In France, Renault has signed a business commitment charter to promote equal opportunities in education.

The company is also continuing to invest in the vocational training of young people. In 2007 Renault s.a.s. opened its doors to nearly 4,000 young people, including 934 on work/study courses and more than 2,800 interns at all levels and in all areas. Renault has also welcomed several dozen doctoral students.

Renault is developing new partnerships with schools and universities that train students in core automotive activities (design, vehicle engineering and powertrains).

• Founding of recruitment teams in the Group’s new entities

• In 2007 more than 7,000 new employees joined the Group, of whom almost 5,500 at international sites.

• Dissemination of the World Recruitment Charter and standardization of practice (respect for diversity, etc.)

Employees can use a range of tools available on the Group’s intranet to build their career:

• Careers@Renault describes more than 1,000 benchmark positions (jobs representing key career development stages within a business line) and  bridging positions (jobs that make it possible to move from one business line to another).
  JobAccess is a job opportunities site available in five languages.

• Forward career planning is organized by the Human Resources function, which draws on information from the careers committees and individual management committees, as well as on the employee’s annual performance and development review.

• Total workforce:  130,179 employees
• Proportion of women in the workforce: 16.6 %
• Proportion of blue collar workers in the workforce: 49%