CLO Director, Brad Parkes, has been running Specsavers stores across three decades. Heading up the stores of Solihull and Shirley, he shares his experience of Partnership and the value of having CLOs within the business. He started working weekends alongside his studies before his career took a rapid rise from trainee DO in 1990, to […]
This month our relocation series takes us to the beautiful county of Hampshire. This county sits on the south coast of England and offers a spectacular living and working environment. Hampshire is home to beautiful beaches, national parks and exceptional cities such as, Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester. We wanted to share a few highlights of […]
Have you ever wondered what a Pre-reg Optometry student gets up to on a typical day at Specsavers? We caught up with Charlotte Acton to find out. My daily routine… I set up my test room first thing in the morning and then look through my patient list for the day. After the daily team […]
Covering the South Wales Coast, Cardiff based Domiciliary Optometrist Jason Scaife, is thoroughly enjoying his role with Specsavers Home Visits. After a few years working in store, his career advanced into Domiciliary. He moved from locum to a permanent role with Specsavers only last year. Starting with Specsavers I joined Specsavers last February on Valentine’s […]
Sarah McGowan beams as she chats to us about her 20-year Specsavers career and 5 successful years as Contact Lens Director at Specsavers Bristol. For someone whose career has not stopped, she has found the right balance between running her contact lens clinics and managing a very busy City Centre store. She’s enjoying every minute […]
Kejal Shah is an Ophthalmic Domiciliary Director, her region covers Surrey and Kent. She spoke to us about the main reason she chose Specsavers Home Visits, the people she meets and the skills she has learnt through Domiciliary. Hi Kejal, thanks for talking to us, first of all, what’s your journey with Specsavers been like […]
Qualifying in 2020, Eamon Tariq, took the Specsavers Pathway to Partnership course and aged 28, is now a Joint Venture Partner. Starting out with Specsavers as a part-time Optical Advisor, while studying Optometry at University, he completed his pre-reg at the same store – joining the Pathway course as soon as he’d qualified. We caught […]
We shared a virtual cuppa with Audiologist Partner, Lee Palmer, to chat about his career with Specsavers and the challenges 2020 brought. Specsavers hearcare accessible to all During the first lockdown, and throughout 2020, Lee really had to adapt. “We were still in the store and the door was locked, but people would constantly knock […]
This month our relocation series takes us to East Anglia. The counties of Norfolk and Suffolk boast some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK. Clifftop walks await, along with stunning beaches, historic coastal resorts, the tranquil and timeless Norfolk Broads and cosmopolitan cities and towns such as Norwich and Ipswich. East Anglia really […]
If you missed the CH4 episode of Steph’s Packed Lunch earlier this year with Nimesh Popat, Director of Professional Recruitment and Retention, watch it here. Nimesh confirms, “You don’t have to wear glasses or be an Optician to work at Specsavers” – we have a wide variety of roles for different experience levels and specialisms. […]
