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2005 Carl Bertelsmann Prize: Work and youth: Recognizing opportunities – Realizing potential
Press releases
Hamburger Abendblatt, September 14, 2005
2005 Carl Bertelsmann Prize for school-to-work model
external linkFTD, September 9, 2005
Prize for Hamburg Hauptschulmodell
Excerpt: For its program to help vocational secondary school students make the transition to the working world, the Hamburger Hauptschulemodell has won the 2005 Carl Bertelsmann Prize and an award of €150.000.
Westfalen-Blatt, September 9, 2005
Talent search in vocational secondary schools—18th Carl Bertelsmann Prize goes to apprenticeship placement project in Hamburg
More than half of the 500,000 young people in Germany who have not found a vocational training position are Hauptschule graduates. For the 2005 Carl Bertelsmann Prize, the Bertelsmann Stiftung is seeking initiatives that support this group in their difficult search for training positions.
FAZ, September 9, 2005
Helping vocational students start a career
Excerpt: Close cooperation among schools, government agencies and businesses can significantly improve the chances that a vocational student will find an apprenticeship. In Hamburg, the placement rate doubled to more than 20 percent. Furthermore, the students also found training positions for more demanding careers that had previously been closed to them.
Die Glocke, September 9, 2005
“Birds need to fly—and people need to work”
Excerpt: Fatma Cevik filled out dozens of job applications—and got dozens of rejection slips. “Nobody even asked me to come for an interview,” the 18-year-old from Hamburg says. Her luck changed when she signed up for the Hamburger Hauptschulmodell program for young job-seekers.
epd Nachrichten, September 9, 2005
Prize for the Hamburger Hauptschulmodell, working to combat youth unemployment
Chair of the advisory board of the EKD: The potential of many of our young people is untapped.
Die Zeit, September 8, 2005
Lose the chewing gum, turn off the mobile!
Program helps students at Hamburg’s Hauptschulen transition to the workplace.
IDW online, September 8, 2005
Hamburger Hauptschulmodell receives 2005 Carl Bertelsmann Prize.
external linkStuttgarter Zeitung, September 8, 2005
“You have to take each one by the hand”
3,838 people under 25 years old are out of work in Stuttgart—apprenticeships offer a way into the job market.
dpa, September 8, 2005
Paving the way to the working world—Bertelsmann Prize for Hamburg project
Excerpt: Liz Mohn, vice-chair of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board, announced on Thursday that the network of 67 businesses and 109 schools had won the prize.
Schwäbische Zeitung, September 2, 2005
How to get that dream job
Excerpt: In the most recent survey of young Germans, 50 percent said they had enough information to make a career choice, but a steady job might nevertheless be out of reach.
Bielefelder, September 1, 2005
From school to work—Interview with Dr. Jens Prager of the Bertelsmann Stiftung
Excerpt: The battle against widespread youth unemployment is a focus project at the Bertelsmann Stiftung this year. That is the topic for this year’s Carl Bertelsmann Prize, to be awarded on Sept. 8, 2005, with North Rhine–Westphalia’s Premier Jürgen Rüttgers in attendance.
Die Zeit, August 11, 2005
The drama begins in school—Unprepared for today’s workplace, many young people fail to find a vocational training position.
external linktaz - Die Tageszeitung, August 10, 2005
Tough competition for that dream job—For adolescents and young adults in NRW, the search for a vocational training position is an odyssey. They must fight their way through dozens of job applications, weeklong internships and special courses. Many come away empty-handed.
external linkFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 9, 2005
Young people worried about job prospects
Excerpt: “More than half of Germans between the ages of 14 and 20 are skeptical (42 percent) or even pessimistic (10 percent) about their future career opportunities. Those are the results of a survey conducted on behalf of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.”
Der Spiegel (online), August 8, 2005
Students at Hauptschulen see themselves as the losers—Almost 170,000 young people are still looking for a vocational training position. Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement is optimistic that the gap can be closed. But students are worried about their futures; more than one in three think they have no real chance of being successful in the job market.
external linkjunge welt, August 8, 2005
“Generation jobless” gains ground. A Bertelsmann study shows: one in three young people fear they will not be able to find a training position.
external linkFocus online, August 8, 2005
Young people worry—Most young people in Germany have serious doubts about their professional futures. According to a survey conducted for the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Gütersloh, more than half of Germans between the ages of 14 and 20 are skeptical or even pessimistic about their career prospects.
external linkNeue Westfälische, August 8, 2005
Young people worry about their futures—One in three expects to be unable to find a training position or job
Excerpt: Faced with scarce vocational training positions and widespread unemployment, young Germans fear for their professional futures. More than one-third of those between the ages of 14 and 20 are very concerned about being unable to find a training position or steady job, according to a Bertelsmann Stiftung survey published yesterday.
tagesschau.de (online), August 8, 2005
Young people worry about their futures—A study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung
external linkBerliner Zeitung, August 8, 2005
Teens skeptical about their future
Excerpt: “Students at Germany’s Hauptschulen view themselves as “the major losers in the competition for apprenticeships and jobs.”
ZDFheute.de, August 7, 2005
Young people have serious doubts about their professional futures—Students at Hauptschulen are the most pessimistic
external linkn-tv, August 6, 2005
Young people concerned about future prospects—Hauptschule students very unwilling to relocate
external linkDie Welt.de, August 6, 2005
Young people are worried about the future—One in three has doubts of finding a training position or steady job. Pessimism is most rampant among students at Hauptschulen.
external linkGütersloh, August 7, 2005
Study: German youth skeptical about their professional futures
Westfalen-Blatt, April 26, 2005
Germany trails the pack in youth unemployment. Bertelsmann Stiftung rates performance
Excerpt: “Countries with a much lower youth unemployment rate are the Netherlands (6.6 percent), Austria (7.5 percent) and Ireland (7.6 percent). The working committee for the 2005 Carl Bertelsmann Prize is currently investigating reasons and remedies. The awards ceremony scheduled for Sept. 8 will highlight the issue.”
Westfalen-Blatt, April 26, 2005
Alliance for Families takes shape. Bertelsmann Stiftung takes stock
Excerpt: “The €150,000 Carl Bertelsmann Prize will be awarded in early September at the Gütersloh City Hall on the topic of “Youth and Work.” The foundation is currently researching exemplary programs throughout Europe that help young people make the transition from school to work.
Neue Westfälische, April 26, 2005
Bertelsmann Stiftung awaits Mohn’s new book. After criticism of its work, the think tank is minding its step / Key social deficits remain the focus of work in Gütersloh
external linkBertelsmann Stiftung, April 25, 2005
Youth unemployment is becoming endemic in Germany
Bertelsmann Stiftung, April 25, 2005
The Bertelsmann Stifting is concerned about youth unemployment in Germany.
Bertelsmann Stiftung, April 25, 2005
Young people in the workplace – Steps in the right direction, but still a long way from the finish line
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