, including company-paid health and dental benefits, profit-sharing programs, tuition reimbursement and employee assistance programs.
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Giving Back is one of the eight core values and through Team Depot, associates contribute more than 60,000 hours each year in support of local community projects, or partners of The Home Depot Canada Foundation which is committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada.
About The Home Depot
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,287 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. In fiscal 2017, The Home Depot had sales of $100.9 billion and earnings of $8.6 billion. The Company employs more than 400,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
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