500 young Volkswagen employees have taken part in the Year Abroad program
03 Jan 2016|1,286 views
Since 2006, Volkswagen has already assigned 500 young employees to a "Wanderjahr" (Year Abroad). The program allows young people who have completed their apprenticeship to gain international experience by spending 12 months with a Group company in another country. The 500th participant is Laura Lange from the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. She started her Year Abroad with Autoeuropa in Portugal in October.
42 Volkswagen Group locations in 18 countries are participating in the development program. Following the completion of their apprenticeship or a dual course of studies, career entrants can take part in the program if they have up to five years of practical experience and above-average performance and development potential.
The Head of Human Resources of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, Martin Rosik, said, "Volkswagen offers its employees attractive development possibilities. The 'Year Abroad' is very popular with our young employees because it opens up the international world of work of the brand and the Group to qualified, high-performance young people at an early stage."
Bernd Osterloh, Chairman of the Group Works Council, emphasised, "The young participants spend 12 months in another country. At the Group company concerned, they are part of the normal work process and are deployed in accordance with their qualifications. The Works Council supports this program, as it makes a major contribution to intercultural understanding."
Since 2006, Volkswagen has already assigned 500 young employees to a "Wanderjahr" (Year Abroad). The program allows young people who have completed their apprenticeship to gain international experience by spending 12 months with a Group company in another country. The 500th participant is Laura Lange from the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. She started her Year Abroad with Autoeuropa in Portugal in October.
42 Volkswagen Group locations in 18 countries are participating in the development program. Following the completion of their apprenticeship or a dual course of studies, career entrants can take part in the program if they have up to five years of practical experience and above-average performance and development potential.
The Head of Human Resources of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, Martin Rosik, said, "Volkswagen offers its employees attractive development possibilities. The 'Year Abroad' is very popular with our young employees because it opens up the international world of work of the brand and the Group to qualified, high-performance young people at an early stage."
Bernd Osterloh, Chairman of the Group Works Council, emphasised, "The young participants spend 12 months in another country. At the Group company concerned, they are part of the normal work process and are deployed in accordance with their qualifications. The Works Council supports this program, as it makes a major contribution to intercultural understanding."
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