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Our studio guest this week: Dirk Martin.
Our studio guest this week: Dirk Martin.
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Our studio guest this week: Dirk Martin.
Martin is member of the board of the BJU, the Association of Young Entrepreneurs.DW-TV: Let’s pull in Dirk Martin from the BJU, the Association of Young Entrepreneurs here in Germany. Would you hire someone with a Bachelors degree? Dirk Martin: Of course we would. It's a question of qualifications and personality. After six semesters you can have a qualification.   DW-TV: Why do you think people in the busienss world are so concerned about this new system in Germany. There are a lot of managers, people hiring, who are actually afraid of a Bachelors degree. Dirk Martin: I cannot understand this. Because I know there are a lot of people who have a qualification after six semesters and we know this qualification from a special university here in Germany. So I think they have some problems because it is completely new, but in the end we need these qualifications, we need these people, and we can be very happy that they are ready earlier than they were with the old system. DW-TV: Is it a time question here? A lot of people have complained in the past five or ten years that German students study too long. You as a businessman - do you want people coming to you who have less time at the university under their belt? Dirk Martin: Yes, of course. Because we can't find the people we need for our company. We are software developers and we need software developers. If I get them one year earlier, it's easier for me, and that's the reason why we changed the system. DW-TV: Do you understand what students are saying right now in their complaints - that there's less time for them to do internships, work study programms...they say they're coming out of university with a degree but not a lot of practical experience. Dirk Martin: I'm not really sure if they can't do other internships. They can change the university across Europe because it's all the same standard. So they can make experience outside Germany. So they can come into the company with experi...
Channel: Deutsche Welle
Category: Business
Video Length: 156
Date Found: December 09, 2009
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