Supermarket giant Woolworths has promised a jobs bonanza next year in the face of a series of manufacturing closures this year that has seen thousands put out of work, and will open 108 new stores in the 2014 fiscal year to create 6,981 jobs.
The retailer said on Thursday that the new jobs will be Australian wide and include its flagship supermarket stores as well as its other retail brands Dan Murphy’s and BWS, Big W and its Masters hardware chain.
Woolworths is already Australia’s second largest employer, employing more than 180,000 people or 1.5 per cent of the Australian workforce.
(Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Online )