Successfully implemented „SHAPE“ – Podravka's Employment Program for Trainees

Podravka has successfully completed „SHAPE", the first selection process of employing highly educated trainees. Nowdays unemployment is a serious problem which affects especially young people and their employment is one of the priorities in economic strategies, not only in Croatia but also all around the world. About 800 candidates from all over  Croatia applied for „SHAPE" program. Starting with next month Podravka will employ 28 trainees  of various professional references and profiles, including economists, food technologists, engineers, electro technicians, journalists, graphic technicians and lawyers.

The trainees are young people from all parts of Croatia. All of them will have the opportunity to build their own careers using their own efforts at one of the leading companies in the country, and together with experienced collegues contribute creating and shaping Podravka's future.

"We are very satisfied with the response to the „SHAPE" program and especially the quality of candidates who have expressed their interest in a career at Podravka. All candidates who have shown excellence in their education so far had a chance to apply for the contest and all of them had an eqal chance to succeed. Human Resources experts recommended the candidates based on the objectively measurable indicators. Directors of departments, who themselves select and choose their associates, brought the final decision on who their new apprentieces will be. It is important to emphasize that in this way we have enhanced  database of our company with over 150 young people who entered the final round and we will definitely contact you in case of new employment in the near future", explains the director of Human Resources Jasenka Maltarić Dujnić.