We also use social networks like acebook

Claude Brunet, ormer member o the Executi e Board o AXA, which was a time the CEO o ord rance, took the reins o the human resources o PSA Peugeot Citroën last September. To manage 196.020 employees in 150 countries, including 99.620 in rance, it details the new strategy HR o the automaker, which returned to the recruitment.

In 2009, the automoti e sector has remo ed 34,000 jobs in rance. Is this the end o the black period

Since 2007, PSA had rozen its hirings. A ter two plans o oluntary departures which resulted in 10,000 departures between 2008 and March 2010 Editor's note, we take the recruitment o irulent way. In our China Tech Center in Shanghai, which has nearly 400 people, the objecti e is to employ 1,000 engineers and sty-lists in the coming months. But we are also recruiting in rance, where 41 o our ehicles are always produced and where almost all o our R & D is done! In 2010, we will ha e hired or the design and production 850 engineers, managers and technicians and 1,150 workers. Today, our Poissy and Sochaux plants turn to ull, drawn by the application. Is-, or all, the reco ery There is no monolithic answer: the European market will be down 5 while Chinese and Brazilian markets are growing in double digits.

In 2009, you ha e accelerated courses, including or con ersions. Does the economic uncertainty pushes you to make your employees more ersatile

A ter the plans o departures, we brought attention to the teams that remained. Today, we continue o internal mobility, with, o course, but also retraining programmes o mobi-layered geographical, because we ha e needs in certain plants or subsidiaries. We work hea ily on career de elopments. In 2009, 20 o our managers ha e bene ited rom pro essional mobility. And we ha e not expected the crisis to train the employees o our actories to multi-purpose tasks! We und nearly 3 million hours o training per year, or, on a erage, 21 hours per employee. Work our agents on se eral positions allows to enrich the di ersity o their tasks. Do not always per orm the same actions is also essential in terms o health and sa ety are our priorities. Our goal is to reduce the accidents at work by 25 in 2010 and by 30 in 2011.

Are you looking or the same pro iles as be ore the crisis

Yes and no. In 2011, PSA will launch the irst hybrid model diesel. The emergence o hybrid or electric technologies and new energies requires skills that schools do not yet orm. This implies to choose rom pro iles o other sectors. But we are also looking or high school graduates, as the X, Supélec, the Ensa or the Estaca. We also use social networks like acebook. We are not yet on Twitter, but PSA 2.0 is on its way! Moreo er, in September, we ha e opened the doors o a SAP Uni ersity intramural piloted by about 30 executi es rom the directions o the group, with branches in China and Latin America. Another key issue is the eminization o our work orce. In rance, we use only 18 o women. We want to recruit more but engineering schools are not yet enough eminized. In the world, we ha e organized meetings between students and 13 women engineers in PSA 100 so that they communicate their passion or our business. inally, we do that engineers and managers who speak English, because e en based in élizy to design our ehicles, our employees are now in permanent interaction with Brazilian or Chinese counterparts.

The crisis has tarnished the image o the car. How do you con ince your recruits to pre er PSA to other industrial giants

We explain to young graduates that they create the car o tomorrow, one that will e ol e to new energies. The reduction o CO2 is a global issue, as the emergence o Asia, ultimately representing 75 o global growth. The re olution o the motor ehicle is in motion and our uture employees ha e a role to play. To them, the Directorate is in ol ed at the highest le el. Our President, Philippe arin, went himsel to X orum last week.

Do you also expand the wages

Wages are only one element o choice. Certainly, it is important to attract as to retain the teams. But we are not, with other manu acturers, in the equation o a Google which has increased its 23,000 employees 10 to deter them rom lea ing, Editor's note to acebook. On the other hand, we put orward the philosophy o a amily shareholding company which recently celebrated its 200 years. It is a guarantee o stability and sense. Our challenge in human resources is to de elop the commitment o our employees. Namely, to hold together in a balanced manner the moti ation, well-being at work and per ormance. Since 2007, PSA systematically measure the stress and well-being. And it is possible to ha e a company to be both e icient and human. Don't orget that in HRD, there are "H".

What has the crisis changed daily

Today, we put more emphasis on the concept o commitment. In the Uni ersity o the group, we ha e created a school o management who will orm, at the end o No ember, all our managers to better acquainted to listen more... to understand how to increase the commitment o our employees. The training will begin with the leaders. Then she declines to all le els o management.