{"id":26899,"date":"2024-08-28T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/?post_type=3questions&p=26899"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:32:25","slug":"susanne-dunkel-on-the-role-of-the-training-provider-in-the-partial-qualification-project","status":"publish","type":"3questions","link":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/press-and-media\/newsroom\/three-questions\/susanne-dunkel-on-the-role-of-the-training-provider-in-the-partial-qualification-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanne D\u00fcnkel on the role of the training provider in the partial qualification project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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    What challenges are there in the search for candidates?<\/h2>\n
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    Many participants were unemployed for a very long time before the TQ measure and, at the behest of the job center, went through a number of training courses and further education measures that did not always make sense for the participants. We had to build up the credibility that the PQ was not one of these pointless further training courses, but a fully-fledged profession with a Chamber of Industry and Commerce qualification. Another challenge is to build self-confidence among the participants. As I said, many have been unemployed for years and have doubts about completing their training. The slightly older participants are often worried about having to go back to school. However, we are usually able to dispel these worries quickly, as the training is very practice-oriented.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n

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    How are the candidates selected?<\/h2>\n
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    We work very closely with the local job centers. First, the job center informs its customers about the partial qualification and makes a pre-selection of which long-term unemployed people are suitable for the program. These candidates then receive an invitation to one of the information events that we offer together with the REWE Group. Since we entered into the cooperation with the REWE Group, we have already offered five information events. We benefit from the experience and can thus constantly improve. The interested parties then take part in a preliminary measure at our premises in Berlin. This lasts four weeks and primarily serves to get to know each other. An important aim of the preliminary measure is for the candidates to find out whether working in retail is really something for them and for us to check whether they are suitable. If the result is positive for both sides, the candidates receive a contract from REWE and the training begins.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n

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    How does the training work?<\/h2>\n
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    As with other training courses, practical and theoretical units alternate. The participants receive practical training at REWE, while the theoretical part of the training is our part. The training consists of several modules. After successfully completing two modules, participants are qualified as sales assistants and can be taken on as permanent employees at REWE. If they successfully complete another training module, they will obtain the IHK qualification as a retail sales assistant. in April 2024, 10 participants successfully completed modules 1 and 2 of their training in cashiering and advising customers. And a new round is already being planned. We are currently preparing an information event together with the REWE Group, which is expected to take place in August. The preliminary measure is planned for September. The next PQ is then scheduled to start in October. We will benefit from the experience gained from the previous training run and can thus further improve it.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n\n

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      As part of a project, the REWE Group, together with the Federal Employment Agency, local job centers and educational partners, is offering long-term unemployed and low-skilled workers partial qualification (PT) for sales activities in REWE and PENNY stores. Susanne D\u00fcnkel, Head of Vocational Training at the International Federation (IF) in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, explains what the training provider’s role is in the Partial Qualification (PQ) project and the challenges involved in finding suitable candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23106,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","nl_adhoc_sent":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"focus_theme":[142],"class_list":["post-26899","3questions","type-3questions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy","focus_theme-undefined"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/3questions\/26899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/3questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/3questions"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/3questions\/26899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26908,"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/3questions\/26899\/revisions\/26908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26899"},{"taxonomy":"focus_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rewe-group.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus_theme?post=26899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}