Logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss is welcoming 113 new apprentices in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The young professionals will receive hands-on training at an international logistics company that emphasizes long-term development, stability, and future-focused topics such as digitalization and sustainability.

“Young people today are looking for more than just a place to train – they want security, career prospects, and meaningful work,” says Monika Mandl, Head of Human Resources Development at Gebrüder Weiss. “That is exactly what we offer: a modern work environment, individual development opportunities, and the chance to actively help shape the future of logistics.”

This also includes making transportation and logistics more sustainable. Many occupations within the industry are now considered “green jobs” because they help conserve resources and reduce CO2 emissions. From the very beginning of their training at Gebrüder Weiss, future freight forwarding and logistics professionals learn how processes and transportation routes can be optimized and how digital systems can be used to make supply chains more efficient and climate-friendly. This also makes an apprenticeship in logistics attractive to young people who place a high value on environmental protection and social responsibility.

Sustainability is a strategic priority for Gebrüder Weiss. For many years, the company has been investing in renewable energy and alternative drive technologies to gradually reduce its carbon footprint while maintaining economically sustainable operations. The company’s strong commitment to developing its own skilled workforce supports this strategy.

Gebrüder Weiss currently employs 290 apprentices at 40 locations across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, around 30 percent of whom are female. The company also provides vocational training for young people in Hungary, Serbia, and Bulgaria.

Although the apprenticeship year has already begun, Gebrüder Weiss still has a few positions available. Interested candidates are welcome to apply.

More information about apprenticeship opportunities at Gebrüder Weiss is available at: https://www.gw-world.com/lehre

“We are proud to be able to welcome so many motivated and talented apprentices again this year; people who want to help shape the future of logistics,” says Monika Mandl, Head of Human Resources Development at Gebrüder Weiss. While the work to find suitable apprentices has increased, in here opinion it is worth taking the time to contact potential applicants by means of many different communication channels, platforms and collaborations.

Career prospects at Gebrüder Weiss are very good as the company is on a steady path of growth, most recently in south Germany, but also internationally. The company’s employees are at the heart of its continued success. This explains the particular importance attached by the logistics company to the in-depth training it gives to its apprentices. The aim is for them to remain at the company for a long time, where they can further develop in line with their interests and skills. An approach that has proven its worth and resulted in many blossoming careers in the company.

“Personal attributes such as origin, age or the like are of no relevance when it comes to making an application. What’s important is that the person in question fits into our corporate culture and wants to shake things up with us. We see the diversity of our employees as the basis for the innovative power and performance of Gebrüder Weiss,” Mandl states.

Gebrüder Weiss currently has a total of 320 apprentices at 39 locations in the D-A-CH region, training a further 32 young people in Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary. The logistics company also offers fast-track training following high-school graduation (“Matura”) to become a freight forwarding agent or a company logistics agent through the Dual Academy. Five trainees are currently making use of this option.

For more information on training at Gebrüder Weiss, see https://www.gw-world.com/lehre. 

Gebrüder Weiss on Mars? Not just yet. But the logistics company is indeed helping scientists at the Austrian Space Forum with their maneuvers on Earth so that mankind’s dream of sending a manned expedition to Mars may one day be realized. The aim of these missions is to simulate conditions on the Red Planet as realistically as possible, and to prepare both man and machine for these demanding challenges.

The last undertaking of this kind took place last year in the Israeli Negev desert. Not only was it a resounding success for the scientists involved, but it also resulted in the team of communication experts at Gebrüder Weiss, who were responsible for providing vivid coverage of the mission, being awarded the Austrian State Prize for PR in the category “Product and Service PR” for their outstanding communications work.

The prestigious award was presented in Vienna on the evening of Wednesday, February 22 by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Kocher. Frank Haas and Vanessa Hafner from Gebrüder Weiss were there to accept the award: “As the world’s most experienced logistics company, Gebrüder Weiss is committed to the future of mobility. We want to help science find new ways and means. This is something we can achieve both with logistics, of course, but also with communication,” says Frank Haas, the person responsible for international communications and marketing at the logistics company.

Global communication offensive 
Gebrüder Weiss was on hand to provide continuous reporting on the progress of the scientific mission across all communication channels. The company’s magazine published a Mars special edition, which included an in-depth interview with the head of the Austrian Space Forum, Gernot Grömer. The Gebrüder Weiss apprentices involved in providing the logistics for the project reported on their experiences under the hashtag . This also resulted in a dedicated being made about the mission. The international media also responded very positively to the commitment shown by Gebrüder Weiss. Frank Haas: “Supporting a Mars mission is an undertaking that generates a lot of interest around the world, which is why we had press coverage in almost all Gebrüder Weiss markets. Even Chinese and American media were very interested in what we have been doing.”

The Mars campaign has incidentally resulted in a kind of “space competence cluster” being formed at Gebrüder Weiss. This is because the Stockholm-based Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) now also relies on the logistics expertise of the orange logistics company, with Gebrüder Weiss on hand to help the Swedish project engineers in any way it can. The logistics provider also transported the complete set of research equipment to Sweden, in addition to providing logistics consulting services. More about this can be found in the current of ATLAS magazine. 

About the Austrian National PR Awards
Since 1984, the Public Relations Association Austria (PRVA) and the Austrian Federal Ministry / Labour and Economy have been recognizing exceptional communication campaigns with the National PR Awards. From the 140 applications submitted, 25 communications experts select the winners in six categories.

The international transport and logistics service provider Gebrüder Weiss has officially become a new sponsor of the German Academy of Foreign Trade and Transport (DAV) in Bremen. Planned for three years to begin with, the partnership was finalized on November 2 at the DAV Campus. As an active sponsoring partner, Gebrüder Weiss is going to contribute practical aspects to the DAV’s teaching program, among others, and support students in their semester and final papers.

As part of the sponsorship, experts from Gebrüder Weiss will get in touch with young people who have gained professional experience already before starting their studies and want to enhance their knowledge in the field of logistics. “It is precisely these people that we want to address, inspiring them to join our company by giving them practical tasks to demonstrate how versatile the logistics business can be,” explains Lothar Thoma, Managing Director Air & Sea at Gebrüder Weiss. For example, he mentioned core topics of Gebrüder Weiss such as supply chain management, digitalization of supply chains and sustainability in logistics.

“We cordially welcome Gebrüder Weiss among the DAV’s sponsors. Thanks to our partner companies, our teaching content will continue to keep abreast of the latest developments, so that our students will be optimally prepared for their future careers,” says Thomas Zink, Director of Studies at the DAV.

Top-ranking company representatives had come to Bremen for the kick-off event held in a lecture hall designed by Gebrüder Weiss on the topic of “Mobility of the Future”, among them Lothar Thoma, Johannes Trautmann, Country Manager Air & Sea Germany, and Werner Dettenthaler, Regional Manager Land Transport Germany. For Gebrüder Weiss, the sponsoring partnership is also a home game. In the company’s worldwide Air & Sea network, the Bremen location with a staff of 68 plays an important role.

Gebrüder Weiss continues to focus on developing future employees from within and has again increased the number of trainees it has. 95 young men and women will embark on their apprenticeship at the international logistics company in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland (2021: 90). And more are to follow as Gebrüder Weiss intends to fill a further 20 apprenticeship spots in Austria and Germany during the 2022/23 training year. “It is possible at several locations to start an apprenticeship also during the year. We believe it is important and that it pays to take a flexible approach to recruitment and to consider the personal circumstances of each individual applicant,” says Monika Mandl, Head of Human Resources Development at Gebrüder Weiss. Last year saw the company fill numerous apprenticeship spots at a later point in time.
Gebrüder Weiss currently has a total of 262 apprentices at 37 locations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, with a further 18 young people also undergoing dual training in Serbia and Hungary.

Trained to stay
The vast majority of apprentices will be taken on once they have completed their training. And that’s the whole point, which is why Gebrüder Weiss attaches so much importance to the quality of the training and to providing as much support as possible to the newcomers. This approach is one that pays dividends, as demonstrated by the company winning this year’s Austrian State Championships of Professions “AustrianSkills” in the category “Freight forwarding agent”.

At a number of Austrian locations, Gebrüder Weiss offers an abridged course of training within the Dual Academy targeting high-school graduates and career changers with a high-school diploma (Matura). This way, the apprenticeship to become a freight forwarding agent can be completed in two years instead of three, and it also includes some attractive options such as an internship abroad.

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The 13th International Mars Analog Mission Amadee-20, supported by Gebrüder Weiss as the official logistics partner, was successfully completed in Israel at the end of October. A team of trainees from the international transport and logistics service provider had organized the transport of the mission equipment from Innsbruck to the test site in the Negev Desert, where a manned Mars expedition under isolation conditions in the Martian-like landscape was simulated by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), together with a six-person crew.

Robert Rubatscher, apprentice freight forwarding logistics manager in his 3rd year of apprenticeship at Gebrüder Weiss in Hall, Austria, said, “Logistically, the Mars mission provided us with a great experience because we were able to put our acquired knowledge into practice.”

Frank Haas, Head of Corporate Brand Strategy & Communications at Gebrüder Weiss, noted, “Accompanying this Mars mission is like getting a little glimpse into the future of logistics. It’s all very fun and inspiring! We are learning a lot through this partnership and thank the OeWF for their professional cooperation. We will continue to support pioneering mobility projects.”

Gernot Grömer, Co-Founder and Director of the OeWF, added, “The results of the research projects on Mars are of great scientific benefit to life on Earth.” In a detailed interview in the current Gebrüder Weiss corporate magazine “Atlas,” Grömer concludes: “The first human to set foot on Mars has already been born.” The magazine will be published early in December 2021 and will also be available for digital download at:

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Gebrüder Weiss has positive figures to report despite the subdued mood on the apprentice employment market: 90 young people started their training this year at the international logistics group in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, meaning that the company has now taken on more apprentices than in the previous year (2020: 71). And that despite the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has made recruiting new people more difficult. Gebrüder Weiss has been relying ever more on digital solutions and channels than conventional face-to-face events (such as training events) to get young applicants interested in the logistics industry and to engage them in a dialog.

The logistics company also scores well with its good reputation: as a training company and a reliable employer. “Job security is a very important factor for young applicants when deciding where they want to work. Gebrüder Weiss stands for sustainable economic success and has done so for generations. The current situation with the coronavirus has given the company the opportunity to prove once again its ability to withstand crises and to continue on its course of growth,” says Monika Mandl, Head of Human Resources Development at Gebrüder Weiss. Gebrüder Weiss is currently training a total of 254 apprentices at 33 locations throughout Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

The successful dual training model – now in Hungary as well
The logistics company is committed to supporting the development of new experts in other national companies as well: in Serbia – where Gebrüder Weiss has been offering dual training on the basis of the model followed by German-speaking locations for years – there are currently twelve apprentices. This successful model will be adopted in Hungary from this year onwards in cooperation with the local schools, where five students are due to start their training to become freight forwarding logistics managers.

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