Recruitment campaign successful - Opacc promotes young professionals
A successful recruitment campaign resulted in 29 new jobs in Rothenburg LU and Münchenstein BL, and further talent is being sought. Young talent is also being promoted with attractive apprenticeships and trial days.
Lucerne-based software provider Opacc again posted double-digit growth last year and has largely full order books. So there is little sign of a slowing Corona effect. However, the dried-up personnel market is experienced as a major challenge.
Thanks to recruitment campaign to needed specialists
Opacc launched a recruitment campaign that created 29 new positions at its sites in Rothenburg and Münchenstein. In addition, internal training programs are also strongly emphasized. Walter Dettling, the head of OpaccAcademy in Rothenburg states: "Opacc is aware of the challenging circumstances on the personnel market and therefore relies on its own initiative. We have continued our training during the pandemic, both for our customers and internally for our employees. Already in the first wave of the 2020 pandemic, we immediately switched product training to online and intensified it for our own employees. Later, we digitized training for our customers as well." The demand from Opacc customers was high and at the same time a challenge for the instructors, he said. A lot of valuable things were learned in the process, Dettling adds.
9 apprentices in the occupations of EFZ Media Technician EFZ Computer Technician EFZ Platform Development
The company invests in its own specialists as well as in vocational training for media technicians and, as a new addition, IT specialists EFZ platform development. Opacc has been committed to promoting young talent for many years. For Marco Stuber, who is responsible for apprenticeships, the effort pays off: "Training young people in ICT professions is enormously important to counter the shortage of skilled workers." This also includes the long-standing cooperation with the ICT Berufsbildung Zentralschweiz professional association.
OpaccTaster days - despite pandemic
Every year in spring, the Opacc Software AG apprentices in Rothenburg organize the Opacc taster days. The young professionals launched the "Online Taster Day" so that they could also have a look during Corona. The apprentices themselves are responsible for planning, implementation and review. Opacc has had very good experience with this in recent years. Marco Stuber: "The apprentices have to think about how they want to introduce young people to the ICT profession of mediamatician EFZ and how the taster days should proceed in detail. This includes the application in the social media channels, the welcome, the presentation of the company and, of course, a few motivating ideas, such as a virtual scavenger hunt in the sales office." The concept received a great response and two exciting taster days were recently held, each with 15 young people.
Source: Opacc Software
