Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | Engagement | People at thyssenkrupp | Even today, many people with disabilities find that they meet with a certain skepticism from employers when applying for jobs. Our experience is that with their individual skills and often exceptional motivation, people with disabilities are an asset to our sites.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | The civil war in Syria has led to the biggest refugee crisis in the last 30 years: Roughly 11.6 million Syrians were on the move in 2015, and at least five million people fled their homeland. Ali Ali was one of them. He came to Germany in 2015 and now, five years later, he has successfully completed an apprenticeship with thyssenkrupp Materials Services.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | As a Recruiting Expert at thyssenkrupp Materials Services, Christian Pilz is on the lookout for people to join the company. The specific professional experience of applicants is not always the deciding criterion for selection. And hardly anyone knows that better than Christian himself, as the 32-year-old has not taken a traditional HR career path.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | With an excellent A-levels in his pocket a study was set for Jan Rohde. But finding the right course of study was not as easy as expected. It was only through the detours of law and teacher training course - both combined with frustration and a lot of theory - that he finally found out that he was missing the practical part. So the solution to his problem was a dual course of study that offered him both: theory and practice.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | Heike Meurers is a very experienced vocational trainer. She has been working at thyssenkrupp Materials Services in Essen for over 20 years, where she looks after young professionals. She is mainly responsible for apprentices and dual students in the commercial apprenticeship and study programs. As the first point of contact, she is available to provide advice and assistance to all and has a clear focus on the quality of thyssenkrupp´s training.

Apprenticeship at thyssenkrupp | Career at thyssenkrupp | People at thyssenkrupp | Fearing war and violence, Omar Isa left his home country Syria in 2016. In the hope of a better life he set out and arrived in Heilbronn after four months on the run. There the 30-year-old stood before nothing.