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| Jaguar Land Rover's record intake of apprentices and graduates on their
first day at the company. Pictured with Kenton Cool and Sarah
Richards, Jaguar Land Rover Head of Learning and Development. |
- Nearly 600 new graduates and apprentices begin their careers with Jaguar Land Rover
- The recruits are the first to start their training as part of the newly-formed Jaguar Land Rover Academy
- Business Secretary praises Jaguar Land Rover for backing the next generation of British talent
- Some 2,500 have joined tailored graduate and apprenticeship programmes in last five years
- Search for 2016 graduate and undergraduate intake launched this week
Jaguar
Land Rover has welcomed nearly 600 new graduates and apprentices to the
business this week, the company’s highest intake to date. Today the
Government’s Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, met some of the company’s
trainees and praised Jaguar Land Rover for backing the next generation
of British talent.
Sajid Javid said:
“It is great for Britain that we have got
such a successful automotive industry and the graduates and apprentices
joining Jaguar Land Rover this week will have an important role to play
in building on that success in the future. I congratulate the new
intake on securing the opportunity to work at the heart of the
renaissance of the British car industry. Companies like Jaguar Land
Rover are backing the next generation of British talent, helping people
to build careers and boosting the country’s productivity.”
With some 2,500 employees having started their careers on Jaguar Land
Rover’s graduate, advanced and higher apprentice programmes over the
past five years, this year’s intake is the largest to date and more than
100 up on last year.
Dr Ralf Speth, Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer, met the new recruits on Monday. He commented:
“I
am proud to welcome tomorrow’s engineers, technicians and innovators at
the very beginning of their career with the company. This is an
exciting time to join our business. We are investing significantly in
the future of Jaguar Land Rover by creating very special vehicles for
our discerning customers and, just as importantly by employing and
developing the highly skilled people that will help ensure our continued
success.”
The new graduates and apprentices are the first to start their
training as part of the Jaguar Land Rover Academy, which was officially
launched this week. The new Academy will offer learning and development
for employees at all stages of their working lives with the company,
whether they are new recruits or more experienced employees seeking to
move to the next level in the organisation.
This “lifelong learning”
will follow a structured plan, delivering training that is relevant to
changing business requirements and enabling employees to progress their
careers at Jaguar Land Rover.
The Business Secretary met the apprentices and graduates at a UK car
industry event held by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
(SMMT) today, ahead of next week’s Frankfurt international motor show.
At Frankfurt, Jaguar Land Rover will be showcasing its British designed,
engineered and produced vehicles. As part of this, the company
promises a dramatic reveal of the all-new Jaguar F-PACE, the brand’s
first performance crossover.
The graduates and apprentices have begun their programmes with a
joint formal induction week at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Designed to
inspire participants, the induction has included motivational talks from
Richard Noble, the former land speed record holder and Kenton Cool, one
of the world’s leading high-altitude climbers. Those attending have
also had the chance to put questions to Dr Speth and other members of
the company’s executive committee, familiarise themselves with the
latest vehicles and have a glimpse at the future line-up.
Jaguar Land Rover’s undergraduate placement scheme is increasingly
becoming a feeder for the graduate programme, with 85 of the 333
graduates joining this week previously having been on paid undergraduate
placements with the company.
Similarly, the company’s Young Women In The Know course has led to an
increase in the number of females taking up advanced and higher
apprenticeships at Jaguar Land Rover. 14 of the girls who took the
course last year are amongst the 46 new female apprentices. The Young
Women In The Know initiative, launched in August 2013 as part of Jaguar
Land Rover’s wider education outreach, offers female students aged 15 –
18 a unique insight into engineering, technology and manufacturing
careers.
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| Fourteen of the record intake of apprentices attended the Young Women In The Know course before applying to Jaguar Land Rover |
Danella Bagnall, Vehicle Programme Director at Jaguar Land Rover is a great role model:
"I
started my career as an apprentice 26 years ago which was a great way
of continuing education, developing skills, and getting into industry.
I am now an engineering director, which demonstrates the excellent
career progression opportunities available to women in a modern
engineering-led business like Jaguar Land Rover. I would thoroughly
recommend a career in engineering to girls."
To apply for the 2016 graduate programme or undergraduate work placements, students should go to
www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com. Recruitment for the graduate and undergraduate programmes began this week and closes on 31
st December 2015.
The recruitment window for advanced and higher apprenticeships opens on 5
th October 2015, with the deadline for apprentice applications also being 31
st December 2015.
