ContiTech's air springs production

Since 2003 Continental has used the “Integration at Work” project to address young people with limited educational achievements. The goal of the initiative is to introduce young adults to the working world. The focus is on candidates who in principle have the potential for a qualified professional training, but who do not yet have the prerequisite education for the training.

For this purpose, the young people are fully integrated for one year in different working areas of the Company and work in a fixed working group under a mentor's supervision. Apart from learning technical skills, the participants also become acquainted with the social structure of the job in everyday business life and gradually take on responsibility. This way they have the opportunity to further develop and prove their readiness for training and work. With the help of the project, Continental has succeeded in introducing about 160 young people to the professional world and professional training in the last six years. The project “Integration at Work” is by now an integral part of Continental's personnel policy, and in 2006 it was awarded the “German Prize to Promote Young People at Work” of the state of Lower Saxony.