According to BT there are numerous apprenticeships available in different parts of the business.
It has had a large increase in applications this year, rising from around 9000 in 2009 to approximately 24,000 who have registered for the first set of vacancies.
The company will be recruiting around two hundred extra staff by Christmas in addition to the two hundred and twenty one positions they have filled already earlier in the year.
BT also stated that further staff will be required to help with the roll out their new high speed fibre optic broadband network.