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again. At the Berg location, we took on a total of 72 5.2 Further training, qualification, and retraining
school interns. We also exhibited at twelve trade [GRI 102-8, 401, 402, 404 ] The goal of our human re-
shows, visited five schools, and invited four school sources work is to attract motivated, qualified, and sat-
classes to a guided tour of our factory. In 2022 we isfied employees and to retain them permanently at
were again able to hold a Girls’ Day in Berg. During RAFI. With regard to market dynamics such as global-
our Training Day, we demonstrated to future job- ization, digital transformation, and technological
starters that RAFI is an attractive training company. change, our human resources development is in line
with our Mission Statement and overall corporate strat-
5.1.4 Outlook and objectives egy. As an innovative technology leader with the high-
We aim to increase our training rate and modernize est quality standards, we conduct more than 4,000
the training program as a whole in order to maintain qualification measures per year and continuously train
our quality standards and remain competitive on the our employees according to the latest state of knowl-
market for the best young talent. This is particularly edge. With special career planning and development
important in the face of demographic change. In programs for each individual, we secure the potential
2022, a major topic in our training programs was digi- offered by our future managers as well as our distinc-
tal transformation. This focused attention on digital tive innovative capacity. To support agile personnel de-
opportunities, such as for conserving resources and velopment, annual human resource meetings are held
for knowledge transfer. We will also further expand with the division and departmental heads. We system-
our commitment as a major vocational training com- atically implement the initiatives derived from these
pany in the Upper Swabia region by intensifying our meetings in personnel deployment, planning, and re-
cooperation with local schools and educational insti- cruitment. HR Controlling as well as employee surveys
tutions and increasing our involvement in social proj- regularly evaluate the success of the HR strategy. We
ects. have already received several awards for our training
Furthermore, in 2023 we plan to boost international programs, which we are continuously expanding.
exchanges in our training programs by offering in-
ternships at our subsidiary in the USA.