Nissan working to boost number of female employees at home
According to Dow Jones Newswires, 'Executive of the Moment,' Carlos
Ghosn, Nissan's President and CEO announced Friday that the automaker will increase initiatives to hire more female
technical advisers in Japan. At present, only about 11% of the company's dealer service employees are female, and Ghosn
hopes to boost that number to 20% by March 2008.
This move comes on the heels of Nissan's Senior Veep, Kazuhiko Toida's announcement that the company was working to more than double the female contingent among its sales staff, from about 5% to 10% over the same period. Nissan says that it currently has about 18,000 salespeople and 20,000 techs in Japan.
In the same press conference, Ghosn also expressed optimism regarding the state of the Japanese auto market, which endured slipping sales totals in both October and November.
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Toyota Lover UK 12:26AM (12/19/2005)
Hmm....Nissan's sales are slipping in Japan yet other Japanese manufacturers' figures increased? Could this be because of Renault "quality" starting to shine through as they are in the USA? Nissan is a shadow of it's former self and, in my opinion, sold its soul to the devil when it aligned itself with Renault.
As for more women execs., as long as they can do the job and do it well, there should no excuse from keeping them from the position. To me, this is rather a moot point.
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