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64
1 Commonwealth of Independent States
Employee qualifi cations by Region
Regions
University
degree
Vocational
training or
apprenticeship
Unrelated
qualifi cation or
no prior training
Europe, C.I.S., Africa,
Middle East 38% 43% 19%
Germany 35% 52% 13%
Americas 30% 10% 60%
U.S. 26% 8% 66%
Asia, Australia 43% 14% 43%
China 33% 19% 48%
Siemens 37% 31% 32%
Employee qualifi cations
aUniversity degree
, employees 37%
bVocational training
or apprenticeship
123,820 employees
31%
cUnrelated qualifi cation
or no prior training
130,505 employees
32%
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a
b
c
 Introduction  Our world 36 Our company
62 Our employees 64 Siemens – An attractive employer
for the best and brightest people worldwide
www.siemens.com/employees
www.siemens.com/career
All around the globe, we want to be an attractive employer for the
people who are shaping tomorrow. This aim is part of our corporate
culture, a culture in which all our employees know exactly what
their goals are and how best to leverage their potential. We call it
People Excellence, and it’s the basis of our company’s sustainable
success.
In fiscal , we hired , new employees, including , engineers. At Siemens, diversity
and qualifications go hand-in-hand. Our workforce of roughly , people played a decisive
role in our company’s success in fiscal . Because it’s our employees who develop the innova-
tions on which our international reputation is built. It’s our employees who help our customers
prevail in their markets. And it’s our employees who make us what we are: a company that can
provide solutions to the challenges of our time. In short, our people are a central pillar of our
company.
Diversity – A key competitive advantage
Global presence is our hallmark – which explains why diversity is a must for us. At Siemens, diver-
sity means the inclusion and successful integration of individuals with different ways of thinking,
cultural backgrounds, personal experiences, areas of expertise and individual strengths. In fiscal
, we employed people from some  countries – men and women from a rich variety of
ethnic and social backgrounds.
This enormous reservoir of skills, experience and qualifications gives us tremendous competi-
tive advantages that we’re rigorously leveraging and developing in the global arena. All over the
world, our employees must be able to understand the needs and requirements of their customers
in time to identify and take advantage of growth opportunities. Addressing this issue at the man-
Siemens – An attractive
employer for the best and
brightest people worldwide