06/06/2023
We are delighted to share images from today's recruitment day at our award-winning Camberwell Academy. We welcome all applicants, but today's event was designed to highlight the job options available to women as we are committed to improving gender balance. As a result, potential new applicants heard from a number of inspirational females, including Caroline Welch, our Apprenticeship Manager.
Caroline's journey brings alive the opportunities open to women at Go-Ahead London. Caroline originally joined us in 2006 as a driver at Camberwell Garage and within a couple of years was a Driving Instructor, one of just three females at the time in a group of around 50 training professionals. From there, Caroline was promoted to Senior Driving Instructor in 2015 and her current position evolved as part of a company review into how we recruit and train our people during 2018. Further recognition of Caroline's incredible career came in 2021, when she collected the 'Industry Champion' accolade at the Everywoman in Transport awards.
David Cutts, Go-Ahead London's Managing Director, said: "Well done to all at The Academy for a motivational day. We have successfully increased the number of women working for us in recent years, but there is always more to do. I am greatly encouraged by the numbers who visited us today and I looking forward to welcoming more women into the Go-Ahead London family in due course."
Caroline Welch, Go-Ahead London's Apprenticeship Manager added: "It was heartening to host so many people with an interest in the company. Bus driving is a wonderful career and it is right we do all we can to make it a serious employment proposition for women. Today allowed established female colleagues to explain what goes into serving our communities and I am confident more women will join us because of this initiative."
The bus network enables those who live, work or visit the capital to efficiently move around our city 24/7 and its bus drivers are unsung heroes. If you want to know more about what it takes to embark on a fulfilling career with London's biggest and best bus company, please contact us via:
- www.goaheadlondon.com
- 020 7819 5236
- Visiting 1 Warner Road, Camberwell, LONDON, SE5 9LU
We look forward to hearing from you.
We are London's largest bus company and a part of The Go-Ahead Group, an international provider of passenger transport.