Candidates have until December 31st 2009 to apply for these schemes. Applications to date are more than three times the level that was achieved for the 2009 graduate Milkround (when Jaguar Land Rover recruited around 70 graduates/undergraduates).
Jaguar Land Rover has recently announced a new business plan, designed to drive growth and sustained profitability and respond to the current economic challenges. Despite these challenges, Jaguar Land Rover continues to invest in graduate talent and has vacancies across the business in Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, IT and Purchasing.
Jaguar Land Rover also runs an undergraduate scheme for Engineering students to experience three or twelve month placements in the automotive industry.
At the heart of the recruitment campaign is the award winning website www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com created by TMP Worldwide.
Jaguar Land Rover HR Director, Des Thurlby, says: "Jaguar Land Rover is looking to recruit passionate graduates to join the business and help to develop our next generation of world‑class products. We also need graduates in our business and commercial functions as we respond quickly to consumer desires and wants. Despite the challenging economic situation, we continue to invest in our people and in our future product line‑up. We plan to recruit more graduates in 2010 than we did in 2009 to be in the best possible position as the economy improves".
Carl Gilleard, Chairman of the Association of Graduate Recruiters comments: "It is really encouraging to see Jaguar Land Rover looking positively to the future and continuing to invest in graduate talent."
All candidates should apply via our website: www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com.
About Jaguar Land Rover:
Jaguar Land Rover is a business built around two great British car brands that design, engineer and manufacture in the UK. Jaguar Cars Limited, founded in 1922, is one of the world's premier manufacturers of luxury saloons and sports cars. Since 1948 Land Rover has been manufacturing authentic 4x4s that define 'breadth of capability' in their segments. The Jaguar XF, XJ and XK models are manufactured at the company's Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham, while the Jaguar X‑TYPE is produced alongside the Land Rover Freelander 2 at the Halewood plant in Liverpool. Land Rover's Defender, Discovery 4, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover models are all built at the Solihull plant. The Jaguar Land Rover business employs over 14,500 people, predominately in the UK, including some 3,500 engineers at two product development centres in Whitley, Coventry and Gaydon, Warwickshire. The business is a major wealth generator for the UK with 78 percent of Land Rovers exported to over 160 countries and 70 percent of Jaguars exported to over 60 countries, with sales to customers conducted principally through franchised dealers and importers.