15,000 applications sent in for just 10 jobs at Warwickshire engineering firm
15,000 applications have been sent in for just 10 jobs advertised at a Warwickshire engineering firm.
Lontra, which only employs around 30 people, has been overwhelmed by the number of responses - they'd only expected around 1,000 applications.
Stuart Pickersgill, Head of Manufacturing
The successful 10 will be based at a site in Tyseley in Birmingham that the firm is setting up.
The battle for jobs comes as more than 78,000 people in Birmingham claimed unemployment benefits in June - 30,000 more than in February.
People react to the news that 15,000 applications were put in for just 10 jobs
The engineering firm say successful applicants will work on a new, energy-saving compressor that's set to launch in September.
The industrial machines will be made from parts manufactured across the country.
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