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Are you
auto-motivated?
Welcome!
Continental AG
Corporate Employer Branding & Strategic Recruiting
Vahrenwalder Straße 9 | 30165 Hannover
Postfach 169 | 30001 Hannover
April 2012
Deutschland
www.continental-karriere.de A successful start to your future –
www.facebook.com/ContinentalKarriere with Continental
Vorwort
Develop the automotive future
together with us – with Continental
Get on board and get started – we With us, you can expect a lot, espe- Are you motivated to master techni- Do you value passion, commitment,
have a wide range of challenging cially one thing in particular: people cal challenges and develop the future respect and teamwork? Furthermore,
activities waiting for you. We offer driven by the idea of doing great of automobiles at one of the world’s are you open to a change and willing
students, graduates and experienced things, always giving their best and leading automotive suppliers and constantly to develop and learn?
professionals exciting opportunities letting their actions speak for them- trend-setting technology corpora-
in the global automotive supplier selves. You can look forward to an tions? Then welcome and start your career
market. inspiring environment, shaped by with us. At Continental.
openness, integrity, team spirit and Do you have the confidence to make
Safety, the environment, information, equal opportunities, where your visions reality and promote innovations? Sincerely,
and affordable cars – the four mega- personal commitment is also properly
trends in the automotive industry. We appreciated.
are involved each day in shaping these
trends, making individual mobility
safer, more comfortable and sus-
tainable. To make sure we continue to
do so in the future, we are looking for
bright minds to develop tomorrow’s
mobility today.
Elke Strathmann Sehnaz Özden
Member of the Executive Board Head of Corporate Employer Branding & Recruiting
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Content
2 Foreword
5 Content
6 Continental 26 Who We’re Looking For
8 Corporate Culture & 28 Your Profile
Corporate Social 29 Students
Responsibility 29 Graduates
9 Vision 29 Experienced Professionals
12 History 32 Soft Skills
13 Future 33 Hard Facts
Automotive Megatrends
14 Continental Worldwide
17 Locations 34 Your Application
18 Businesses & Divisions 35 Apply Online
Contact
Continental AG | Corporate Employer Branding & Strategic Recruiting
Vahrenwalder Str. 9 | 30165 Hanover
P. O. Box 169 | 30001 Hanover
Germany
Continental is an equal opportunity employer.
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Continental
“I have the drive to
deliver high perfomance,
and the company gives
me the right navigation
system to go with it.”
Verena Weiß
Executive Assistant to the CEO
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Continental | Corporate Culture & Corporate Social Responsibility Vision | Continental
Top performers need drive and direction and Shapers of the future need to have ideas
sometimes a little help with navigation. and a vision.
Our corporate culture: Our vision:
We think you should start getting to q Responsibility and management q Highly developed, intelligent technologies for
know our culture. So, here’s some Each individual takes full responsibil- mobility, transport and processing make up
help in navigating through our values ity for their actions and performance
and beliefs. Look forward to: at all times. But we make sure that our world.
you’re not left alone. Our company
q A culture of high performance executives foster a climate of open-
A culture in which high performance ness that encourages individual re-
q We want to provide the best solutions for
thrives awaits you at Continental. It sponsibility and widens your limits of each of our customers in each of our markets.
inspires the actions of every individu- performance – always for the good of
al, as well as the teams, throughout your professional advancement and
Continental worldwide. for the good of the company.
q All of our stakeholders will thus come to
recognize us as the most value-creating,
q Striving for the best q Learning and
highly reliable and respected partner.
You have ambitious goals? Very knowledge management
good, because we do, too. For this Do you like learning? Great – we do,
reason, each of us strives for the best as well. We make information easily
in our respective business practices. accessible throughout the corporation,
and develop programs to facilitate the
q Cooperation and teamwork exchange of knowledge and expertise.
The spirit of cooperation drives all For example, we offer a variety of life-
teams and divisions within the corpo- long learning opportunities.
ration – across all levels and cultures
worldwide.
Corporate social responsibility
Treating people and the environment responsibly plays a fundamental role in our
success as a global corporation. That is why we at Continental are committed
to sustainable social and ecological responsibility.
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Continental | History
“At Continental, progress
has been a tradition for
close to 140 years.
And for me, it’s my
daily motivation.”
Mariam Harms-Diallo
Category Manager Temporary Labour & HR Services | Corporate Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing
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Continental | History Future Automotive Megatrends | Continental
Our history ... ... could be your future
Our history – Your future –
close to 140 years of tradition and progress a success story at Continental
We have our eyes set on the future motive Systems division in 1995 pro- Keeping its sights on the automotive We will continue firmly on this path
of mobility and can look back on an vides an entry into the automotive megatrends, Continental is developing and look forward to your contribution.
eventful past. Here’s our history in industry’s systems business. In 1997, mobility for everyone.
fast-forward: Continental unveils ISAD, the key Our success story would never have
technology for hybrid systems and is q Safety been written without the passion and
In 1871, Continental-Caoutchouc- awarded industry’s most prestigious We want people to relax when they dedication of all the people who give
und Gutta-Percha Compagnie is innovation prize in Germany. drive and arrive at their destination their best every day.
founded in Hanover as a joint stock safely. Our know-how helps improve
company. Manufacturing at the main In another milestone, the automotive driving safety. The future of Continental began in
factory includes soft rubber products, brake and chassis unit is successful- 1871 – your own career is about to
rubberized fabrics, and solid tires for ly integrated into the division a year q Environment start now.
carriages and bicycles. The foundation later. Expertise is improved and busi- Our vision is to reduce the emission of
for success was laid in Germany, but ness units are expanded: through pollutants to zero and thereby make a Make our success story your own.
it crossed borders even back then: the acquisition of Phoenix in 2004, decisive contribution to reducing CO2 We will give you the opportunity to
Louis Blériot, the French aviation pi- ContiTech becomes the world’s larg- emissions – a global priority. develop your own concepts and
oneer, writes history in 1909 with the est specialist for rubber and plastics visions. With us, your ideas will
first flight across the English Channel. technology outside the tire industry. q Information meet with sympathetic ears, because
Continental Aeroplan material covers In 2007, Continental acquires Sie- We are developing sophisticated we know that your personality and
the fuselage and wings of his plane. mens VDO Automotive AG, becoming information management systems your commitment are vital keys to
one of the world’s leading automotive in the vehicle, to make driving as innovation and progress.
The success story continues. Innova- suppliers. enjoyable as possible by providing
tion and expansion are the engines of as much information as necessary. Welcome to Continental.
progress. In 1955, air spring bellows Take an active part in writing our
are developed for buses and trucks. upcoming history – another exciting q Affordable cars
Mergers with major companies in the chapter of the automotive future is We are investing specifically in prod-
German rubber sector and various waiting for you. ucts and systems for affordable cars,
acquisitions in the following decades to make mobility accessible to all.
strengthen the company’s market
position. The formation of the Auto-
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Continental | Worldwide
“At home in Hanover.
Active around
the world.”
Liesse Abdou
Head of Product Industrialization | Platform development and Industrialization
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Continental | Worldwide Locations | Continental
Continental:
worldwide
Europe, Asia, North and South America,
Africa and Australia – we’re offering you Almost 200 locations for production and
a world of opportunities research & development in about 40 countries
You’re based at an office in Hano- logical progress – in Shanghai, the Mayra Bittencourt Villalpando | Guarulhos | Brazil
ver, Germany, but you travel all over most important industrial city of the “Working in a globally active company like Continental, I am aware each day of
the world – that may be one way People’s Republic of China. Or you the dynamic network linking people around the world. This makes for fascinat-
of describing your future radius of can master great challenges and ing cultural exchange and personal advancement.”
action. How do you envisage your fu- experience new cultures in India. In
ture? Working at international level? Bangalore, for instance, India’s third Vivekananda Rao | Bangalore | India
Or would you prefer to stay local? most populous city. “I’m highly motivated because Continental offers me a working environment
Whatever your choice, you’ll find your where I am free to implement my ideas.”
place in this company. Moving on from the Asian continent
to America: the U.S.A. Take your Michael Nimser | Berlin | Germany
At Continental, we take a no-limit professional career to the land of op- “Collaborating in the field of hybrid and electro-mobility, making a new, eco-
approach to mapping your career. portunity, and anything is possible. friendly form of private transport possible, is simply very exciting and interesting.
What about Brazil? In Guarulhos, a Our team provides concepts for making this new technology accessible and,
Whether you put your skills to use suburb of São Paulo – the country’s above all, absolutely safe for end consumers.”
in Hanover, Timisoara or Budapest most significant center of commerce
– new experiences are waiting for and finance, as well as arts and enter- Changmin Zhong | Shanghai | China
you all over Europe. If you’ve always tainment – a multicultural team awaits “My work at Continental is fun and full of challenges. Each day, I have to adapt to
dreamed of achieving something you, together with whom you can internal and external changes. In Continental R&D, I have a lot of opportunities to
spectacular, then go ahead. We’re work on exciting projects and contin- further my technical skills and advance my career. I like working in such an inter-
giving you the opportunity to do just ue your own personal advancement. nationally oriented, dynamic company.”
that.
There’s plenty of scope for your ideas
You can be part of the world’s fastest – at Continental, worldwide.
economic development and techno-
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Continental | Businesses & Divisions
“In the past, my visions
would often end up as
nothing more than
daydreams. Today,
I turn those visions into
reality in the divisions.”
Ping Wang
Project Manager Automotive | Supply Chain Optimization
18 19Continental | Chassis & Safety Division Powertrain Division | Continental
For some, safety awareness is yesterday’s Is it in your nature to strive to do your best?
idea. For others, the vision of tomorrow: Do this at full force: Powertrain Division
Chassis & Safety Division
We are convinced that innovative Preventing accidents and protecting Are you driven to perfection? Is Emission-free travel of the future
technologies will make accident- people is our goal. Vision Zero, passion your fuel? Then pick up starts here today, with us: our precise
free driving possible in the future – accident-free traffic, is our objective. speed, put your foot down and take Piezo injection has set standards in
for all vehicle categories and in all And we call our concept for achieving off – in our Powertrain Division. terms of consumption and emissions
the world’s markets. Take on some this objective ContiGuard®. for diesel and spark-ignition engines.
of the responsibility for this in our Our goal is to be the global market Our hybrid and electric drives take
Chassis & Safety Division. You don’t think a box, but in catego- and technological leader in economic the trend toward greater efficien-
ries like safety, future and innovation? and environmentally-sound driving, cy one step further. Powertrain is a
Chassis & Safety combines sophis- Would you like to work together with high performance products for product expert and system partner
ticated know-how with maximum with us to make accident-free driving everything relating to the powertrain. for vehicle manufacturers in every
quality for active and passive driving a reality? stage of development.
safety. As experts in driving dynam- “Experience passion-driven mobility”
ics, we both develop and produce Then this is the right place for you. is the motto for employees working Take off with Powertrain. We’re looking
technologies that inseparably com- The Chassis & Safety Division. all around the world on making ve- forward to seeing you there!
bine safety with driving pleasure. hicle powertrain systems even more
efficient and environmentally friendly
without ruining the fun of driving.
20 21Continental | Interior Division Tire Division | Continental
Do you know about the art of information You can’t keep reinventing the wheel?
management? Then we’re the right one We can prove the exact opposite:
for you: Interior Division In the Tire Division
Do you know the value of having the control and the relevant information You can’t keep reinventing the wheel? mobility even safer, more comfortable
right information at the right time, and easy to understand. We can prove the exact opposite: and more sustainable, we reach new
are you willing to dedicate yourself In the Tire Division. heights with each generation of tires
fully to this task? Then welcome to One of our strengths is our complete for passenger cars, trucks, buses,
the Interior Division. and diversified product range. From In the Tire Division we set ourselves motorbikes, bicycles and industrial
instrument clusters and displays, the challenge of making an excellent vehicles in terms of safety, quality and
We are a global market and techno- through control devices for safety and product even better, each and every performance.
logical leader in managing informa- comfort functions, to infotainment day. Highly qualified specialists work in
tion between the vehicle, driver and systems and telematic solutions. For state-of-the-art technology centers to In our business with truck, bus and
passengers, between vehicles, and cars, trucks and special-purpose continuously improve high-tech tires. industrial tires, our customers are en-
between the vehicle and the outside vehicles alike. Furthermore, we also trepreneurs with high demands. The
world. carry a very extensive product port- We work closely with nearly all leading broad scope of requirements that our
folio for replacement and high-wear vehicle manufacturers, and with our tires and services have to fulfill in the
Our “Always On” vision applies every- parts. We are thus ideally positioned premium tire brand, Continental, we different countries of their use - that is
where in the world. Our strategy: we with our products. occupy a leading position not just in what makes working in our team espe-
inform you well, we connect – all at the European original equipment mar- cially challenging and varied.
lower cost. Our concrete goal: optim- Get on board and develop future- ket.
izing the flow of information and de- proof information management. Join Keep on reinventing the wheel together
veloping intelligent new technologies the Interior Division. Driven by the desire to make individual with us: in the Tire Division.
to make vehicles more intuitive to
22 23ContiTech Division | Continental Overview Divisions | Continental
Our divisions –
Your future!
We are world class when it comes to solving the Realize your visions
needs of society. Help us shape a significant portion in one of our new divisions:
of the future: ContiTech Division
q A safe bet for visionaries:
There is a name for globally unique transport raw materials in a climate- Chassis & Safety Division
expertise in rubber and plastics tech- neutral, eco-friendly way. Safety suits
nology for pioneering applications: reliably protect workers or disaster re-
ContiTech. lief experts in their day-to-day work.
q In the drive for top performance:
And in the food industry, our products Powertrain Division
We are the preferred partner of many make sure that what consumers eat
key industries, both established and and drink is pure and healthy.
new, when it comes to future-proof q The fine art of information management:
technologies. Our employees make As a technological leader, we are Interior Division
a significant contribution to sus- developing the individual and tailor-
tainable mobility, to power genera- made solutions that our customers
tion and energy efficiency, to health, around the world need. q Reinventing the wheel time and again:
nutrition, and the environment. Our Tire Division
innovative products help trains glide Become a part of a strong, global and
smoothly along. They make for safe, innovative team and help us shape a
fuel-efficient and comfortable driving. significant portion of the future. In the q Shaping the future:
They help wind turbines generate ContiTech Division.
energy efficiently and conveyor belts
ContiTech Division
24 25Who We’re Looking For
“Enhancing my skills –
something I never
tire of.”
Kumar Krishnamurthy
Tire Engineer for Passenger and Light Truck Tires | Platform Development and Industrialization
26 27Who We’re Looking For | Your Profile Students, Graduates, Experienced Professionals | Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking
for you!
Student, graduate or experienced professional? Students Gain experience while you are still studying by combining theory and
practice at Continental. We offer exciting challenges in a wide range of fields
If your profile fits the bill, get in touch! and ambitious projects in teams. Grab the chance to make a start on your pro-
fessional future with an internship, a thesis or as a working student – we are
Our employees represent the success We combine technological, ecologi- open to your ideas and will welcome you with open arms.
and the reputation of the company. cal, economic and personal aspects
of performance. That’s what makes Graduates A variety of starting opportunities make it possible for you to apply
As a dynamic company with flat hi- Continental different. in practice the knowledge you learnt during your studies, immediately after
erarchical structures and flexible graduating. Vacancies or our talent initiatives are your admission ticket to the
decision-making channels, we offer We are eager to find out what your world of Continental. We will provide you with the skills you need to master
students, graduates, career starters qualifications are and what ideas your job and foster your ability to broaden your horizons.
or professionals an exciting and inter- motivate you. It doesn’t matter if your
national environment for a successful professional passion is mainly techni- Experienced professionals Do you know your subject and are you looking for
career. cal or commercial: if the automotive a new task? Passion, team spirit and company-oriented thinking are in your
future makes your heart beat faster, blood? Then we can offer you the opportunity to add your experience to the
You will be impressed by the diverse then we’re the right choice for you. mix. We would be happy to explain the various options to you in a personal
possibilities to promote your career at meeting. See you there!
Continental. We look forward to meeting you and
developing your profile together with
you.
28 29Who We’re Looking For
“Open communication
needs open doors –
and that’s exactly what
I find at Continental.”
Marcus Lieberum
Internal Communications Officer | Corporate Communications
30 31Who We’re Looking For | Soft Skills Hard Facts | Who We’re Looking For
Hard facts –
Soft skills? the Conti checklist
Hard facts? q Are you a visionary?
Ideally, both!
We are looking for people with inspiring visions of the future. People who like
promoting processes of innovation and change will love Continental. Developing
concepts and making them reality – you can expect both working with us, and we
also expect both from you.
We are looking for employees who Vision, interactivity, a willingness q Do you work interactively?
combine personality with specialized to learn, readiness for action, con- Being able to convince others about ideas and motivate them to implement
skills and qualifications. Communica- viction and entrepreneurship. Hard these is a major asset. Bring this asset to Continental with you and promote
tive people who are open to innovation, facts that, together with soft skills, team spirit, cooperation, networking, intercultural expertise and diversity at the
enjoy progress and want to risk thinking also form the basis for your career at micro and macro communication levels.
outside the box. Where you come from Continental. Why not take the quick
is less important than where you want test and find out if you can answer q Do you like learning?
to go. the questions in the Conti checklist to If you like learning, Continental is the perfect training ground for your professional
your satisfaction? career: use self-reflection, feedback and coaching as an active learning
Are you self-confident, team-oriented opportunity. For yourself and for others.
and not short of empathy and persua- We look forward to meeting you in
siveness? person soon. q Are you ready for action?
If you are not afraid of action and initiate it responsibly and passionately, you’re
Then you already have some of the on the right track with us – Continental promotes initiative, leadership and
fundamental soft skills that we ex- management, self-determination and commitment.
pect from our present and future
employees. q Are you good at getting things done?
At Continental, it’s all about getting the right things done and successfully
solving problems while taking calculated risks into account. If you have these
skills in your repertoire, then we think that’s great.
q Can you think and act entrepreneurially?
Then you think and act as you should – in your own interests and as far as
Continental is concerned: customer-oriented, profit-oriented, quality-oriented,
environmentally conscious and with integrity.
32 33Your Application Your Application | Apply Online
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your interest?
Then spark ours!
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