More than 1,700 people applied for eight jobs at a new Costa Coffee shop in Nottingham, in an indication of how tough the jobs market remains.
Costa said it received 1,701 applications for the posts at their new branch in Mapperley, Nottingham, after advertising in early December.
A spokeswoman for Costa said the firm was shocked at the response for the three full-time and five part-time posts at the shop, which is due to open this Friday.
The group said that applicants for the posts, with wages between £6.10 and £10 an hour, ranged from new graduates to former managers and ex-employees of HMV and Clinton Cards, with some clearly overqualified for the positions.
The spokeswoman for Costa said: “We were shocked at the response - I don't think we expected anything like the number of applications we received. Applicants ranged from new graduates to ex-shop managers among others, and we've been really encouraged to see so many people wanting to work at their local Costa store.”
