Stuttgart's Most Attractive Employers:
University of Hohenheim Remains in Top Ten [02.10.23]
In the "Most Attractive Employers in the City" ranking by the business magazine Capital and the statistics portal Statista, the University of Hohenheim came in tenth place.
Social responsibility and commitment in the region: Staff members expect more from their employer than just good career opportunities. For the fifth time in a row and as the only university, the University of Hohenheim is one of the most attractive employers in the Stuttgart region. It is one of the top 50 employers in southern Germany. This was confirmed by local employees in an anonymous online survey conducted by the business magazine Capital and the statistics portal Statista. To determine the most attractive employers in 20 metropolitan areas, they surveyed a total of around 7,500 employees in April and May 2023.
The University of Hohenheim stands for excellent research and teaching with bioeconomy and its core research focus. At the small university with the most beautiful campus in the country, employees know what they are working for. It is no longer only good career opportunities and salary that determine whether employees perceive an employer as attractive. The values an employer stands for, its social and societal image, and its influence on the business location also play a role.
For this reason, the respondents to the "Most Attractive Employers in the City" ranking also assessed whether companies at the location are committed to both economic and charitable causes – and whether they act in a socially responsible manner toward their own workforce and business partners. Also on the agenda was the offer of development and career opportunities and the question of whether employees would recommend their company as an employer.
For this purpose, the statistics portal Statista selected 2,500 employers from 20 metropolitan regions in Germany with staff sizes between 250 and 5,000 employees – and had the employees in the respective region vote. Around 7,500 employees living either in the respective cities or within a 50-kilometer radius took part in the online survey in April and May 2023. They not only rated their own employer, but were also able to submit ratings for other local companies.
As a result of top ratings, 10 institutions in each city made it onto the final top ten list and can call themselves the "most attractive employers in the city." The University of Hohenheim is ranked 10th in Stuttgart in 2023, the fifth time in a row it has been among the top ten. This year, the first three places are held by AOK Baden-Württemberg, Ritter Sport, and Recaro.
Sustainability as a central topic
The topic of sustainability plays a special role at the University of Hohenheim: Sustainability was already one of its central founding ideas and today takes bioeconomy as the core research are to link research, teaching, and studies as well as administration.
Sustainability is lived out at the University of Hohenheim – not least through the employees and through student groups, which are involved in many different sustainability activities. These include, for example, the Sustainability Working Group (AKN), the student group FRESH, which received an award from the United Nations for its commitment to global sustainable nutrition, and the student group Greening Hohenheim, which is committed to greater sustainability on campus. More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/portrait
Family-friendly, diversity-friendly, bicycle-friendly
Family-friendly working and study conditions, on-campus childcare, and support for family caregivers: Back in 2004, the University of Hohenheim was the first university in Baden-Württemberg to receive the basic certificate for the "audit familiengerechte hochschule" (family-friendly university audit) from berufundfamilie Service GmbH. It received a permanent certificate in 2020.
More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/family-friendly
The potential of diversity: The University of Hohenheim actively opposes discrimination of any kind – be it due to gender identity, ethnic or social origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or physical or mental abilities. It was recently one of the first two universities in Germany to receive the "audit vielfaltsgerechte hochschule" certificate. The development audit is also conducted by berufundfamilie Service GmbH. More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/pressemitteilung?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=59424
The University of Hohenheim also aims for sustainability when it comes to mobility: In 2020, it became the first university in the state to receive the ADFC "Bicycle-Friendly Employer" seal in silver for its special commitment to bicycle culture. Its work in this area included new high-quality storage facilities, showers, a volunteer bicycle representative, rental bicycles, self-help workshop, and campaigns for employees and students. In short, the University of Hohenheim has been promoting cycling for years. The University's mobility plan with short, medium, and long-term measures for better accessibility and more climate friendliness form the basis for these measures. The mobility plan takes all means of transport into account. More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/mobility
More information
- "The most attractive employers in the city in 2023"
- Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim
- Family-friendly university
- Bicycle-friendly employer
Text: Elsner
