Who do we mean? What examples can we give?

This refers, for example, to the jobs of train attendant, train driver, team leader in the personnel sector, command and control technology engineer, IT consultant, service staff, project manager for strategic development, project controller, track or OHL engineer, right through to head of an ICE maintenance depot.

Whether school-leaver, university graduate or applicant with career experience: the Deutsche Bahn Group gives you scope for development in accordance with your own ambitions and wishes.

What can you expect at DB?

First and foremost, you can help to shape and cooperate on what is currently the greatest change process in Germany. The Rail Reform, i.e. the conversion of the two former state-owned railways into a commercial business enterprise, is one of the biggest challenges ever to face the German economy. At DB, you have the unique opportunity of playing a valuable and important role in that process, of contributing your own ideas and putting them into practice, as well as the chance to assume responsibility after just a short time.

What about your personal development? Management, project or specialist career?

Regardless of whether you come to us as a vocational trainee, lateral entrant or university graduate, you can develop in numerous ways across the various rungs and remits of our corporate divisions and business areas: all we ask is that you tackle whatever you do with enthusiasm. As a huge enterprise, we have to rely on employees who are constantly willing to widen their horizons and network with others inside the scope of the remit concerned.

And what else does Deutsche Bahn have to offer?

Above all, countless business locations where you can be employed throughout Germany. A pleasant working climate: one of the great strengths of our corporate culture and an avowed aim of our personnel policies is to give new employees an open and fair welcome. We are an equal opportunities employer, a policy which is backed by various personnel management instruments. Flexitime, helping to find child-minders or care for the elderly, and alternating tele-work are just some examples of how we help you reconcile work and private life. We have accordingly signed contracts with Familienservice, a company which helps arrange for care. This year, we again faced the jury and expect to be awarded the Total E-Quality rating again in May for the third time.

Our internal vocational training services provider offers a highly diverse range: during the last fiscal year, we invested approx. EUR 200 million in advanced training for our staff. Depending on which target group you belong to, you will receive training in various technical subjects as well as social skills. There is also a newcomer seminar for junior graduate employees, to enable them to acquire fundamental railway knowledge as soon as possible.

In addition to the above, Deutsche Bahn has one particular strength to offer: highly complex technology. The great investment volume in rail and rolling stock as well as many other sectors ensures that we keep pace with state-of-the-art developments. Working in conjunction with industrial companies, we pursue ongoing development of the wheel/rail system and hone our expertise as a mobility and logistics services provider.

We also promote the Europeanisation of rail transport: alliances with the Netherlands and Denmark in the freight sector, as well as the introduction of uniform European standards in the rail sector, e.g. job descriptions, are all on the agenda of the International Union of Railways UIC, of which Deutsche Bahn is a member.

Last but not least, we also pay due attention to the fun factor: after-work parties, the annual meeting of the Trainee Club as well as DB-wide projects such as "DB Trainees against Hatred & Violence" provide an occasion to discuss specific topics or simply exchange ideas and experiences outside the workplace.