Home » HR practices » Recruitment/Employer branding/employee loyalty » France: RATP harnesses apprenticeships in bus driver recruitment push France: RATP harnesses apprenticeships in bus driver recruitment push Amid major difficulties in recruiting bus drivers, the RATP, the state-owned operator of the Paris public transport system, is leveraging co-option and increasing the level of recruitment via apprenticeships. Furthermore, to broaden its pool of candidates, the operator has also decided to lower the age at which people can join its career development path, from 21 at present to 18. This year, out of the 1,500 bus driver positions open for the Ile-de-France network, 800 are yet to be filled. Through . Published on 19 September 2022 Ă 14h56 - Update on 19 September 2022 Ă 14h56 Resources At the end of August, only 700 bus driver jobs on the RATP network had been filled out of the 1,500 planned for the year. The operator therefore only has four months to hire the 800 new recruits expected on the Ile-de-France network by 31 December 2022. To this end, the group, which has 65,000 employees in total (35% of whom are women and 10% of whom are bus drivers),… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialitĂ©.NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels