Unemployed rail graduates talk prospects with Justine Greening

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85 graduates from across the country met Transport Secretary Justine Greening this week as she welcomed them onto Network Rail’s Track and Train work placement scheme.

Network Rail said the Track and Train scheme will provide an all-round industry experience over 18 months, where graduates will undertake three, six-month placements: one at Network Rail and two at either a passenger or freight operator or another company within the rail sector.

All those joining have graduated in the last two years but ‘owing to tough economic times have found themselves either unemployed or more likely under-employed in a non-graduate level role’.

The rail industry has ‘struggled to attract great numbers of talented women, with perceptions that it is an old fashioned, heavy sector’ but 30% of Track and Train’s new recruits are female and it’s something the Transport Secretary is keen to encourage.

Justine Greening said:

“This scheme is really great news for the next generation of men and, I’m pleased to say, women who will be leading and transforming the industry for years to come.

“More and more graduates are realising that the railways can provide dynamic, fulfilling jobs at a time of not only unprecedented investment in our existing networks but as we also embark on the creation of a truly national high speed railway network.”

 

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