Carmaker says 25 workers will be trained for a year in Munich and it may extend programme to Italy or Greece
BMW is recruiting a small number of unemployed young Spaniards to work in Germany in a pilot programme to "give something back" to its customer countries.
Twenty-five workers aged 18 to 25 will be trained for a year at the German carmaker's headquarters in Munich, the BMW personnel chief, Milagros Caina-Andree, told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Wednesday.
"They should be immersed in German culture, possibly live with a BMW host family and work in development, sales, marketing or another area. After that, these young people can go back home or stay here," she said.
Caina-Andree, who joined BMW's management board last year, said the programme could be expanded to other countries such as Italy or Greece if it is successful.
"We want to give something back to these countries, in which we sell our cars, after all," she said.
Her comments come a day after the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, warned that failure to beat youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, and dropping the continent's welfare model in favour of tougher US standards would spark a revolution.
Germany, along with France, Spain and Italy, has backed urgent action to help a generation of young Europeans who fear they will not find jobs, with youth unemployment in the EU standing at nearly one in four, more than twice the adult rate.
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