Entry into the labor market for immigrants: ÖIF career platform with McDonald’s and Integration State Councilor Winkler in Burgenland

2024-01-11 12:32:22

50 job seekers from ÖIF German courses were able to apply for open positions / Integration State Councilor Winkler emphasizes the importance of labor market integration

Vienna (OTS) – On Thursday, January 11, 2024, a career platform organized by the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) took place in cooperation with McDonald’s in Eisenstadt. At the ÖIF career platform, 50 participants from ÖIF German courses with the course provider ZIB Training learned regarding entry and employment opportunities with limited German skills at McDonald’s. The participants were also able to apply for open positions and conduct initial job interviews directly on site. The ÖIF organizes career platforms across Austria in collaboration with around 40 companies such as SPAR, POST AG, IKEA and McDonald’s to connect job-seeking refugees and displaced people in ÖIF German courses with companies in need of workers.

On Thursday, the State Councilor for Integration in Burgenland, Daniela Winkler, also got an idea of ​​the career platform on site: “Several factors are responsible for successful integration. An important measure is integration into the labor market. Everyday working life not only promotes language acquisition, but also strengthens social skills and gives more self-confidence in a new environment. This is of great personal importance to those affected, but at the same time the additional workers are also an enrichment for the economy and society.”

Marko Krapec, Head of Employee Experience at McDonald’s Austria, emphasizes on the occasion of the joint career platform in Eisenstadt: “As the system catering market leader, McDonald’s Austria stands for diversity, respect and perspectives with its around 9,600 employees from 92 nations. Together with our 40 franchisees, most of whom are family businesses and employ around 50 people per restaurant, we are committed to equal opportunities and integration throughout Austria – for example in the form of free online German courses for employees – regardless of their previous knowledge. With its career platform, the Austrian Integration Fund makes an important and valuable contribution to supporting displaced people and those entitled to asylum in starting their careers in Austria and bringing them together with companies that can provide them with the best possible support and support in their integration into the labor market. That’s why we as McDonald’s Austria are an ongoing, proud partner of this project and support the ÖIF’s projects.”

Simona Mayerhofer, head of the ÖIF Integration Center Burgenland: “Learning German and working are essential for successful integration. So that immigrants can combine this as best as possible, the ÖIF supports, among other things, with its comprehensive part-time German learning offer and the nationwide ÖIF career platforms in language acquisition and rapid entry into the Austrian labor market.

Getting started: Over 6,000 participants in the ÖIF career platform so far

The career platforms run nationwide by the ÖIF bring together companies and job-seeking participants from ÖIF German courses. Companies that are looking for workers and offer entry opportunities for people with limited knowledge of German can present their vacancies to potential applicants directly in their company or with German course providers via the career platforms. Participants can hold discussions with recruiters and apply for open positions directly on site. In the last year and a half, more than 6,000 job-seeking participants from ÖIF German courses have taken part in 65 ÖIF career platforms throughout Austria.

A wide range of ÖIF German learning options makes it easier to learn the language alongside your job

With a comprehensive range of part-time German learning options, the ÖIF offers immigrants the opportunity to improve their language skills alongside their employment, around the clock and regardless of location. In addition to German courses with course providers in the evenings and weekends, the ÖIF offers a range of daily online German courses as well as job-specific online courses for gastronomy, hotels and tourism, the food trade and care on Sprachportal.at, the largest German learning platform in the German-speaking region. The ÖIF’s freely accessible online German learning offerings recorded a total of 100,000 participants in 2023. Every day, 25,000 people learn German with the ÖIF’s offerings.

Many offers for the rapid labor market integration of refugees and displaced persons

In order to best support immigrants in their rapid integration into the Austrian labor market, the ÖIF provides a wide range of support offers: As part of the ÖIF career platforms, companies such as SPAR, POST AG, IKEA and LIDL inform participants regarding ÖIF- German courses regarding entry and advancement opportunities in the company for people with little knowledge of German. The ÖIF women’s centers offer seminars and consultation hours with experts on the topic of career and educational opportunities in Austria. In addition to mentoring programs such as KOMPASS and “Mentoring for Migrants”, the ÖIF also provides its own application training and CV checks for immigrants.

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