Here at Specsavers, we want everyone to feel comfortable in bringing their full self to work – regardless of race, sexuality or gender. And so, Empowered Together has been created.
We’ve proudly supported 1200 apprentices to successfully complete the programme over the last 5 years, and 90% have stayed with us and continued their professional development. Charlotte Barsdell knows first-hand how a Specsavers Apprenticeship seeds a lifelong career. She admits she didn’t quite know what was involved when she applied but was interested in the […]
In this brief series celebrating the impressive successes of our apprentices, you will discover there’s more to the 13-month programme than life-experience and learning. It’s about finding your passion and creating the foundation for a brilliant career. Toby Fisher started at Specsavers with a Saturday job in store, getting to know how the store ran […]
A chance job ad was all it took to spark Conor Dewey’s very successful career. Today he is a Retail Director for two stores in Ireland.
Specsavers to open more than 200 stores by 2024 to become market leader in Canada.
Optical Assistant Olivia Booth joined Specsavers from a department store retail role. She’s loving using her fantastic people skills to have a more direct and positive impact on her local community.
From overcoming cancer to winning awards, the story of Imogen Hoyle and her rise to becoming a successful Partner is a highly inspiring one. Imogen joined Specsavers in 2005 as a Store Manager in Manchester, and after winning Best Store Manager at the Eye Care awards back in 2009, she was approached by the Specsavers […]
Focusing on International Women’s Day, we spoke to Henna Basharat, about her journey through the Specsavers Apprenticeship scheme to becoming a Student Dispensing Optician, and her proudest moments.
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 […]
Specsavers launch PRISM – our first-ever employee network that is for employees, and led by employees.
