Since 2016, volunteer HR managers registered on the HR-integrate platform have been mentoring refugees in their search for a job, vocational training ,or a place at university in Germany. Thomas Batsching, one of the HR professionals behind the project and CEO of the Karlsruhe-based consultancy HR Works Personalwerk, has spoken with Planet Labor about the main successes and problems in implementing the project, as well as about the new challenges ahead.
In the spring of 2016, HR manager Thomas Batsching along with five to six other human resources professionals launched the HR-integrate platform (HR is an acronym for both Human Resources and Helping Refugees), the goal of which is to apply their knowledge of the labor market, recruitment processes and the German vocational training system, as well as their networks of contacts, in order to support refugees.
Sixty active pairings in Germany. “Our platform aims to bring refugees together with HR
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