A decisive factor for the economic development of a region and its requisite growth is the availability of well educated and highly motivated, skilled employees. That is why the general education and training of young people as well as the continued education and training of employees are in the specific focus of Upper Lusatian commercial enterprises and public authorities.
What career paths and what occupational opportunities are available through general and continued education in schools and through university studies? The quality seal “Find a Future in Upper Lusatia – Start a Career Where Germany Begins” provides answers to these vital questions and seeks to furnish positive career prospects in the region for the skilled employees of tomorrow. Such prerequisites are created thanks to modern educational facilities as well as the active commitment of numerous regional stakeholders and their continued cooperation.
But how precisely may one spotlight career paths to young people and excite them for occupations in plastic technology, in the textile industry, in machine construction, or in the tourism and recreational industries of Upper Lusatia? It is for this reason that the Saxon Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labor (SMWA) has been implementing the “Labor Market Coordinators” project in Upper Lusatia during the past two years.
The alliance between schools, businesses, and the scientific community is to be strengthened even further. One example is the series of presentations entitled “Upper Lusatia’s Future” which informs pupils and teachers about the business venue Upper Lusatia and the career opportunities available here. The close interaction of the region, the Employment Agency, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), and the Chamber of Crafts (HWK) continues to exist in form of a service network for occupational orientation: Ranging from the “Occupational Orientation” calendar of events all the way to the “Business and Schools” online market and its program of internships, presentations, and company tours.
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Applied and excellent.
Applied general and continued education is center stage in safeguarding skilled employees for Upper Lusatia. All three regional universities, the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, the International Graduate School (IHI) Zittau, and the Bautzen University of Cooperative Education (BA), attach great importance to the close cooperation with the Upper Lusatian business community. Numerous students are, thus, able to find their future employer already during their studies and, therefore, continue to stay in their home region. About 5,000 young people are studying engineering, natural and social sciences as well as business administration and economics at these three universities.
Company-supported educational and training networks which provide corporate vocational training positions to safeguard skilled professionals over the long term round off this exceptional collection of educational and training programs. This is realized, for example, through company-supported educational networks such as the Firmenausbildungsring Oberland e. V., the Kooperationsverbund zur Fachkräftesicherung in der Lausitz (KOALA), POLYSAX, the Bildungszentrum Kunststoffe Bautzen e. V. i. G., and the Ausbildungsverbund Großröhrsdorf.
And private continued education facilities are also making a valuable contribution to safeguarding skilled employees; in particular, in the commercial and technical production sectors.
Award for the “start a career Here” Project.
Since 2002, the Saxon State Government has been honoring innovative continued education and training projects. In 2008, the “Start a Career Here” project won second place. This project is supported, for example, by the DSA Dienstleistungen für Strukturund Arbeitsmarketing GmbH corporation, the Marketing-Gesellschaft Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien mbH corporation, the Bautzen University of Cooperative Education (BA), the Bautzen branch office of the Dresden Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Dresden), the Kreissparkasse Bautzen savings bank as well as the Bautzen District County Office. The project’s objective is to convince young people to stay in Upper Lusatia. Adolescents from the 10th and 11th grades had the opportunity of discussing their future prospects with experts while also getting an idea of what their professional careers would look like. The project is to be continued in the future.
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