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A preferred employer
In the reporting year, the most significant
German surveys of employer appeal again confirmed
the position of Porsche AG as one of the most popu-
lar employers of choice for students and graduates in
the fields of engineering and business studies. This
outstanding employer image is a fundamental re-
quirement for attracting outstanding candidates in the
future.
Interdisciplinary training
Interdisciplinary training is a key focus of
personnel and management development at the Por-
sche Zwischenholding GmbH group. The aim is to
pinpoint strategic training requirements at an early
stage and plan corresponding measures. For example,
the program for integrating new managers has been
systematically continued and supplemented by new
modules. As part of the Training for Development and
Operations for Information Systems (QuEBIS) initiative,
employees from the IT units and IT users were pre-
pared for the future. New team leaders in the model
series organization went through a special training
program.
Employment situation in the Volkswagen group
As of 30 June 2010, the Volkswagen group had
363,614 active employees; 5,607 were in the passive
phase of phased early retirement. 7,853 people were in
training. Overall, the Volkswagen group had 10,377.074
employees at the end of fiscal 2009/10. This was an
increase of 3.8 percent from 30 June 2009. The num-
ber of people employed in Germany was 174,434 (plus
1.6 percent). The German share of the workforce fell
from 47.2 percent as of 30 June 2009 to 46.3 percent
as of 30 June 2009.
Vocational development at Volkswagen
Vocational training has always had an important
function at Volkswagen. It is as trainees in the company
that a large number of the future specialists and man-
agers start their career. Vocational training is therefore
also essential for the development of specialist skills in
the workforce. The Volkswagen group is also seeking to
increase the number of traineeships available at its in-
ternational locations.
Systematically encouraging and challenging
its trainees is an issue of considerable importance at
Volkswagen. An invaluable tool in this context is the
“EFA” system for developing and nurturing trainees, on
the basis of which trainees’ willingness to learn, skills,
creativity and customer focus have been continuously
assessed and individually encouraged. Since 2006, on
completion of their training, young people at the start
of their career have had the opportunity to take part in
the “Wanderjahre” (Years Abroad) program, spending
twelve months at one of the group’s international loca-
tions. So far, over 100 young employees of Volks-
wagen AG have gained work experience at Volks-
wagen's corporate sites in Portugal, the UK, South
Africa and Mexico, at VW Group in Beijing, as well as
at SEAT in Martorell, at Škoda in Mladà Boleslav and at
Bentley in Crewe. In 2009, the main focus was on find-
ing positions at Volkswagen AG in Germany for people
on an international placement. A large group from
South Africa, Mexico and Slovakia were placed for the
first time in the Wolfsburg and Kassel facilities, for ex-
ample.
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