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Jobs for Future

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Target group: Career counsellors, professional associations and business players.

Offer: Platform with specialised knowledge and implementation tools on the topic of sustainability in career guidance and marketing

Sustainability and climate protection are changing the economy and most careers. By recognising the potential for action in these professions, young people can gain new perspectives on their career choices. We support professional organisations and career guidance specialists in communicating environmental aspects in a way that is credible and directed towards their target groups. 

What does this programme achieve?

Young people gain a new approach to choosing a career and making an impact in the workplace. They discover how they can contribute to a sustainable future through their profession.

Specific benefits

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Findings from Jobs for Future help professional organisations to identify and communicate relevant connections between careers and sustainability. 

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With the Jobs for Future learning module, career counsellors can show young people the potential for action on sustainability in the workplace. 

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Specific examples and tools help to illustrate the connection between careers and sustainability. 

Sustainability and climate protection are becoming increasingly relevant in the economy. This is also reflected in the world of work, as every career can contribute to climate protection. By recognising the potential for action in these professions, young people can gain new perspectives on their career choices. We support professional organisations and career guidance specialists in communicating environmental aspects in the workplace in a way that is credible and oriented towards their target groups. 

  • A wide range of findings on the connection between various careers and sustainability/climate protection are available.
  • Exemplary fact sheets serve as practical examples and provide a clear overview of the key links between careers and sustainability. 
  • They contain inspiring examples of how to credibly integrate environmental aspects into career marketing. 
  • The dossier for career counsellors offers a structured approach to the link between career choice and sustainability.  

We need skilled workers to help us achieve the federal government’s climate targets. That is why we are committed to recruiting more apprentices in our occupational field. 

Beat Hanselmann, Head of Education at the Polybau training centre

1,500

young people reached in impulse lessons

4

online modules for independent discovery

5

years running the project with numerous results

Documentation and Downloads

Information for professional organisations and business players
Information for careers counsellors and career centres
Jobs for Future learning module
Project description in Transfer magazine

Our sponsors and partners

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The logo of the Ernst Göhner Foundation features the text "Ernst Göhner Stiftung" in simple blue font on a white background.
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The logo of the Georg and Bertha Schwyzer-Winiker Foundation features the text "Georg und Bertha Schwyzer-Winiker Stiftung" in black on a white background, with "Schwyzer-Winiker" underlined.
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