Barrhead Travel has embarked on a £1.5 million recruitment drive to fill 100 new sales roles and aims to take on at least 50 further agents for five planned shop openings later this year.
Managing director Jacqueline Dobson said the investment was a direct response to increased demand.
The 100 jobs are for staff in Barrhead’s shops, call centres and homeworking division.
Barrhead has created about 30 roles in its Glasgow stores, 15 at stores in the Gyle, St James and Cameron Toll shopping centres in Edinburgh, and 40 across its call centres in Larbert and Cumbria.
The remainder are for modern apprentice roles and salaried homeworkers UK-wide.
Barrhead is also planning three new stores in Edinburgh, and “a couple more” this year, taking its portfolio of 56 shops to more than 60.
One of the new shops, on the west coast of Scotland, is due to open within “two to three months”, said Dobson. Employees recruited for these stores will be in addition to the 100 agents currently being sought.
Shops are hosting open evenings as part of the recruitment drive, where potential employees can have an initial interview.
Dobson added: “We have already seen a lot of interest from
across the UK, not just Scotland. It has been one of the better responses we have had.”
She said Barrhead was not looking to poach staff from rivals and candidates needed the right attitude, not necessarily travel experience.
The roles are full and part-time, offering “competitive” salaries, uncapped commission earning potential, overtime payments and training. Some are for specialist product or destination roles.