Laurie Dealer: The benefits of investing in youth

摘要

Now that apprenticeships are back in fashion, dealers need to consider what type wilt tick all the boxes. In the workshop where skilled technicians maintain, fix and save wagons, the apprenticeship is an established and successful path to full employment for a school leaver. But what about other parts of the business such as administration, parts or sales? More franchised dealers are recruiting school leavers, rather than employing older, entrenched and much more expensive applicants.