With Remembrance Sunday approaching, it’s good to hear about the many ex-armed forces personnel now forging careers in the automotive industry.
Regular readers of this column will know how seriously I take the skills shortages across the sector and the need for businesses to prioritise their talent strategies, including sourcing staff from outside the industry.
Organisations are having to fish in new talent pools to plug their skills gaps, and the armed forces community is proving as fertile as any in delivering new recruits.
Not only do veterans bring technical experience in areas such as engineering and handling high-voltage equipment, they offer soft skills like people management, teamwork, discipline and resilience.
