In a statement, the company said it is opening a new jobs portal for displaced tech industry workers to explore career opportunities, offering hybrid working patterns in areas such as autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, electrification, cloud software, data science, and machine learning.
The company is looking to become a digital-first, data-driven organization as it transitions to an electric-first business from 2025 and aims to achieve carbon net zero by 2039.
In October 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter for a whopping $US44 billion and quickly cut the company's staff by 50%. Meta, the parent company of social media platform Facebook, also announced it was laying off some 11,000 workers in November 2022 - or approximately 13 per cent of its workforce.
Jaguar Land Rover's Chief Information Officer, Anthony Battle, stated in a media release that the recruitment of highly skilled digital workers is an important next step in the company's digital transformation journey.
Source: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald
