A RECRUITMENT event is takes place in Hartlepool this weekend in an attempt to fill 42 posts at a new Morrisons supermarket in the town.

A two-day recruitment fair will be held at the Grand Hotel, in Swainson Street, Hartlepool, on Sunday and Monday. The store is due to open in March.

Job seekers will be able to meet the Morrisons recruitment team and find out more about the 42 management and supervisory positions on offer at the store.

Gail Roberts, Morrisons' retail recruitment manager, said: "Our management teams are made up of salaried department managers, assistant managers and hourly paid supervisors.

"The vacancies on offer for the store at Hartlepool will be right across all departments including fresh foods, on our Market Street counters, wines and spirits, home and leisure, grocery and in our customer cafe."

The fair will run from 10am to 6pm on Sunday, and from 11am to 7pm on Monday.

This is the first stage of the recruitment process. Once the management and supervisory team is in place, which it is hoped will be the beginning of November, Morrisons will begin recruiting 320 staff for a range of full and part-time posts.