Diversity

Show your flag! The International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia has been held annually on May 17 since 2005 to draw attention to discrimination against people who deviate from heteronormativity in their sexual orientation or gender identity. Arvato Systems regularly participates with numerous rainbow flags.

Once again, we supported the LGBTIQ+ community "bie.queer" Bielefeld by sponsoring bicycle rickshaws on the occasion of the "CSD Pride Day." In this way, people with limited mobility could also participate in this year's demonstration in Bielefeld, which advocates for more diversity, tolerance, and acceptance of sexual and gender diversity.

On May 31, 2022, our virtual CR event for executives took place, as they are essential multipliers and shapers of the topic of CR. Our speaker Prof. Dr. Anna Svea Fischer, a transident woman, explained the terminology "transidentity" from a social as well as biological perspective and enriched her impulse with her personal experiences.

Under the motto "Diversity is our daily business," we joined forces with the UFA in 2019 to campaign for diversity and equal opportunities by participating in the CSD. Together with colleagues, family members, and friends, we had 120 participants and set a sign for tolerance and diversity with our float and a large foot troop.

For several years, we have been represented together with other Bertelsmann divisions and be.queer at STICKS & STONES - Europe's largest LGBT+ job and career fair. Our colleagues inform interested parties about exciting career opportunities, jobs, and the be.queer network.

Our women's network was founded in 2019. With the network, we have created a space where our female colleagues can engage in dialog, inspire each other, and network. In addition, increasing the proportion of women in the organization and especially in leadership positions, as well as connecting and supporting female colleagues in the company in a targeted manner. More than 250 female colleagues are now part of our network. Every year, we hold numerous events, including herSystemS lunches, virtual events, peer mentoring, our info series by colleagues for colleagues, herSystemS working groups and training sessions on deep work, and female career coaching.

On the occasion of International Women's Day, pme Familienservice hosted the live stream event "Womanomics: She.Changes.Future." and brought role models on stage. The event's goal was to encourage women to play to their strengths confidently. We sponsored the event and were there as participants with herSystemS.

We have participated in GirlsDay for many years and offer interested girls the opportunity to spend a day getting a taste of IT at our company. The day is intended to motivate girls from the 5th grade onwards to take up STEM professions, to break down prejudices, and thus help increase the proportion of female employees in MINT professions. In 2022, 13 girls in Gütersloh and nine girls in Rostock took part in GirlsDay.

Intending to make women in IT more visible, Arvato Systems featured a female colleague on our  LinkedIn-Channel every Wednesday in May and June 2022. Nine female colleagues spread across the globe, nine professions from different disciplines, and nine life paths: The first round of our social media campaign "#ArvatoSystemsWomen-Wednesday" showed how broad the spectrum of work areas is in which women work at our company.

For the second time, the Recruiting Team and herSystemS were present at the "WomenPower Karrierekongress" within the Hannover Messe to inspire MINT women for us as an employer. On-site and remote, inspiring women were brought on stage and workshops, panel discussions and networking were offered.

We were represented at the tech event for women, "Ada Lovelace Festival," in Berlin for the first time in 2019. With a booth and female colleagues from the divisions, we informed visitors about us as an employer as well as jobs. A caricaturist was our highlight at the booth.

The ReDI School is a non-profit school that supports people with a migration background, refugees, and those in need with an affinity for IT in their integration into the German job market. We cooperate with the initiative by participating in job events and meeting students. We also advertise entry-level positions on the ReDI job platform, and colleagues act as mentors at the ReDI School.

At our Coffee Connection, our employees can get to know colleagues from all over the company and, thus, internationally during coffee breaks to experience exchange across departments and locations. Take advantage of this opportunity to expand your network internationally.

With the online language courses, Bertelsmann University, in cooperation with Learnship, offers all employees the opportunity to improve their language skills, including English. In the Virtual Classroom, employees can meet with trainers from all over the world, either alone or in groups.

The war in Ukraine has triggered the most significant flight movement within Europe since the Second World War. Many refugees want to and are allowed to work; among them are many IT professionals. To offer these people career prospects, we have joined forces with other Bertelsmann companies to create a global job search list for Ukrainian refugees and/or Ukrainians looking for a job opportunity.