Most Attractive Employer:
Stuttgart's number one is the University of Hohenheim [06.12.22]
In the "Most Attractive Employers in the City" ranking by the business magazine Capital and the statistics portal Statista, the University of Hohenheim landed in first place in Stuttgart.
More than just good career opportunities: The University of Hohenheim is once again the most attractive employer in the Stuttgart region. 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 25 metropolitan areas, they surveyed a total of around 13,300 employees in March and April 2022. The award was given to employers who, in the opinion of the people surveyed, are particularly committed to their region, assume their social responsibility, actively shape the business location, and are also recommended to others as an attractive employer. As in the previous year, the University of Hohenheim landed in first place in 2022, followed this time by SWR and Fraunhofer IPA.
Nowadays, it is not only the employees’ salaries, tasks, and direct work environment that determine whether employees perceive an employer as attractive. Good career opportunities are important, but the values for which an employer stands, the employers’ social and societal image as well as its influence on the business location also play a role in the assessment.
That's why, for the "Most Attractive Employers in the City" ranking, respondents also assessed whether companies are active both economically and for charitable purposes in the region - and whether they act in a socially responsible manner toward their own employees and business partners.
For this purpose, the statistics portal Statista selected 3,600 employers from 25 metropolitan regions in Germany with staff sizes between 250 and 5,000 employees - and had the employees in the respective region vote. Around 13,300 employees living either in the respective cities or within a 25-kilometer radius took part in the survey in March and April 2022. They not only rated their own employer, but were also able to submit ratings for other local companies.
As a result of top ratings, 25 institutions in each city made it onto the final list and can call themselves the "most attractive employers in the city." The University of Hohenheim is once again the most attractive employer in the Stuttgart region in 2022.
Certificate “family-friendly university”
Employees and students at the University of Hohenheim appreciate, amongst other things, how family-friendly and bicycle-friendly it is: It is certified as a "family-friendly university."
The "audit familiengerechte hochschule" was initiated in 1998 by the non-profit Hertie Foundation. For years, the University of Hohenheim has focused on family-friendly personnel policies that take employees’ life phases into account. This includes family-friendly conditions for studying and working, childcare offers on the campus, and can even include assistance with caring for a relative.
The University of Hohenheim was a pioneer in this area and was the first university in Baden-Württemberg to receive the basic certificate from berufundfamilie Service GmbH back in 2004. In 2020, the University of Hohenheim was audited for the sixth time as a family-friendly university and became the first university in Baden-Württemberg to bear a permanent certificate. More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/family-friendly
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 links research, teaching, and studies as well as administration.
Sustainability is lived out at the university 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 works toward greater sustainability on campus. More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/portrait
Certificate “bicycle-friendly employer”
In 2020, the University of Hohenheim was the first university in Baden-Württemberg to be awarded the ADFC seal of approval “bicycle-friendly employer" in silver for its special commitment to cycling culture. Whether new high-quality storage facilities, showers, a volunteer bicycle representative, rental bicycles, self-help workshop, and campaigns for employees and students: The University of Hohenheim has been promoting cycling for years.
The background is the University's mobility plan with short, medium, and long-term measures for better accessibility and more climate friendliness. It takes all means of transport into account. More: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/mobility
More information
- "The most attractive employers in the city 2022"
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- Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim
Text: Elsner
