9th Mainfranken Skilled Professionals Conference
Securing Skilled Professionals Needs New Approaches – and above all, New Perspectives
Together, they discussed how companies can actively shape change, further develop employees, and retain skilled professionals long-term. The conference was once again organized by the Mainfranken Alliance for Skilled Professionals.
Dr. Lukas Kagerbauer, Deputy Managing Director of the IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt, emphasized the importance of networking at the opening of the event to strengthen rural regions in particular long-term and make them future-proof. “Securing skilled professionals is a collective task – it only succeeds when business, educational institutions, and politics work together,” emphasized Bettina Gardenne, Managing Director of Region Mainfranken GmbH.
Practical insights demonstrated how companies can actively shape change:
Carolin Rützel, People & Organization Department at Siemens in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, and Sophia Martin, Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council at the site, presented the transformation strategy developed in cooperation between company management and employee representatives to proactively prepare employees for the qualification needs of tomorrow.
Stefan Beil, Managing Director of the Federal Employment Agency, and Alina Valentin, Team Leader for Career Counseling for Working Professionals, presented ways in which employers can further develop their employees with targeted financial support and retrain skilled professionals within the company. Diana Reuter, Master Electrician at SCHEBA Elektromaschinenbau GmbH, provided a practical insight, reporting on the hiring of a skilled professional who could only be recruited for the company through a subsidized retraining program.
Under the title “Retraining Instead of Loss: The Agile Transformation Path,” Volker Peter from VS Smarte Prozesse presented how companies can actively support transformation phases and engage employees for new approaches – e.g., in dealing with AI.
In the second part of the conference, practice-oriented workshops offered the opportunity to delve deeper into topics and exchange ideas with others. Topics included Employer Branding, flexible working time models, and leveraging hidden employee competencies.
Between and after the presentations, participants took the opportunity to network and learn about qualification and further training opportunities.
Thus, the 9th Mainfranken Skilled Professionals Conference once again became a vibrant forum for exchange between business, education, and politics – and an important contribution to securing skilled professionals in the region and opening up new perspectives.
Background Information:
Mainfranken Alliance for Skilled Professionals: In 2012, the Federal Employment Agencies of Würzburg and Schweinfurt, the IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt, the Association of Bavarian Business (vbw Lower Franconia), the Chamber of Skilled Crafts for Lower Franconia, the German Trade Union Confederation, Lower Franconia Region, and Region Mainfranken GmbH joined forces in a strategic partnership to secure skilled professionals for the Mainfranken region.
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IMAGE 1: The hosts: Mainfranken Alliance for Skilled Professionals
from left to right: Frank Firsching (DGB Lower Franconia Region), Bettina Gardenne (Region Mainfranken GmbH), Stefan Beil (Federal Employment Agency), Ludwig Paul (Chamber of Skilled Crafts for Lower Franconia), Dr. Lukas Kagerbauer (IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt), Thomas Weber (vbw District Group Lower Franconia), Alexandra Elbert (Federal Employment Agency)
Image Credit: Region Mainfranken GmbH
