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METRO Group offers international career opportunities in retailing

10.11.2005

METRO Group offers international career opportunities in retailing

"Meeting Metro 2005" will be held in the Hamburg Freihafen on November 9-10. The Düsseldorf-based METRO Group, one of the world’s leading international retailing companies, plans to use this unique event in Germany to excite young people about careers in the sector. Zygmunt Mierdorf, Member of the Management Board of METRO Group and Vice President Human Resources, says of the event: "It is precisely the international opportunities that make the retail sector an attractive career option for young people - and that is just what we intend to show at Meeting Metro."

In the company’s own apprenticeship and professional development programs, the METRO Group systematically trains employees for positions within the international operation. With Metro Education, for instance, the METRO Group has created a cross-border program to promote vocational education in Eastern Europe. The aim of this program is to set uniform vocational training standards for retailing in Europe. "The fundamental basis of an international career has to be acquired during an apprenticeship or at the university," Mierdorf says. "That’s why we support and promote the internationalization of vocational training." In 2004, METRO Group also signed the "Bachelor Welcome Declaration," adding the company’s support to a movement aimed at creating a joint European region of higher education. "Today, there is hardly a successful German company that does not operate internationally. In the future, those young people with internationally recognized apprenticeships or internationally recognized university degrees will have the most promising career opportunities," Mierdorf said at the kick-off press conference for Meeting Metro. Guest speaker Gesine Schwan, the president of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, provided some insights into the practical experience gained with cross-border university study programs. The political scientist has made the creation of Europe-wide academic standards a centerpiece of her work.

Meeting Metro 2005 will offer students and teachers the opportunity to learn first hand about work in an international retailing company. On 3,000 square meters of exhibition space, visitors can personally experience the METRO Group with its sales brands Metro Cash & Carry, Real, Extra, Media Markt and Saturn as well as Galeria Kaufhof. A boulevard built especially for the event provides the setting for the company to show visitors who it is. It is a meeting point, an information center and a contact exchange all wrapped into one. In conversations with company employees, ranging from apprentices to managing directors, visitors will have the chance to learn all about METRO Group: from job-entry opportunities through apprenticeships in the retail industry, and to international career paths.

On the first day of Meeting Metro 2005, the METRO Group will address teachers, representatives of the German Labor Office, and members of retail associations and chambers of industry and commerce. In a government-recognized continuing education program, the company will address apprenticeships and career-development possibilities in retail. The aim of the program is to provide teachers with information and materials that they can use to help their students pick their careers. The METRO Group currently employs about 8,500 apprentices, making it one of Germany’s top trainers.

The second day of the event will be aimed at students majoring in retail and economic related fields. For starters, the approximately 600 students will see an unusual presentation of the company. The stands of the METRO Group’s sales brands also will present activities under the motto of "hands-on trading experience" that will give visitors a living look at the work done by the high-potential sector of retailing, and will discuss the latest business trends.

METRO Group is one of the most important international retailing companies. In 2004 the group reached sales of € 56.4 billion. The company has a headcount of about 250,000 employees and operates around 2,400 locations in 30 countries. The operating business is performed by the sales divisions which operate independently in the market: Metro/Makro Cash & Carry - world market leader in cash & carry wholesale, Real SB hypermarkets and Extra supermarkets, Media Markt and Saturn - market leader in consumer electronics centers in Europe, Praktiker home improvement and DIY centers, and Galeria Kaufhof department stores.

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