Automotive – BMW 8000 provides new employees – Süddeutsche.de

Automotive – BMW 8000 provides new employees – Süddeutsche.de

• BMW wants in the world this year to hire more than 8,000 new employees indefinitely – more than ever
• At least 5,000 jobs are in. Germany arise.
• Personalvorständin Caiña-Andree also wants to bring more women into the company.

5000 new jobs in Germany

BMW hires, given good running stores this year more new people than ever before. Worldwide, the Group will employ more than 8000 people indefinitely, but at least 5,000 of them in Germany announced Persona boss Milagros Caiña-Andree on. More than 5,000 of them in Germany.

“Due to the high demand, we need both in our German plants as well as in the international production network more skilled workers,” said the manager. Already in mid-February had spoken of 5000 new hires Gesamtbetriebsrat Chef Manfred Schoch, BMW wanted the numbers back then but do not comment.

software sector is becoming increasingly important

Especially sought are specialists, such as for fuel-efficient or alternative propulsion and lightweight. But the software sector is steadily increasing in importance. “In addition to the classical engineers, we are therefore looking especially IT professionals and software developers,” says Caiña-Andree. To operate the machines, the software is an enormously important component to which the customer to increase emphasis. “That’s why it is important for us to develop software itself,”

In the future more women says the personnel manager.

in the company

In addition, wants Caiña-Andree increase the number of female employees. “We want to get significantly more women in the company,” said Caiña-Andree. “As a highly technical company that is not easy. But the number of women who opt for a career in technology continues to grow.”

BMW builds for years, the workforce of the number of new hires is significantly on the number of employees who leave the Group. Already in 2014, BMW had set 7000 employees worldwide, half of them in Germany. Overall, BMW employs more than 110 000 people

BMW’s automotive industry is no exception. Even as Volkswagen increased its workforce on. There, new jobs are to be created this year also from the perspective of the Works of thousands. Volkswagen is Germany’s largest private employer and counted end of November 2014. almost 594,000 employees, including 271,000 (46 percent) in the country.