Brandauer’s recipe for a winning talent development strategy: a guide to nurturing in-house talent and industry collaboration

Back in 2015, Brandauer recognised a growing issue: an ageing workforce and an ever-widening skills gap. Talented, experienced staff across the industry were retiring faster than new talent could be brought in.

Something had to change.

Going forward to the present day, we find ourselves in a much stronger position. We are currently working with 12 full-time apprentices across multiple disciplines, and we don’t intend to go below that number, having increased it from our targeted minimum of 10 in 2025.

This article explores why we are so passionate about developing young talent, how we are working alongside academia and supply chain partners to achieve this, and most importantly, what steps Brandauer and other organisations can take to ensure the security of engineering and manufacturing going into the future.

Hopefully you will be able to take something out of our approach and proven processes which you can input into your own organisation and develop the West Midlands talent landscape as a sector.