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O2 Money was launched in summer of 2009, since then they have launched the O2 Money card attracting over 800,000 customers. But this is all changing…

People expect to use their smartphones for more, with increasing numbers using them to access retailer websites and compare prices. To keep up with this growing demand, O2 is looking to bring you a mobile wallet - taking everything you carry around in your wallet and putting it on your mobile. This will cover everything from online shopping, sending money to a friend, topping up your mobile, loyalty offers and much, much more. Making shopping easier, quicker and more hassle free.

To get ready for the launch, we have been busy expanding and developing the O2 Money team with expertise from the Financial Services industry; bringing in a new marketing team, a variety of product managers, business planners and sales people over the last nine months. We’ve extensively grown our Commercial and Business Support teams too, creating an upbeat culture and environment which is driven by knowing what the end goal is and how we can achieve it. The O2 Money team is still small, retaining the flexibility and impetus that you would not necessarily find within a corporate of Telefónica’s size.

Here is what two recent starters have had to say about their time at O2 Money:

David – “I’ve been at O2 for 5.5 years, and I can honestly say that I’m having the most fun here that I’ve ever had! Not something you might naturally associate with financial services, but the opportunity that O2 has before it is equally exciting and compelling.

There is a very positive feeling to working in O2 Money. There are some sizeable hurdles to overcome but the mood is upbeat. The management style is relaxed yet focused – O2 Money is everything that High Street banking isn’t!”

Nathan – “For me, it’s all about the opportunity to work on a cutting edge product within Mobile Payments. O2 Money really is becoming a pioneer in this space – not just for mobile network operators, but for everyone else that is trying to take part. It’s easy to see how much the company supports this new endeavour by the quality of the team that has been brought together”

Find out more about O2 Money including our current vacancies

When we are recruiting for our retail stores, there are always the ones that crop up that we call hard to fill.  This means we either can’t attract the right candidate for the role or in some cases we can’t attract any candidates at all!  There can be all sorts of reasons why, sometimes it’s because it’s difficult to get there by public transport or because the store is in a particularly affluent area, where people are not looking for our type of job.  Often we have to try different ways of attracting candidates to some of these hard to fill stores, as our usual methods of online job boards just doesn’t do the trick.  When you’re job hunting for work in your local area, what sources do you go to, to find the job adverts?  For example, do you look in your local job centre or do you read notices in your local supermarket?  We’d love to hear from you around what you do personally so please feel free to post a comment, you never know we may just use one of your suggestions!!

Emily

Last Thursday and Friday I spent two days in a venue in Canary Wharf running assessment days as we were recruiting for our new store that is opening in Stratford Westfield centre. We had some Store Leaders interviewing and talking through the advisor Role in O2. The atmosphere was fun as we wanted to get the best out of the candidates and wanted them to be themselves.
 We met some great people on the day and it was good to see how so many people want to come and work for Telefonica. The candidates had a presentation about Telefonica then went in and had an interview, it is natural for candidates to get nervous and we tried to put them at ease.
I came away exhausted but very excited about the new people that would be joining Telefonica and having a great time working in a Fab enviroment.

Julie