Local national hiring at forefront of Volksfest recruitment efforts

TOWER BARRACKS, Germany - During the 63rd German-American Volksfest the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria Workforce Development team hosted a local national recruitment booth to recruit future local national employees, Aug. 2-4.

During the three-day event, 28 volunteers from 12 different job fields manned the recruitment booth making a total of 2,319 contacts.

Ann-Kathrin Hartmann, workforce management specialist, was the lead for this year's recruitment booth.

"We are a huge organization and just like the companies out there in the corporate world, we do have many colleagues who are about to retire," explains Hartmann. "So, we are looking for motivated and dedicated new team members."

Currently, the garrison workforce at USAG Bavaria is comprised of more than 1,600 personnel of which 1,216 are local national hires - more than 76%.

The recruitment booth consisted of two tents, one military style and one traditional tent from USAG Bavaria, to showcase the connection between the local national workforce and the military training area.

To help draw potential employees to the tent, a wooden sign from Maintenance Activity Vilseck, USAG Bavaria's special heavy duty mechanics shop, was on display. In the tent, a highlight video was shown, emphasizing the wide range of career opportunities available at USAG Bavaria.

"New, young and motivated team members are vital for the successful future of our team," said Daniel Koenig, administrative support specialist and volunteer at the recruitment booth. "They bring new ways of executing tasks in modern ways and are responsible for a positive change of our working culture."

Recruitment booth volunteers shared information about open job availability, internship opportunities, apprenticeship positions and the dual study program.

"Events like this are important because everybody thinks only Americans can work on base. We received so many questions about that, people always think they can't work on base and are therefore unaware about all the great job opportunities we have," said Bianca Behrisch-Chappell, USAG Bavaria human resource specialist and volunteer at the recruitment booth.

One special event during the German-American Volksfest was the apprenticeship contract signing of Directorate of Integrated Technology apprentice, Samuel Schmidt, who was invited by his future directorate to sign his contract on the opening day of Volksfest.

"It is important to give young people the chance to start their career with a solid foundation and I believe apprenticeships are the best chance to start a job while getting all the knowledge they need for their later business life," said Christian Dilling, information technology specialist, volunteer at the recruitment booth and Schmidt's future trainer.

Eventgoers did not only learn about the different job opportunities on hand but could also apply for jobs on the spot.

"We are happy about any applicants, no matter the age," added Behrisch-Cahppell. "But especially for young people it might be interesting to work in an international work environment with a big variety of opportunities and plenty of room for personal growth or career development."

Individuals with especially great interest in working for USAG Bavaria or people who applied for jobs on the spot, were invited to a tour of the water tower at Tower Barracks, where they could visit the water tower museum and learn about the history of the training area and a little bit more about their possible future employer.

A special thanks goes out to all volunteers who helped recruiting efforts at the German-American Volksfest:

• Anna Andersen
• Annika Edl
• Nicole Stelter
• Bianca Behrisch-Chappell
• Hans Pappenberger
• Tanja Mihalik
• Rene Titz
• Christian Dilling
• Danny Pavlowski
• Daniel Koenig
• Josef Ploessner
• John Schulz
• Monika Kovacs
• Matthias Schwemmer
• Natalie Simmel
• Katharina Haney
• Aimée LeMaster
• Hans-Juergen Pirner
• Michael Auer
• Nicola Ehbauer
• Ira Baker
• Christina Sittl
• Diane Beer
• Roger E. Muzzy III
• Andrew J. Galazzo
• Stephanie Franz
• Dietmar Pienkny
• Alexandra Hall

For more information about the different job, apprentice, internship and dual study opportunities visit https://home.army.mil/bavaria/employment or https://portal.chra.army.mil/mnrs.

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