LeonardoAn Italian defense and aerospace giant has chosen an unconventional approach to attract new talent. To overcome the chronic difficulty in finding qualified candidates, the company has offered its employees an incentive: Up to 1,500 euros for people who are new hires in the company..
In an email to collaborators, the message is simple and straightforward: “Dear colleagues, help us get hired. If you find the right candidate, we’ll reward you with up to 1,500 euros.” An attractive incentive that explains well the difficulty of finding qualified candidates.
Leonardo Seeking Rare Talent: Recruiting Goes Through Employees
Leonardo isn’t looking for simple workers, though Unreachable experts: Program controllers, test workers, CTO experts and delivery system engineers are some of the profiles targeted by the company. Techies are as qualified as they are funny.which led the company to try an unusual trick: rewarding those among its current employees who manage to find new talent. A bold move that shows the urgency of finding talent that seems almost like a luxury today, even for the Giants.
Leonardo has already increased its workforce by around 3,000 people. Over the past two years, but growth doesn’t stop there: by 2028, the company aims to hire another 6,000-7,000 employees. An ambitious plan, backed by an attractive remuneration package: According to the company, its Salary They’re more than 20% above the national average, even for the lowest-paid positions.
The aerospace and defense sector in Piedmont is experiencing a phase of strong expansion, so much so that many companies in the automotive sector are considering reorienting to become suppliers to the space and helicopter sectors.
Leonardo, with a significant presence in the region, employs around 4,000 people and collaborates with a network of 400 companies, Additional value of 1.3 billion euros. The company is currently engaged in the development of future fighters and is hiring at the production sites of Cassel, Corso Francia and Cameri in the Novara region.
Leonardo’s strategy under the guidance of Roberto Sangolani
Roberto Sangolani, head of Leonardo, former minister and The leading figure in the Draghi governmentinherited which challenged the company to thrive in the industry. But the rapid growth of the aerospace sector seems to have put the ability to find highly specialized profiles into crisis.
Leonardo chose therefore. Trust your employees to find qualified technicians and workers, Offering them a reward for each referral that leads to a new hire. A move aimed at reducing the time and complexity of the increasingly difficult selection process.
Unions’ response: A “private” recruitment that divides.
Not everyone welcomed Leonardo’s idea. The UnionsIn particular, he expressed confusion Towards this selection mode. Speaking to the Corriere della Sera, Ugo Bolognesi of Fiume Segal in Turin commented: “We are happy that the aerospace sector is developing and hiring specialized workers and technicians. However, we find the method used disliked because it creates industrial relations that depart from the logic of union negotiations.”
The move would, in effect, appear to bypass regular union negotiations, at a time when the issue of employment contracts is already a thorny issue. New resources, once they are added, are often held under “management agreements” even if almost all of them are certified. And it is precisely the initial provisional nature of these agreements that represents a controversial aspect, fueling suspicion and tension among trade union representatives.
