New trainees in the city administration
On Monday, 48 trainees and students will start an apprenticeship or degree programme at the city administration. A total of around 1000 applications were received for the advertised apprenticeships.
The new trainees include 17 trainees as administrative assistants, 7 office management clerks, 3 emergency paramedics, 2 gardeners, 1 animal keeper and 1 surveying technician. As things stand today, 12 students are studying for a Bachelor of Laws degree in higher general administration and 5 students are training to become social education workers with a Bachelor of Arts degree. With the new trainees and students, more than 200 young professionals will join the city administration in September 2018.
The range of professions for which training can be started is based on demand and can therefore vary from year to year. Demand-orientated training is used to cover our own requirements for junior staff and to increase the chances of trainees being offered permanent positions. In the administrative professions in particular, not only is demand very high, but also the chances of being taken on are very high, as many employees will be leaving the city administration in the coming years due to age: more than 1,200 employees will be retiring by 2028.
Anyone interested in vocational training or studying for 2019 can find information at www.chemnitz.de/Ausbildung