Enterprise RentACar

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car

• An Enlightening Presentation

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• YES, I want to hear a jargon-packed speech that
  Ive heard before at other conferences, where the
  speaker bores me to tears and I would rather
  watch paint dry.
• NO, surprise me!

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What I will cover today

• Enterprise as a case study
• How we nurture the European Graduate
• Coping with growth related challenges

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Surprising stats

• Largest car rental company in North America
• 879,000 vehicles in fleet
• 64,500 employees (and counting)
• 6,900 locations worldwide
• 12 years in the UK 10 years in Ireland
• Recruiting 1000 graduates this year

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The story so far

• Founded in 1957
• Company renamed after USS Enterprise (not the
  star ship)
• Well pick you up employee idea goes
  company-wide
• First European branch in Reading, 1994
• 50 million trees
• Acquisition of Vanguard in the US

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Our philosophy

• We want to be the best
• Look after the people who matter and the profits
  will follow
• Big business, personal approach
• Run things yourself culture of development
• Be part of a 9 billion turnover

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What is a management trainee?

• Entry-level position with a career path to
  general management
• Promotion from within
• Learning all aspects of running a business
• sales customer service
• management finance
• human resources marketing
• administration fleet management

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Everyone is good at something
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Dont leave your personality at the door

• Passion, hard work and initiative
• Communication and leadership skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Hunger for success

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International Growth

• Challenges
• Lost in translation, management experience, brand
  awareness, creating a business market
• Opportunities
• Tell our story, creating a new recruiting brand,
  make use of an International Programme

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International Management Trainee

• Country of origin graduates
• Relocation package
• 18 months abroad - in best practice locations
• Mentor/support network provision
• Transition back to Germany

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Easier said than done

• Easy sell, hard sell
• Superstar syndrome
• Flexibility of the individual
• Falling in love
• Reverse business shock and culture shock
• but it does have success!

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Success stories

• 2 out of 5 Directors in Germany started life on
  the IMT Programme
• 17 currently on the programme
• Helps drive corporate culture and sell the big
  picture to home grown employees in Europe

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What next?

• Employee Opinion Survey
• Global brand
• Future use of the International Programme

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• YES, Id like to go home now (watching paint dry
  would have been the better option!), or maybe to
  the bar, where I can forget all about this talk.
• NO, Id rather have the chance to ask the nice
  Enterprise Rent-A-Car person a question and get
  to know more about what Enterprise does and why.

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Thanks for listening!