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10 At a glance – Our employees
Considering that we’re active in about 190 countries, it’s no wonder that we boast one of the
world’s most diverse workforces: men and women from different nations, age groups and social
backgrounds who represent a rich variety of ethnic backgrounds. In the world’s ten largest coun-
tries alone, we employ people belonging to more than 140 nationalities. As well as reecting our
commitment to society, such diversity is good for business: providing an enormous reservoir of
skills, experience and qualications, it gives us tremendous competitive advantages in the global
arena.
Training activities in Germany
As one of Germany’s largest private providers of vocational education, we’re currently training
some 10,000 secondary school graduates – including 3,400 for external business partners. Every
year, we invest roughly €150 million in these activities. In 2008, we provided around 2,500 new
training and student intern positions, of which 250 were allocated to assist disadvantaged young
people in acquiring valuable basic skills. We also provided 150 positions for students pursuing
bachelor’s degrees in technical elds. And our commitment to youth is not restricted to Germany:
about 2,700 young people worldwide are currently enrolled in Siemens apprenticeship programs.
Our employees –
A diverse, highly qualied team
As a global company, we’re continually recruiting and integrating the
best and brightest people in all our markets. The ongoing transforma-
tion of our employee structure reects our aspiration to create and
maintain a rst-class workforce worldwide.
Scientists and engineers account for some 61 percent of all our
university-educated employees.
University degrees
156,500 = 37%
Vocational training or apprenticeships
132,200 = 31%
Unrelated qualifications or no prior training
138,300 = 32%
Employee qualifications Employee qualifications by region
Regions University
degrees
Vocational
training or
apprenticeships
Unrelated
qualifications or
no prior training
Europe, C.I.S., Africa
Germany
36%
33%
42%
48%
22%
19%
Americas
U.S.
31%
31%
12%
8%
57%
61%
Asia, Australia,
Middle East
China
45%
33%
19%
31%
36%
36%
Siemens 37% 31% 32%