At just 21, Jimmi Hansen went from his coddled childhood to a job as a shop manager at JYSK.

Even though Jimmi from Skive, Denmark, is only 22 years old today, he has been a JYSK shop manager for a year and a half. It is actually a bit curious that he found a place in the manager's chair as early as he did, because as a child he never did get much work done.

»I always thought it was all about age and experience if you wanted anything in life, but that's not necessarily the way it works. It's about showing what you can do and having that urge to offer an extra hand whenever needed. I've always wanted to work in a shop, but more in the clothing or shoe business. I thought the rest of the retail industry would be boring, but it turns out it's not!

At JYSK I have been given responsibility from day one, and that has been very important for me", says Jimmi, who has been at JYSK for three and a half years and was offered a job as shop manager only one month after he completed JYSK's own trainee course«.