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Recruitment leaflets

[1920s-1990s]

Leaflets, flyers and brochures promoting careers at Sainsbury's. Some other recruitment leaflets are included in SA/DES/39.

SA/EMP/1/1

Recruitment leaflets

Industrial relations and conditions of employment material

[1970s-1980s]

Includes newsletters, minutes, agendas and leaflets generated by trade unions representing Sainsbury's staff: the Association of Scientific, Technical and Management Staff (ASTMUS) and the Supervisory...

SA/EMP/1/2

Industrial relations and conditions of employment material

Recruitment films, videos and commercials

[1976-1995]

Video recordings and films relating to recruitment of staff. Includes a film to promote female recruitment from 1976, a video on computing careers from 1988, and a graduate recruitment video from...

SA/EMP/1/3

Recruitment films, videos and commercials

Trade union material

1970s-1980s

Includes: copies of a Bargaining Report; Labour Research and Point of Sale and Screenprinting; forms authorising deduction of trade union contributions from staff salaries; paperwork relating to...

SA/EMP/1/4

Trade union material

Trade union material

1970s-1980s

Includes: Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Worker (USDAW) Annual Reports, agenda papers and reports of proceeding; union stationary; USDAW book of rules and information leaflets. Also: minute...

SA/EMP/1/5

Trade union material

Staff recruitment material

1950s-1990s

Includes: newspaper and magazine advertisements; personnel policies and procedures guide 1993; 2 copies of 7 inch vinyl recording of an interview with Peter Snow about a career with Sainsbury's;...

SA/EMP/1/6

Staff recruitment material

Staff recruitment material

1980s-1990s

Consists mainly of material relating to the 'careers for graduates' recruitment campaigns.

SA/EMP/1/7

Staff recruitment material

Staff recruitment material

1950s-1980s

Includes: letter regarding reinstatement of demobilised soldiers (1945); recruitment material aimed at women and an equal opportunities leaflet. Also: material relating to an exhibition produced...

SA/EMP/1/8

Staff recruitment material

Staff recruitment material

1960s-1990s

Includes: new staff guide to Blackfriars (head offices); male shop staff post war wages booklet; completed application form; artwork for recruitment material; 2 plastic bags advertising...

SA/EMP/1/9

Staff recruitment material

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks

1952-1988

Contains employee handbooks for staff working in the retail, depot or central divisions. Also contains a booklet on conditions of employment for those working in the maintenance departments, Feb...

SA/EMP/1/10

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks and conditions of employment material

1963-[c. 2000]

Includes general and specific (e.g. retail division) employee handbooks and guides for new staff e.g. a [c. 2000] Sainsbury's supermarkets induction file produced by the Employee Development...

SA/EMP/1/11

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks and conditions of employment material

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks and conditions of employment material

[1970s-1980s]

Includes employee handbooks for retail and central departments. Also includes leaflets giving information about conditions of employment and employee benefits e.g. a 'Guide to Sickness...

SA/EMP/1/12

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks and conditions of employment material

Staff job vacancy bulletins, 1997-98

1997-1998

Internal jobs bulletins.

SA/EMP/1/13

Staff job vacancy bulletins, 1997-98

Staff recruitment material

1920s-1990s

Includes: staff experience cards; recruitment advertisements; letter of appointment on a trial basis; reports for staff on Sainsbury's trading 77 - 87; health and safety matters booklet; 2...

SA/EMP/1/14

Staff recruitment material

Staff recruitment material

1979-1999

Includes posters, leaflets and application forms for Sainsbury's training and scholarship scheme for final year degree students. Also includes material focussing specifically on management and IT...

SA/EMP/1/15

Staff recruitment material

Staff recruitment material

[1950s-1990s]

Contains application forms, job descriptions and a 'Job description work book' explaining how to generate job descriptions. Also contains magazine articles about careers for graduates with a...

SA/EMP/1/16

Staff recruitment material

'Sainsbury's Careers' memo pad

[1990s]

Cube shaped block of white paper leaves with the repeated inscription, 'SAINSBURY'S Careers' printed in orange on four sides. At the bottom of each side there is a further inscription, 'Retail...

SA/EMP/1/17

'Sainsbury's Careers' memo pad

Recruitment material

1930s-[1980s]

Includes proofs for job advertisements and post-18 and graduate recruitment posters. Also contains a JS Journal [Sainsbury's staff magazine] article and a photocopied press cutting relating to...

SA/EMP/1/18

Recruitment material

Opportunity 2000 material

1992-1994

Includes press releases and information packs from Sainsbury's giving details about Sainsbury's goals and commitment to Opportunity 2000 including Career Bridge scheme for management staff with...

SA/EMP/1/19

Opportunity 2000 material

Staff induction handbook

[1997-1998]

Gives information about the history of the company, conditions of employment, benefits, health and safety, Information Systems Division (ISD), opportunities for personal development and a copy of a...

SA/EMP/1/20

Staff induction handbook

'Take Our Daughters To Work' t-shirt

1990s

Unisex large white cotton short-sleeved t-shirt. The t-shirt has a round neck with a care label. There is an inscription printed on the centre of the chest, 'SAINSBURY'S Savacentre HOMEBASE ... Take...

SA/EMP/1/21

'Take Our Daughters To Work' t-shirt

Staff recruitment poster

[c. 1970s-1980s]

Draft of poster or advertisement aimed at recruiting women.

SA/EMP/1/22

Staff recruitment poster

Staff recruitment posters

[c. 1980s]

Consists of 14 large posters advertising job opportunities at Sainsbury's. Posters show colour drawings of staff going about their duties and advertise positions available as Provisions Tradesmen,...

SA/EMP/1/23

Staff recruitment posters

New store recruitment posters

[c. 1970s-1980s]

Consists of four posters (one duplicate set), advertising job opportunities within a new Sainsbury's store.

SA/EMP/1/24

New store recruitment posters

Staff recruitment posters

[c. 1970s-1980s]

One large poster advertising job opportunities available in store with example of wages to be earned, would have been displayed within the store. Also one small poster which would have been...

SA/EMP/1/25

Staff recruitment posters

Recruitment advertisement

[c. 1950s]

Advertisement for the recruitment of women for the Grocery and Provisions departments of Potters Bar and Cockfosters branches.

SA/EMP/1/26

Recruitment advertisement

Post-War Wages booklet

1945

Booklet for male shop staff on National Service outlining wages, conditions of employment.

SA/EMP/1/27

Post-War Wages booklet

Leaflet from Alan J. Sainsbury and R. J. Sainsbury to staff from the General Office at Blackfriars (head offices) on national service

Oct 1945

Leaflet gives details on post-war wage rates, financial conditions of employment and resettlement plans.

SA/EMP/1/28

Leaflet from Alan J. Sainsbury and R. J. Sainsbury to staff from the General Office at Blackfriars (head offices) on national service

Leaflet from Alan J. Sainsbury and R. J. Sainsbury to all female employees in the General Office

Nov 1945

Leaflet describing conditions of employment and wages for female staff in the General Office.

SA/EMP/1/29

Leaflet from Alan J. Sainsbury and R. J. Sainsbury to all female employees in the General Office

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks

1996-1997

SA/EMP/1/30

J Sainsbury Employee handbooks

Letter of introduction for Miss L. Doyle

12 Nov 1929

Note which accompanied a letter (letter missing) introducing a Miss L Doyle to Mr Oliver Staff Manager at Blackfriars (head office) for application/interview.

SA/EMP/1/31

Letter of introduction for Miss L. Doyle

Staff recruitment promotional highlighter pen

[c. 1990s]

Orange 'Bic' brand promotional highlighter pen with orange plastic body and removable lid. Inscribed on side in white print 'Sainsbury's making life taste better for great careers and jobs go to...

SA/EMP/1/32

Staff recruitment promotional highlighter pen

'A career for keen young men' newspaper advert

1938

Includes advert taken by J. Sainsbury in the News Chronicle for 'a career for keen young men'.

SA/EMP/1/33

SA/EMP/1/33 - 'A career for keen young men' newspaper advert
'A career for keen young men' newspaper advert

J Sainsbury Employee Handbooks, 1972-1980s

1972-1980s

7 employee handbooks ranging in date from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. These include: A blue handbook entitled 'J Sainsbury Ltd Retail Staff Handbook', dated Nov 1972. An orange handbook...

SA/EMP/1/34

J Sainsbury Employee Handbooks, 1972-1980s

"Our Store Support Centre handbook", Dec 2005

Dec 2005

Handbook for Sainsbury's employees working at the Store Support Centre [Holborn, London]. The booklet includes information on the company's values, a short history of Sainsbury's, information on...

SA/EMP/1/36

"Our Store Support Centre handbook", Dec 2005

Material relating to salaries, Sainsburys grading structure and trade unions

1970s-1980s

Includes: photocopies of correspondence relating to salary reviews; copy of 'Job Evaluation' by Direct Consensus; drafts of texts for staff booklets of grading structure and understanding pay...

SA/EMP/1/37

Material relating to salaries, Sainsburys grading structure and trade unions

Press cutting of a job advertisement for girls in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells branches

1943

Two prints and a photocopy of a press cutting from an unknown newspaper

SA/EMP/1/38

Press cutting of a job advertisement for girls in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells branches

"Our colleague handbook" audio cassette

[2000s-2013]

Audio cassette labelled 'Our colleague handbook 1'. The tape has not been digitized so the content of it has not been confirmed but the label suggests it is likely to be an audio version of an...

SA/EMP/1/39

"Our colleague handbook" audio cassette

Company induction videos and films

2000s

General induction videos to give a basic introduction to the company for new staff.

SA/EMP/1/40

Company induction videos and films