Calibre Group Solutions outlines how lenders and retailers can recruit motor finance specialist apprentices
Calibre Group Solutions is a training provider specialising in the delivery of training to the automotive sector. As an approved apprenticeship training provider its expert trainers and mentors have supported the first stream of Motor Finance Specialist apprentices with excellent results.
Below Calibre’s Managing Director, Sabina Hegarty, outlines her thoughts on the models that both lenders and retailers can use to employ motor finance specialist apprentices.
Meet Aiden Howell - motor finance specialist apprentice
Aiden studied Maths, Physics and Electronics at College and spent just under a year as a sales executive for a dealer group. He applied for the motor finance specialist vacancy to improve his future employability and work within a large company like Toyota Group.
Meet Joe Brighten - motor finance specialist apprentice
Joe studied Maths, Further Maths and Physics at sixth form with the intention of working for a financial services company. He felt that he would miss out on valuable workplace skills if he went to university and decided that apprenticeships would help him pursue his aspirations.
Toyota use Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship to develop the next generation
A year after the launch of the Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship and as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2019 - Toyota Financial Services explain why they started employing motor finance apprentices and the business benefits this has brought to their business.
BMW use Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship to provide a talent pipeline
A year after the launch of the Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship and as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2019 - BMW Group Financial Services explains why it started employing motor finance apprentices and the business benefits this has brought to its business.
Meet Aaron Rajpaulsingh - motor finance specialist apprentice
Aaron studied A-levels in Business Studies and German but was not keen on the prospect of going to university and leaving in debt. He started looking for apprenticeship placements and, after being fascinated by cars from an early age, jumped at the chance of applying to become a motor finance specialist apprentice with BMW.
Meet Georgina Carter - motor finance specialist apprentice
After completing college, Georgina applied to BMW’s Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship vacancy because the role offered diverse and interesting work, and more opportunity than other apprenticeships. She had been interested in working in the finance industry since she took her GCSEs and was not keen on the prospect of studying at university for another three years.
Meet Connor Pearson - motor finance specialist apprentice
Connor completed three A-levels and worked in retail for a short period of time before being successfully recruited as a motor finance specialist apprentice by Secure Trust Bank.
Meet Oliver Parsons - motor finance specialist apprentice
Oliver joined Secure Trust Bank as a motor finance specialist apprentice after spending a year studying sports and exercise science at university and working part-time.
Meet Will Lucas - motor finance specialist apprentice
Will successfully applied to become a motor finance specialist apprentice with Secure Trust Bank after completing his A-levels. The opportunity fitted in perfectly with Will's plans because he liked studying business and finance at school but never found the prospect of going to university appealing.