LVMH To Hire 25,000 Employees Under The Age Of 30
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LVMH, the French holding multinational corporation and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods such as Dior and Louis Vuitton, aims to hire 25,000 people under 30 years of age by the end of 2022, the empire said on Wednesday, as it accelerates recruitment to meet brisk demand for high-end goods.
The company’s focus on recruiting younger staff comes as it seeks to bolster the popularity of its brands with younger consumers, weaving streetwear styles like cargo pants and sneakers into its luxury fashion collections.
Chantal Gaemperle, the group’s director of HR and synergies, said: “At a time when the Covid-19 crisis has particularly affected the younger generations and impacted their employability, LVMH intends to accompany and support them in a concrete way to build their careers.”
The group intends to use various methods to recruit younger staff, including drawing on a company training institute in France and other countries that is focused on design, crafts, and sales techniques. It plans to expand training, which covers areas such as pastry baking and vineyard techniques, and further roll out the teaching in countries including Italy, Spain, Germany, and Japan.
Seeking to broaden and diversify its recruitment further still, LVMH is opening a public online training platform and says it has forged partnerships in underprivileged areas in France to recruit high school students for apprenticeships. The group said it expects to grant 2,500 long-term contracts in France along with 5,000 internships in the country, but did not provide further details on the expected geographic breakdown of its hiring plan.
