European planemaker Airbus has announced that it is stepping up its quest for new talent and in the next year will be taking on approximately 13,000 new employees across the globe.
Roughly 7,000 of these employees will be for newly created posts and will be responsible for supporting the industrial ramp-up as well as the company’s ambitious decarbonisation roadmap and preparing the future of aviation.
“In 2022 we welcomed more than 13,000 new employees within Team Airbus around the world, in a complex environment which tested our resilience and attractiveness as a global employer.” said Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources & Workplace Officer of Airbus. “Following the success of our recruitment last year, we will hire over 13,000 employees again in 2023. We call on talented individuals from all over the world to join us in our journey to make sustainable aerospace a reality and to help us build a better, more diverse and inclusive workplace for all our employees.”
Recruitment will be targeting technical and manufacturing skills, as well as acquisition of new skills supporting the company’s long-term vision in areas such as new energies, cyber and digital. The approximate breakdown of the 13,000 positions will be 9,000 in Europe and the remaining 4,000 worldwide, with a third of the total recruitment being allocated to recent graduates. Airbus currently employs more than 130,000 people across its businesses worldwide.
