new in the geis group: general Transport ag

2 | editorial
Dear readers,
Our continued growth regularly presents us with new
challenges. Thus, human resources development has
become one of our most important strategic tasks.
Demographic change in Germany means that people
are having to work or want to work longer, while the
number of young people available to start apprenticeships
and degrees is decreasing. By the year 2035, according
to calculations made by the Federal Ministry
for Education and Research, there will be around one
fifth fewer young people available to join the labour
market.
Youngsters who leave school at the age of 18 can also
naturally join the Geis Group as the first step in a successful
career. On 1 st August/September, for example,
we greeted a total of 72 new trainees at our training
sites throughout Germany. In September four vocational-college
students also began working for Geis
Group as the practical component of their courses.
We are currently training a total of 189 young men
and women, with the most popular apprenticeships
being those for forwarding merchants, logistics executives,
warehouse logistics specialists, clerks and qualified
warehouse staff. At Geis they all receive practical,
high-quality professional training that is personally
overseen by a designated contact person. They also
benefit, just like our employees, from the other training
programmes that we offer.
Our concept works well, as confirmed by the feedback
we get from our trainees and external agencies. Two
years ago at the “Bayerns Best 50” awards, for example,
the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs awarded
us one of the two special prizes for companies that
provide large numbers of training opportunities. Such
successes and also the outstanding achievements of
our students (see also page 14) make us even more
determined to expand our training programmes.
Our aim with the training we provide is to fully meet
the future needs of our customers and to offer them
innovative and effective solutions. As usual, this edition
of Transfer contains information on the services
our staff currently provides customers and other news
about the Geis Group. We hope you enjoy reading it!
Qualified training
This is naturally also something that the Geis Group
will have to deal with. After all, we now employ more
than 3,600 employees at our network and logistics
sites across Europe. Every single one of our employees
– whether a warehouse worker in Germany, a
truck driver in the Czech Republic or a site manager
in Switzerland – has complex and sometimes highly
differentiated tasks to fulfil. And in future there will
be a whole new range of tasks to carry out.
We therefore offer in collaboration with vocational
colleges the possibility of completing academic training
while working. For office-based employees, training
is offered in IT, telephone communications and
foreign languages. The standard training programme
for drivers and warehouse employees includes practical
training in load securing, dangerous goods handling,
special packaging, etc. And in future these programmes
will be expanded to reflect the ergonomic
needs of older employees.
Yours sincerely,
Hans-Georg Geis and Wolfgang Geis,
Managing Partners of the Geis Group