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SCHOTT has been awarded “FAIR Company“
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Unfortunately fair prospects and fair internships for university students can not be taken for granted these days, but SCHOTT makes a difference. As one of 1000 companies SCHOTT supports the initiative “FAIR Company” founded by “Junge Karriere” (www.karriere.de). Within the framework of “FAIR company” SCHOTT commited itself to stick to the following five rules:
- Full-time jobs are not substituted for internships!
- Graduates, who apply for a vacancy, are not offered an internship.
- Graduates are not employed as interns by exploiting their hopes of a regular employment.
- Internships are meant to have only the purpose of professional orientation during studies.
- Interns should be paid appropriate.
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SCHOTT is awarded “TOP Employer 2009”
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After participating in the study “Top Arbeitgeber” (engl. Top Employer) for the first time, SCHOTT was immediately awarded “Top Employer 2009 Germany” and is thereby displayed as an attractive company to work for.
The study “Top Employer” is carried through by the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF). CRF (www.crf.com) is an independent research institute, which identifies in international projects companies’ key factors of success, that increase the efficiency of human resource management, clarify strategic concepts and thereby lead to the development of a better corporate culture.
This year, 105 companies were awarded with the logo “Top Employer 2009” . The award was based on a detailed questionnaire and validated by interviewing experienced business journalists about the criteria stated below:
- How are development potentialities for the companies’ staff?
- What about job security?
- How significant is a distinctive corporate culture and how is the communication with personnel to be evaluated?
- Is the development of the company and the image as well as the positioning in the market positive – also in comparison with competitors?
- What about the payment? Does profit sharing or equity participation exist in the company?
- What about working conditions? Are there working time regulations or the possibility for home office?
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SCHOTT has been awarded „Germany’s 100 – Top Employers“ and „Europe’s 500 – Top Employers“
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At this years’ trendence Graduate Barometer SCHOTT is ranked as attractive employer for the third time in row since the company took part for the first time in 2008 because of a lot of interviewees mentioning SCHOTT in the Graduate Barometer 2007.
The Berlin based consulting company trendence carries through the Graduate Barometer, which is in 2009 the eleventh ranking and is the largest study in this vein in Germany. It is published for business, engineering, law and IT, of which SCHOTT takes part in the first two sections. For this years’ edition 30.000 business and engineering students from over 100 German universities, who are close to graduation, were interviewed about their favourite potential employers and their expectations as regards their career entry. SCHOTT was ranked number 77 in the engineering barometer.
Likewise trendence conducts a European Graduate Barometer. For this about 200.000 students, who are close to graduation and come from 800 universities in 24 European Countries, were interviewed concerning their favourite employer, to get information in respect of their expectations and decision behaviour concerning their favourite employer and their career in Europe. SCHOTT was ranked number 353 in “Europe’s 500 – Top Employers Business” and number 312 in “Europe’s 500 – Top Employers Engineering”.
More information can be found at the trendece website.
http://www.trendence.com
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New child care places for children of SCHOTT employees
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SCHOTT establishes new child care places for employee children to enable through the adaptation of child care and working time schedules the reconcilability of family and career. In the frame of this goal SCHOTT participates in the program "Success-factor Family" by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, which supports SCHOTT in the establishment of additional child care places for children under the age of three.
So equal opportunities for mothers and fathers are ensured and the dedication of SCHOTT for a better reconcilability of family and career in Germany is confirmed. A family-friendly corporate management is not only an expression of corporate responsibility but also a foundation of economic success. We are convinced that establishing a family-friendly work environment is a central task for the future and try to demonstrate this through our manifold offers for our employees.
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SCHOTT has been awarded for its family-friendly human resource management
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SCHOTT has been issued berufundfamilie® (engl. Job and family). Thereby SCHOTT was certified a sustainable family-friendly human resource management. Since the foundation of SCHOTT the reconcilability of family and career has been part of the corporate culture. It is a declared goal to create family-friendly company structures and demonstrate these to the inside as well as to the outside. Employees should not be forced to choose between family and career but the reconcilability should be a priority of the company.
The audit berufundfamilie® of the charitable Hertie-trust is a continuous process. Based on the audit goals and actions for the next three year are set up. These concern the topics stated below:
- Working schedules (e.g. sabbaticals)
- Work organisation (e.g. team work)
- Place of work (e.g. teleworking)
- Information and communication policy (e.g. contact person for certain topics)
- Leadership skills (e.g. coaching)
- Human resource development (e.g. human resource development plan)
- Compensation components and pecuniary benefits (e.g. employee sales)
- Services for families (e.g. expansion of regular and holiday child care)
The audit enabled SCHOTT to develop custom-fit solutions which satisfy the needs of its employees as well as account for a human resource management that fulfils the needs of the company.
The targeted approach of the preassigned steps is checked every year by berufundfamilie®. After three years of implementation a re-audit takes place, where results are examined by an auditor.
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SCHOTT signs “The Luxembourg Declaration on Workplace Health Promotion in the European Union”
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By signing the Workplace Health Promotion (WHP), Dr. Udo Ungeheuer, chairman of the SCHOTT management board, emphasizes again how important the topic workplace health is for SCHOTT. WHP is a voluntary commitment of SCHOTT to combine efforts of employer and employees to improve the health and well-being of people at work. This can be achieved through a combination of improving the work arrangements and the working environment, promoting active participation as well as encouraging personal development.
Through the program “Bleib gesund! Du bist mir wichtig!” (“Stay healthy! You are important to me!”) SCHOTT pursues a workplace health program, which is systematically integrated into corporate processes. Besides an established occupational health care and a well organised emergency care, the program offers also general precaution treatments and early diagnosis examinations as well as advice and classes on health topics. All employees, who have a leadership role, are informed and involved in the training sessions called “Führung und Gesundheit” (“Leadership and Health”). The workplace health program is supported by a program aiming at reducing accidents and is called “Null Unfälle. Du bist mir wichtig.” (“Zero Accidents! You are important to me!”).
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SCHOTT is a favorite employer
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SCHOTT is ranked as one of the favorite employers among German students and young professionals.
Universum, an internationally renowned consulting agency, published rankings that show where students prefer to start their careers after graduation. Approximately 22,000 German students participated in the study from November 2010 to March 2011. The Universum study asked which company students would like to work at after they have completed their bachelor or their master studies. The companies most favored by students ranked highest in the list.
The study was conducted in different departments. SCHOTT placed 70th in engineering departments on the popularity scale, showing 13 places advancement from the previous year. In the natural science department we unfortunately fell several places but nevertheless we are still ranked 64th.
Between August and October 2011, Universum also asked 6661 employees with at one to eight years of practical experience about their favorite employer. Being the third best newcomer, SCHOTT was able to achieve rank 49! Every participant could choose 5 employers out of a list of 150. As important criteria the participants mentioned nice work climate, security, appreciation and a good work-life-balance.
For more information on the study please click here:
http://www.universumglobal.com/IDEAL-Employer-Rankings/The-National-Editions/German-Student-Survey
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The employer rating platform "kununu" rewards SCHOTT with a Top Company seal
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Kununu is the largest and most well-known employer rating platform in German-speaking countries. The word “Kununu” comes from the Swahili word for “blank page”. The website has been operating since 2007 and allows employees, apprentices, interns, and previous employees to anonymously evaluate the company based on certain criteria. Potential job applicants and those who are interested can get exclusive information from those working at the company regarding the specific criteria. The platform receives 1 million views monthly and altogether around 45,000 companies have been rated. The assessment criteria for the anonymous participants includes:
- Work environment
- Promotion prospects
- Supervisor behaviour
- Colleague relationships
- Interesting assignments
- Communication
- Working conditions
- Work-Life-Balance
- Equality
- Association with colleagues 45+
- Career development/further training
- Salary and benefits
- Environment/social consciousness
- Employee benefits
SCHOTT AG received the Top Company Seal from Kununu and belongs to the top 10% of best ranked companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with an overall evaluation of 3.3 out of a total 5 points.
SCHOTT employees rank the mood among colleagues, the further training opportunities, the flexible working hours, and the wide-ranging product portfolio as special characteristics of their employer. You can gladly view SCHOTT’s rankings using the following link. We would be pleased to receive additional ratings for SCHOTT on kununu!
http://www.kununu.com/de/all/de/ew/schott
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SCHOTT is an attractive employer among young professionals
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SCHOTT AG was ranked as the 49th most attractive company in 2010 by “berufsstart.de-Leser”. The study has been taking place yearly since 2005. Approximately 2,500 students and graduates participated in the most recent 2010 study. The companies were chosen through open-ended questions. The more often that a company was spontaneously named by one of the participants, the higher it placed on the list of Top Employers. The study shows the companies where German students and graduates would prefer to start their careers. Altogether 100 companies received the Berufsstart seal.
SCHOTT AG was ranked as the favourite potential employer by college students and graduates. The varied advancement opportunities, the innovativeness of the products, and the employees as well as the family-friendly work environment make SCHOTT an attractive company for future-oriented and business thinking young professionals.
Find more information about the study and Berufsstart here:
http://www.berufsstart.de/
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