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Children

Companies miss in the offspring of willingness and good manners Bonn/Dusseldorf for many years was a true Pisa hysteria in Germany. German students, so the message be important subjects only still together – or struggling. In arithmetic and reading, Scandinavian or Asian children and Youth Front had the nose. Now, a recent survey of the German of industry and Commerce (DIHK) scares among more than 10,000 companies. The young allegedly mainly lack the so-called secondary virtues. Courtesy, discipline, commitment, sense of duty at the German youth they came seem out of fashion.

Some may operate as Lafontaine’s little thought by saying to the address of the old Chancellor Helmut Schmidt think of Oskar, with secondary virtues, one could also a concentration camp. Lafontaine has already withdrawn its then set, and also the society becomes clear at once that life together is difficult without good manners. And not only in the services sector are Virtues such as discipline, eloquence and reliability just essential for the business. “The world on Sunday more little plastic puts it: rise of the clown scares German chefs.” Lacking every second training establishment for graduates of willingness and motivation, the Sunday newspaper writes about the DIHK survey. Of course knowledge in science, math and German are important to us”, says Claudia Beckert, representative of Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH ger de.aerzen.com. “But if I head notes such as social competence and motivation the endorsement with restrictions ‘ read, I don’t even look at the candidate.” Thilo Pahl, education expert of the DIHK, Welt am Sonntag added that in times of increased competition for scarce apprentices enterprises increasingly learning weaker young people give a chance.

Bad behavior is not a phenomenon confined to apprentices or graduates. Unfortunately, it lacks even university graduates often the necessary soft skills. As parents and schools can no longer afford a formerly self-evident part of the education work, or want to, companies must step up. It helps nothing to complain only Lachrymose. But young people do well at an early stage to work on themselves. Because a selection process or job interview, not only the written testimonies are studied precisely. It’s all about to see whether a candidate to a company fits and whether he has the right personality”, says Udo Nadolski, Managing Director of the Dusseldorf consulting firm Harvey Nash. The Steigenberger Hotel Group starts earlier and offered so-called children’s etiquette courses at several locations”. The demand was large, the company says.

CIVIS Media Foundation

The immigration society in the media program for all! Appointment announcement – Conference program for radio & TV Bonn, September 11, 2008, 10:00 18:00 programme for all! The immigration society in the media Deutsche Welle, the Westdeutsche Rundfunk and the CIVIS Media Foundation for integration and cultural diversity in Europe organize on September 11, 2008 a Programme Committee for radio and television in the Deutsche Welle in Bonn. Programme makers and producers, concrete program examples, discuss the appearance and development of European immigration society in the media. Demographic change, mobility and migration are the reality of life of the citizens and citizens. Today almost half of the children in preschool children from immigrant families come in Cologne or Berlin. Minorities are majorities in urban metropolitan areas. Reflect this profound change our media? To find the programme makers the potentials and friction surfaces that show up in this process? Use the development as a exciting material for information and entertainment programs that appeal to a wider audience? The appearance of the immigration society in the media has changed. Dealing with the themes of integration and cultural diversity has become more nuanced.

The criticism of the incomplete image of migrants in the media stops still. Still, conflict-oriented programs, stereotypes, and extreme perspectives dominate the perception of immigrants in the media. Their everyday life, their normality find barely figure. How can the media contribute to an increased acceptance of immigrants and for a better orientation in the immigration society? How do the media programme content to different target groups? Could there be a common programmes for all? The Programme Committee for radio and television in the Deutsche Welle in Bonn presents the latest results of media research and discussed together using concrete examples of audiovisual program (best practice). Several workshops offer insight into the current state and the perspectives of the immigration society in German and international media. Please note the date today.