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Rubrik Ausgabe Zwei 2014 35 the same as a normal job application. “Of course, we’re looking for potential col- leagues to join the company in future. This means it’s important that the par- ticipants in the bursary scheme have got to be right for the company,” says the human resources manager. Many of the applicants have already com- pleted an apprenticeship in the company and they want to use the bursary for con- tinuing their education and improving their career prospects. They apply through internal channels. But if someone isn’t al- ready part of the company, they will find all the information they need on the company website. BPW also specifically encourages external applications by publicity at uni- versities. “The demand for good specialists from the fields of mathematics, IT, natural sciences and technology is simply enor- mous. It goes without saying that we try to find the best people,” explains Manall. To date, the company has risen magnificently to one particular challenge: namely that of attracting a respectable number of female specialists from engineering science and IT courses. At present, the female/male ratio is 40 to 60. Program assists with starting a ca- reer Alongside registering for the stu- dent bursary, the second tense moment comes when it is time for the final exams, heralding the end of the bursary. At this point, all bursary students are invited to attend a meeting at the company to dis- cuss hiring possibilities. Providing the ex- pectations for a future together coincide, the young colleagues can look forward to their first real job with the assistance of an induction program. No-one is forced to start working at BPW at the end of their course. “That’s why we’re all the more de- lighted that almost all the participants want to stay with us when they finish, be- cause they are convinced our company represents the right choice,” says Matthias Manall. (ls) For more information, refer to www.bpw.de/en/career/studying-with-bpw »The demand for good specialists is simply enormous. It goes without saying that we try to find the best people.« Matthias Manall, human resources manager Imprint ISSN: 1619-3784 Publisher: BPW Bergische Achsen KG Ohlerhammer D-51674 Wiehl Publishing Personnel: Anne Bentfeld, Nadine Wilhelm Address: BPW Bergische Achsen KG Redaktion „trailer world“ Nadine Wilhelm Ohlerhammer D-51674 Wiehl Phone +49 / (0) 22 62 / 78 – 19 09 Fax +49 / (0) 22 62 / 78 – 49 09 Internet: www.bpw.de E-mail: trailerworld@bpw.de Publishing House: DVV Kundenmagazine GmbH Nordkanalstraße 36 D-20097 Hamburg Tel.: +49 / (0) 40 / 237 14-01 Internet: www.dvv-kundenmagazine.de Publishing Director: Oliver Detje Project Coordinator: Karin Kennedy Design: Andreas Gothsch Editorial contributions to this issue: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz-Leo Dudek (hld), Tim-Oliver Frische (tof), Juliane Gringer (jg), York Schaefer (ys), Oliver Schönfeld (os), Lara Sogorski (ls), Nadine Wilhelm (nw), Petra Wurm (pw) Photos and Illustrations: Credits on Page Print: v. Stern‘sche Druckerei, Lüneburg trailer world appears twice a year with a total circulation of 18,000 copies in German and English. The publication, its con- tributions and illustrations are proprietary. Any reproduction or distribution must be authorised by the publishing house or the publisher. This also applies to the electronic utilisation, such as the transfer to data bases, online media (internet), intranets or other electronic storage media. Publisher and publishing house exclude the responsibility for photographs, scripts or other data carriers that are sent without request. The next edition of trailer world will appear at the beginning of May 2015. Print compensatedId-No. 1440955 www.bvdm-online.de