HUBcap to Provide a Well Rounded Solution to Motor Industry Careers Practitioners

The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) announced the launch of a new online resource and community for Careers and Academic Professionals this week, available through the organisation’s Autocity website.

HUBcap is a one stop shop for careers resources dealing with the retail motor industry and forms a key part of the IMI’s strategy to attract bright, young and enthusiastic talent into the sector, which was laid out in their Manifesto earlier this year.

Created specifically for Academic Professionals and Careers Practitioners, HUBcap features a comprehensive database of Key Fact Sheets covering the opportunities available in different sub-sectors of the motor industry, apprenticeship figures and Careers Labour Market Information broken down by region. Forums are also available, giving access to a community where further advice about motor industry careers can be obtained. As such, HUBcap aims to become the go to website for careers practitioners looking for information about motor industry careers.

Additionally, HUBcap is also the base for the IMI’s free learning resources for teachers, Headlight and Indicate, which are sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover.  Headlight is a Business and Enterprise resource mapped to the GCSE and B-Tech curriculums while Indicate is a Key Stage 3 maths resource.  Both contain full lesson plans, student work books and suggested research material which cover all key learning objectives, whilst also introducing students to the motor industry and the opportunities available for future careers. 

Combined with Autocity’s other resources, such as a motor industry careers portal (World of Work) aimed at young people, HUBcap now ensures that the IMI is able provide a comprehensive motor industry careers service covering all stakeholders from teachers and careers advisors to school children and young people studying motor vehicle qualifications. 

The IMI’s Head of Professional Development, Lesley Woolley said:

“For many, because of the poor public perception of the industry, the automotive retail sector is not seen as a career of choice. Outdated perceptions among careers advisors and teaching professionals perpetuate this view. The automotive retail sector offers fulfilling and challenging careers not just a job, but this message is still not understood by many young people, parents and teachers. Through HUBcap we hope to change these perceptions, by giving individuals who help guide young people in their career choices the necessary tools to understand and promote the opportunities available in the Retail Motor Industry.”

HUBcap is fully funded by UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). The investment, which forms part of the Government's Employer Investment Fund (EIF), delivers project to boost enterprise, jobs and growth.

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For media enquiries please contact:
Simon White - PR Manager simonw@theimi.org.uk  01992 511521 or 07889 630 803

For further information on the resources please contact:
Emily Hakansson - Careers Development Manager emilyh@theimi.org.uk or call 01992 511521

The HUBcap resource can be found at: www.autocity.org.uk/hubcap

Download the IMI’s manifesto for the Retail Motor Industry “Professional and Profitable” at: http://www.theimi.org.uk/agenda/imi-manifesto