Press release 

1/17/2012 

Application time: Kapsch Group taking on more apprentices 

Vienna, 17 January 2012. Each year, the leading technology company takes on around 15 new apprentices. Ninety-eight percent of them remain in the company upon completing their training. In total, the Kapsch Group trains around 300 young adults for itself and third parties in eight different technical and commercial apprenticeships. With over 70 years of experience in training apprentices, Kapsch places maximum value on quality. "The high level of training makes our apprentices highly sought after on the labour market. We are one of the most traditional and important training establishments in the technology sector in Austria. That’s why we focus on the highest quality standards from the outset. An ideal environment is also created for this with, for example, a new apprentice workshop", explains Rudolf Bernscherer, Head of Human Resources of the Kapsch Group. "Kapsch is particularly delighted – in terms of advancing women in the technology industry – to hear from enthusiastic young female applicants", says Bernscherer.

After submitting their application documents, which consist of a motivational letter, CV and references, the most promising applicants are invited to attend an initial appointment. Around 25 percent of all applicants make it through the introductory discussion. “Punctuality, politeness, organisation, a willingness to help and an enjoyment of work are the underlying prerequisites for a successful discussion,” elaborates Bernscherer. The duration of the training for the specified apprenticeship lasts from three to three and a half years and concludes with the final apprenticeship examination. In past years, more than a third of apprentices trained at the Kapsch training centre on Johann-Hofmann-Platz in Vienna-Meidling graduated with distinction.

You can find further information on apprenticeships at Kapsch and how to apply at:
www.onestepahead.at/en/jobsandcareer/angebote/lehrlingswelt
www.onestepahead.at/en/jobsandcareer/bewerbung/lehrlinge


Kapsch is one of Austria’s most successful technology corporations, specialized in the future-oriented market segments of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Railway and Public Operator Telecommunications as well as Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Kapsch is organized as a group company with the entities Kapsch TrafficCom, Kapsch CarrierCom and Kapsch BusinessCom. As a family-owned company headquartered in Vienna, Kapsch has been dedicated to the continuous development and implementation of new technologies for the benefit of its customers since 1892. With a wide range of innovative solutions and services, Kapsch makes a valuable contribution toward responsible approaches to a mobile and networked world. The companies of the Kapsch Group employ more than 4,000 people at subsidiaries and branch offices around the world.

For further information please contact:

Katharina Riedl
Head of Corporate PR, company spokesperson
Kapsch AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 50811 1705
E-Mail: katharina.riedl@kapsch.net


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