Royal Mail recruiting for Christmas

Royal Mail Group has begun its annual Christmas recruitment campaign, looking for around 20,000 temporary workers across the UK. The group said that Royal Mail is seeking to recruit around 18,000 workers for its core network. This breaks down into 16,000 in England, 1,000 in Scotland, 300 in Wales and 500 in Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile, Royal Mail Group’s express parcel business, Parcelforce Worldwide, is also recruiting around around 1,200 drivers and 900 parcel sorters.

The temporary positions are available from late October through until early January 2018.

Royal Mail has set up a dedicated website for people to apply for the Christmas positions – www.royalmailgroup.com/xmasjobs or by emailing [email protected] or by calling the automated helpline on 0345 600 1785.