From studying directly into practice - Our working students introduce themselves

Let's start in the HR department: Alisa has been supporting the team here since September 2021. She is studying vocational education and human resources development in her master's degree and initially completed a mandatory internship at stoba as part of her bachelor's degree. Afterwards, she was hired as a working student due to her great performance. Her tasks are in the area of e-learning. She is responsible for creating courses and managing the platform. We asked Alisa what she particularly likes about her job: "What I like most about my work at stoba is the flexible working hours. This allows me to maintain the perfect balance between my studies and working student job," she says. She also really enjoys the varied tasks and the contact with other employees from a wide range of departments, adds Alisa.  

Desired: Courage and team spirit 

She describes her team as helpful, reliable and creative. This is also confirmed by Roland Gaus, who is responsible for the HR department at stoba in Backnang: "In such a dynamic working environment as we have at stoba, we can only get ahead as a team. We need people who have the courage to think outside the box and want to develop with the company. "Working students in particular are therefore given the opportunity to contribute their own interests and ideas, to set individual priorities and to keep learning new things.

This also applies to the two working students in the Marketing and Communications team, Lisa and Luzy. 

Lisa has been with stoba since October 2020 and works primarily in strategic marketing. Here, she supports the sales team in everything related to the topic of new markets and is even currently writing her master's thesis on this topic. In addition, she develops communication concepts with her colleagues, manages the stoba website and deals with internal communication issues on Sharepoint. She finds: "The work is super versatile and varied.  If you're interested in a particular topic, you're involved in it, and you're also given responsibility for your own projects. So you always learn something new. And: I find it very fascinating how exciting a seemingly dry technology topic can suddenly be when you deal with it every day on the job." Her conclusion after almost three years at stoba: "We are dynamic, enabling and open. This makes work really fun!"

Students are an important part of the team 

Luzy is studying Media Management in the Master's program and has been at stoba for about three months. She is establishing herself in her team as a LinkedIn professional and is actively helping to represent stoba even better. She writes press articles, maintains the intranet and website with new content and coordinates the team's editorial plan.  She also gave us a glimpse behind the scenes and told us what she particularly appreciates about her job: "The diversity and the fact that I've been given full trust right from day one. My team encourages me in my areas of knowledge and uses me where my strengths are. The team spirit is directly noticeable and the hands-on mentality is lived."

When asked if they are happy with their student trainee positions, all three answered with a resounding "Yes!". And the satisfaction is mutual: Barbara Hennecke (Lead Marketing & Communication): "I really enjoy working with our student trainees. They are an integral part of our team. I'm a big fan of students gaining real practical experience alongside their time at university. And I give them as much of that as I can."

If, after these impressions, you also feel like putting the theory you have learned into practice in real projects, you are welcome to take a look at our People & Jobs page to find the right position for you or to send us an unsolicited application.