Employees
- Efficient measures for recruiting specialist staff
- Number of employees and trainees up
- Staff development tools optimized
- Diverse approaches for motivating staff
Human resources strategy: Finding and retaining the best
Highly qualified employees with above-average motivation form the basis for HOCHTIEF Group's sustainable worldwide success. Hence, in this age of globalization, our human resources management activities aim to identify talented individuals in Germany and internationally at an early stage, to secure them for the company and to support their continuous development. A key aspect of these activities is comprehensive skills management, ranging from the training phase through to the development of new managers. Active knowledge management ensures that knowledge is transferred between all HOCHTIEF units, both nationally and across national borders. In this way, we set HOCHTIEF apart from its competitors and generate sustained growth. Our human resources strategy is thus an integral part of our overall corporate strategy.Effective response to shortage of specialist staff
The companies in the international HOCHTIEF network – just like the construction industry as a whole – are facing an acute shortage of skilled and management personnel. This situation persists even in these times of financial crisis. In 2008, we were notably seeking employees for the technical facility management, electrical engineering and energy management sectors. It was still difficult to recruit construction engineers for international assignments. Nevertheless, we managed to fill 70 percent of vacant positions in the HOCHTIEF Group in the year under review through a range of activities.This success was thanks in part to the Global Recruiting Initiative launched in 2008. Our international network makes it possible to advertise vacant positions across national borders and fill them in a targeted way. The HOCHTIEF companies HOCHTIEF Construction, Thiess, Flatiron and Turner are all part of the network and, with their brands which are well-known in their respective regions, help to establish HOCHTIEF as an attractive employer worldwide.
Our Group program "Employees Recruit Employees" has
once again proven highly efficient. In 2008, 88 positions
were filled in this way in Germany alone. Worldwide, several
hundred employment contracts have been signed so far.
Turner benefited from similar measures, taking on 196 new
employees in the fiscal year.
