Southern California IKEA stores Host Career ‘Meet and Greet’ Hiring Event on April 7

Aims to hire over 2,000 hourly co-workers

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Career–IKEA Burbank, Carson, Costa Mesa, Covina and San Diego announced today
that they will each host a ‘Career Meet and Greet’ hiring event on
Thursday, April 7 at the respective IKEA stores from 6-8:00 pm. The
event is geared towards hiring at least 10 co-workers in each location
including positions in sales, customer relations, food and logistics.

Through these ‘Meet and Greet’ hiring events, which are happening in all
41 IKEA U.S. stores and four distribution centers, candidates will have
the opportunity to meet with managers to find out what it’s like to work
for a company listed on the 2016 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®
list and to participate in informal interviews with hiring managers. If
they’re a good fit for the position and IKEA– they’ll be called back for
formal interviews the following week.

IKEA U.S. is hosting these first-ever national ‘Meet and Greet’ hiring
events with the goal of hiring over an additional 2,000 hourly
co-workers in its U.S. stores and distribution service locations.

“We’re looking for applicants who are seeking promising careers in
retail and who have a passion for home furnishings. We believe that
every position is crucial at IKEA,” said Jeff O’Shaughnessy, store
manager of IKEA Burbank.

IKEA cares about its co-workers and the lives they live. Because of
this, IKEA offers co-workers living wages, predictable scheduling, and
benefits above industry standard, as well as significant career
advancement opportunities. In fact, 75-90 percent of senior managers at
a store level are promoted from within. As of July 2015, the average
tenure of an IKEA co-worker is 5 years, well above industry and U.S.
workforce average.

IKEA U.S. has recently been recognized as a great place to work on the Great
Place to Work® and Fortune 20 Best Workplaces Retail list. Additionally,
IKEA received the number three spot on the CareerBliss “Happiest
Retailers to Work For” list and was also recently recognized by the
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation with a 100%, perfect score on the
2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).

About IKEA Group

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
Our business idea supports this vision by offering a wide range of
well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that
as many people as possible will be able to afford them. There are
currently 328 IKEA Group stores in 28 countries. There are 41 IKEA
stores in the U.S. In FY 15, IKEA Group had 771 million visitors to the
stores and 1.9 billion visitors to IKEA.com. IKEA incorporates
sustainability into day-to-day business and supports initiatives that
benefit children and the environment. For more information, please visit www.IKEA.com,
facebook.com/IKEAUSA, @IKEAUSANews, @IKEAUSA, http://pinterest.com/IKEAUSA/,
www.youtube.com/IKEAUSA,
www.theshare-space.com,
www.theshare-space.com/en/Blog.

Contacts

IKEA Carson
Jessica Azerrad
Local Marketing Specialist
310-527-6085
Jessica.azerrad@ikea.com