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New blood flocks to Dachser – in Germany and worldwide

[ September 29, 2025   //   ]

Family-owned logistics and forwarding company Dachser has welcomed 691 young people across Germany for the new training year.

They are joined by 22 new dual students and eight new participants for its Young Professionals trainee program.

Across Germany, the family-owned company currently has 1,707 apprentices, 126 students, and 15 trainees in its three-year programs and, worldwide, roughly 2,400 young people are either training or studying at the company.

Dachser, a family-owned company headquartered in Kempten, Germany, provides transport logistics, warehousing, and customized services as Dachser Air & Sea Logistics and Dachser Road Logistics.

With the shortage of qualified personnel and drivers remaining one of the biggest challenges for logistics companies, Dachser continues to be strongly committed to training and hiring junior staff, especially in today’s weak economic climate.

As usual, the largest share of this year’s new apprentice intake in Germany – 283 people –are training for careers in freight forwarding and logistics services. They are joined by 148 warehouse specialists as well as 105 young people training as professional drivers. An additional 22 young people are starting a dual work-study program in Business Administration – Logistics and Business Administration – Insurance, while eight people will start the Young Professionals trainee program.

The chances of being taken on after successfully completing an apprenticeship are very high, explains corporate director human resources, Natachia Antonis. She says: “In addition to recruitment, we’re also focused in particular on how we can strengthen employee retention and further development for our workforce. Once they’ve completed their training, we support employees’ professional and personal growth and continuous learning in the workplace. This is something that’s firmly anchored in our HR strategy.”

Dachser chief executive Burkhard Eling said, in response to a study by the German Economic Institute, and according to which almost 20 million workers will reach retirement age by 2036:

“We’re committed to training young people ourselves and offering them attractive career paths thereafter—and our commitment is becoming even more important in light of the profound effects that demographic change is having on the labour market. Our employees are and will remain crucial to our future success.”

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