Our future – the young generation

By training young people, we not only secure our future cadres of qualified specialists, we also make a key contribution to society. In 2009, we took on approximately 1,600 trainees and college students in Germany. Our more than 20 traineeships range from courier, express and postal services to air traffic specialists and studies at Duale Hochschulen (German universities of co-operative education). We hired nearly 70% of eligible trainees, thus substantially exceeding the figure of 30% of trainees in the classes of 2007 to 2009 stipulated in the training pact made with Verdi.

We foster particularly capable trainees in our top trainee programme. This guarantees the top 5% of all our trainees in Germany (approximately 3,600) a permanent job after successfully completing the programme, which adds incentive for trainees to do their best.

Perspektive Gelb is our programme to give a chance to young people who might not otherwise be offered a traineeship. In 2009, we took on nearly 90% of the 212 participants in the class of 2008, and we offered another 300 openings.

As part of our Group-wide Graduate Opportunities Worldwide (GrOW) programme, we hired 31 university graduates in 2009.