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Corporate Employer Branding & Strategic Recruiting
Vahrenwalder Str. 9 | 30165 Hanover
P. O. Box 169 | 30001 Hanover
Germany
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Are you motivated to master techni-
cal challenges and develop the future
of automobiles at one of the worlds
leading automotive suppliers and
trend-setting technology corpora-
tions?
Do you have the confdence to make
visions reality and promote innovations?
Do you value passion, commitment,
respect and teamwork? Furthermore,
are you open to a change and willing
constantly to develop and learn?
Then welcome and start your career
with us. At Continental.
Sincerely,
Elke Strathmann
Member of the Executive Board
Get on board and get started we
have a wide range of challenging
activities waiting for you. We ofer
students, graduates and experienced
professionals exciting opportunities
in the global automotive supplier
market.
Safety, the environment, information,
and afordable cars the four mega-
trends in the automotive industry. We
are involved each day in shaping these
trends, making individual mobility
safer, more comfortable and sus-
tainable. To make sure we continue to
do so in the future, we are looking for
bright minds to develop tomorrows
mobility today.
With us, you can expect a lot, espe-
cially one thing in particular: people
driven by the idea of doing great
things, always giving their best and
letting their actions speak for them-
selves. You can look forward to an
inspiring environment, shaped by
openness, integrity, team spirit and
equal opportunities, where your
personal commitment is also properly
appreciated.
Foreword
Develop the automotive future
together with us with Continental
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2 Foreword
5 Content
6 Continental
8 Corporate Culture &
Corporate Social
Responsibility
9 Vision
12 History
13 Future
Automotive Megatrends
14 Continental Worldwide
17 Locations
18 Businesses & Divisions
26 Who Were Looking For
28 Your Profle
29 Students
29 Graduates
29 Experienced Professionals
32 Soft Skills
33 Hard Facts
34 Your Application
35 Apply Online
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Contact
Continental AG | Corporate Employer Branding & Strategic Recruiting
Vahrenwalder Str. 9 | 30165 Hanover
P. O. Box 169 | 30001 Hanover
Germany
Continental is an equal opportunity employer.
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Continental
I have the drive to
deliver high perfomance,
and the company gives
me the right navigation
system to go with it.
Franziska Neef
Group Leader Product Development | Truck Tires Retread
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Corporate social responsibility
Treating people and the environment responsibly plays a fundamental role in our
success as a global corporation. That is why we at Continental are committed
to sustainable social and ecological responsibility.
We think you should start getting to
know our culture. So, heres some
help in navigating through our values
and beliefs. Look forward to:
q A culture of high performance
A culture in which high performance
thrives awaits you at Continental. It
inspires the actions of every individu-
al, as well as the teams, throughout
Continental worldwide.
q Striving for the best
You have ambitious goals? Very
good, because we do, too. For this
reason, each of us strives for the best
in our respective business practices.
q Cooperation and teamwork
The spirit of cooperation drives all
teams and divisions within the corpo-
ration across all levels and cultures
worldwide.
q Responsibility and management
Each individual takes full responsibil-
ity for their actions and performance
at all times. But we make sure that
youre not left alone. Our company
executives foster a climate of open-
ness that encourages individual re-
sponsibility and widens your limits of
performance always for the good of
your professional advancement and
for the good of the company.
q Learning and
knowledge management
Do you like learning? Great we do,
as well. We make information easily
accessible throughout the corporation,
and develop programs to facilitate the
exchange of knowledge and expertise.
For example, we ofer a variety of life-
long learning opportunities.
Top performers need drive and direction and
sometimes a little help with navigation.
Continental | Corporate Culture & Corporate Social Responsibility Vision | Continental
Our corporate culture:
Shapers of the future need to have ideas
and a vision.
Our vision:
q Highly developed, intelligent technologies for
mobility, transport and processing make up
our world.
q We want to provide the best solutions for
each of our customers in each of our markets.
q All of our stakeholders will thus come to
recognize us as the most value-creating,
highly reliable and respected partner.
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At Continental, progress
has been a tradition for
close to 140 years.
And for me, its my
daily motivation.
Continental | History
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We have our eyes set on the future
of mobility and can look back on an
eventful past. Heres our history in
fast-forward:
In 1871, Continental-Caoutchouc-
und Gutta-Percha Compagnie is
founded in Hanover as a joint stock
company. Manufacturing at the main
factory includes soft rubber products,
rubberized fabrics, and solid tires for
carriages and bicycles. The foundation
for success was laid in Germany, but
it crossed borders even back then:
Louis Blriot, the French aviation pi-
oneer, writes history in 1909 with the
frst fight across the English Channel.
Continental Aeroplan material covers
the fuselage and wings of his plane.
The success story continues. Innova-
tion and expansion are the engines of
progress. In 1955, air spring bellows
are developed for buses and trucks.
Mergers with major companies in the
German rubber sector and various
acquisitions in the following decades
strengthen the companys market
position. The formation of the Auto-
motive Systems division in 1995 pro-
vides an entry into the automotive
industrys systems business. In 1997,
Continental unveils ISAD, the key
technology for hybrid systems and is
awarded industrys most prestigious
innovation prize in Germany.
In another milestone, the automotive
brake and chassis unit is successful-
ly integrated into the division a year
later. Expertise is improved and busi-
ness units are expanded: through
the acquisition of Phoenix in 2004,
ContiTech becomes the worlds larg-
est specialist for rubber and plastics
technology outside the tire industry.
In 2007, Continental acquires Sie-
mens VDO Automotive AG, becoming
one of the worlds leading automotive
suppliers.
Take an active part in writing our
upcoming history another exciting
chapter of the automotive future is
waiting for you.
Our history
close to 140 years of tradition and progress
Keeping its sights on the automotive
megatrends, Continental is developing
mobility for everyone.
q Safety
We want people to relax when they
drive and arrive at their destination
safely. Our know-how helps improve
driving safety.
q Environment
Our vision is to reduce the emission of
pollutants to zero and thereby make a
decisive contribution to reducing CO
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emissions a global priority.
q Information
We are developing sophisticated
information management systems
in the vehicle, to make driving as
enjoyable as possible by providing
as much information as necessary.
q Afordable cars
We are investing specifcally in prod-
ucts and systems for afordable cars,
to make mobility accessible to all.
We will continue frmly on this path
and look forward to your contribution.
Our success story would never have
been written without the passion and
dedication of all the people who give
their best every day.
The future of Continental began in
1871 your own career is about to
start now.
Make our success story your own.
We will give you the opportunity to
devel op your own concepts and
vi si ons. With us, your ideas will
meet with sympathetic ears, because
we know that your personality and
your commitment are vital keys to
innovation and progress.
Welcome to Continental.
Your future
a success story at Continental
Our history ...
Continental | History Future Automotive Megatrends | Continental
... could be your future
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At home in Hanover.
Active around
the world.
Continental | Worldwide
Liesse Abdou
Head of Product Industrialization | Platform development and Industrialization
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Europe, Asia, North and South America,
Africa and Australia were offering you
a world of opportunities
Continental:
worldwide
Continental | Worldwide Locations | Continental
Youre based at an ofce in Hano-
ver, Germany, but you travel all over
the world that may be one way
of describing your future radius of
action. How do you envisage your fu-
ture? Working at international level?
Or would you prefer to stay local?
Whatever your choice, youll fnd your
place in this company.
At Continental, we take a no-limit
approach to mapping your career.
Whether you put your skills to use
in Hanover, Timisoara or Budapest
new experiences are waiting for
you all over Europe. If youve always
dreamed of achieving something
spectacular, then go ahead. Were
giving you the opportunity to do just
that.
You can be part of the worlds fastest
economic development and techno-
logical progress in Shanghai, the
most important industrial city of the
Peoples Republic of China. Or you
can master great challenges and
experience new cultures in India. In
Bangalore, for instance, Indias third
most populous city.
Moving on from the Asian continent
to America: the U.S.A. Take your
professional career to the land of op-
portunity, and anything is possible.
What about Brazil? In Guarulhos, a
suburb of So Paulo the countrys
most signifcant center of commerce
and fnance, as well as arts and enter-
tainment a multicultural team awaits
you, together with whom you can
work on exciting projects and contin-
ue your own personal advancement.
Theres plenty of scope for your ideas
at Continental, worldwide.
Nearly 200 locations for production and
research & development in more than 40 countries
Mayra Bittencourt Villalpando | Guarulhos | Brazil
Working in a globally active company like Continental, I am aware each day of
the dynamic network linking people around the world. This makes for fascinat-
ing cultural exchange and personal advancement.
Vivekananda Rao | Bangalore | India
Im highly motivated because Continental ofers me a working environment
where I am free to implement my ideas.
Michael Nimser | Berlin | Germany
Collaborating in the feld of hybrid and electro-mobility, making a new, eco-
friendly form of private transport possible, is simply very exciting and interesting.
Our team provides concepts for making this new technology accessible and,
above all, absolutely safe for end consumers.
Changmin Zhong | Shanghai | China
My work at Continental is fun and full of challenges. Each day, I have to adapt to
internal and external changes. In Continental R&D, I have a lot of opportunities to
further my technical skills and advance my career. I like working in such an inter-
nationally oriented, dynamic company.
Ping Wang
Logistik und Einkaufsleiterin | ContiTech China
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In the past, my visions
would often end up as
nothing more than
daydreams. Today,
I turn those visions into
reality in the divisions.
Continental | Businesses & Divisions
Ping Wang
Head of Logistics and Purchasing | ContiTech China
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Is it in your nature to strive to do your best?
Do this at full force: Powertrain Division
Powertrain Division | Continental
Are you driven to perfection? Is
passion your fuel? Then pick up
speed, put your foot down and take
off in our Powertrain Division.
Our goal is to be the global market
and technological leader in economic
and environmentally-sound driving,
with high performance products for
everything relating to the powertrain.
Experience passion-driven mobility
is the motto for employees working
all around the world on making ve-
hicle powertrain systems even more
efcient and environmentally friendly
without ruining the fun of driving.
Emission-free travel of the future
starts here today, with us: our precise
Piezo injection has set standards in
terms of consumption and emissions
for diesel and spark-ignition engines.
Our hybrid and electric drives take
the trend toward greater efcien-
cy one step further. Powertrain is a
product expert and system partner
for vehicle manufacturers in every
stage of development.
Take of with Powertrain. Were looking
forward to seeing you there!
For some, safety awareness is yesterdays
idea. For others, the vision of tomorrow:
Chassis & Safety Division
Continental | Chassis & Safety Division
We are convinced that innovative
technologies will make accident-
free driving possible in the future
for all vehicle categories and in all
the worlds markets. Take on some
of the responsibility for this in our
Chassis & Safety Division.
Chassis & Safety combines sophis-
ticated know-how with maximum
quality for active and passive driving
safety. As experts in driving dynam-
ics, we both develop and produce
technologies that inseparably com-
bine safety with driving pleasure.
Preventing accidents and protecting
peopl e i s our goal . Vi si on Zero,
accident-free trafc, is our objective.
And we call our concept for achieving
this objective ContiGuard

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You dont think a box, but in catego-
ries like safety, future and innovation?
Would you like to work together
with us to make accident-free driving
a reality?
Then this is the right place for you.
The Chassis & Safety Division.
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You cant keep reinventing the wheel?
We can prove the exact opposite:
In the Tire Division
Tire Division | Continental
You cant keep reinventing the wheel?
We can prove the exact opposite:
In the Tire Division.
In the Tire Division we set ourselves
the challenge of making an excellent
product even better, each and every
day. Highly qualifed specialists work in
state-of-the-art technology centers to
continuously improve high-tech tires.
We work closely with nearly all leading
vehicle manufacturers, and with our
premium tire brand, Continental, we
occupy a leading position not just in
the European original equipment mar-
ket.
Driven by the desire to make individual
mobility even safer, more comfortable
and more sustainable, we reach new
heights with each generation of tires
for passenger cars, trucks, buses,
motorbikes, bicycles and industrial
vehicles in terms of safety, quality and
performance.
In our business with truck, bus and
industrial tires, our customers are en-
trepreneurs with high demands. The
broad scope of requirements that our
tires and services have to fulfll in the
diferent countries of their use - that is
what makes working in our team espe-
cially challenging and varied.
Keep on reinventing the wheel together
with us: in the Tire Division.
Do you know about the art of information
management? Then were the right one
for you: Interior Division
Do you know the value of having the
right information at the right time, and
are you willing to dedicate yourself
fully to this task? Then welcome to
the Interior Division.
We are a global market and techno-
logical leader in managing informa-
tion between the vehicle, driver and
passengers, between vehicles, and
between the vehicle and the outside
world.
Our Always On vision applies every-
where in the world. Our strategy: we
inform you well, we connect all at
lower cost. Our concrete goal: optim-
izing the fow of information and de-
veloping intelligent new technologies
to make vehicles more intuitive to
control and the relevant information
easy to understand.
One of our strengths is our complete
and diversifed product range. From
instrument clusters and displays,
through control devices for safety and
comfort functions, to infotainment
systems and telematic solutions. For
cars, trucks and special-purpose
vehicles alike. Furthermore, we also
carry a very extensive product port-
folio for replacement and high-wear
parts. We are thus ideally positioned
with our products.
Get on board and develop future-
proof information management. Join
the Interior Division.
Continental | Interior Division
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Overview Divisions | Continental
Our divisions
Your future!
Realize your visions
in one of our new divisions:
q A safe bet for visionaries:
Chassis & Safety Division
q In the drive for top performance:
Powertrain Division
q The fne art of information management:
Interior Division
q Reinventing the wheel time and again:
Tire Division
q Shaping the future:
ContiTech Division
We are world class when it comes to solving the
needs of society. Help us shape a signifcant portion
of the future: ContiTech Division
There is a name for globally unique
expertise in rubber and plastics tech-
nology for pioneering applications:
ContiTech.
We are the preferred partner of many
key industries, both established and
new, when it comes to future-proof
technologies. Our employees make
a significant contribution to sus-
tainable mobility, to power genera-
tion and energy efciency, to health,
nutrition, and the environment. Our
innovative products help trains glide
smoothly along. They make for safe,
fuel-efcient and comfortable driving.
They help wind turbines generate
energy efciently and conveyor belts
transport raw materials in a climate-
neutral, eco-friendly way. Safety suits
reliably protect workers or disaster re-
lief experts in their day-to-day work.
And in the food industry, our products
make sure that what consumers eat
and drink is pure and healthy.
As a technological leader, we are
developing the individual and tailor-
made solutions that our customers
around the world need.
Become a part of a strong, global and
innovative team and help us shape a
signifcant portion of the future. In the
ContiTech Division.
ContiTech Division | Continental
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Enhancing my skills
something I never
tire of.
Who Were Looking For
Kumar Krishnamurthy
Tire Engineer for Passenger and Light Truck Tires | Platform Development and Industrialization
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Our employees represent the success
and the reputation of the company.
As a dynamic company with fat hi-
erarchical structures and fexible
decision-making channels, we ofer
students, graduates, career starters
or professionals an exciting and inter-
national environment for a successful
career.
You will be impressed by the diverse
possibilities to promote your career at
Continental.
We combine technological, ecologi-
cal, economic and personal aspects
of performance. Thats what makes
Continental diferent.
We are eager to fnd out what your
qualifcations are and what ideas
motivate you. It doesnt matter if your
professional passion is mainly techni-
cal or commercial: if the automotive
future makes your heart beat faster,
then were the right choice for you.
We look forward to meeting you and
developing your profle together with
you.
Student, graduate or experienced professional?
If your profle fts the bill, get in touch!
Students Gain experience while you are still studying by combining theory and
practice at Continental. We ofer exciting challenges in a wide range of felds
and ambitious projects in teams. Grab the chance to make a start on your pro-
fessional future with an internship, a thesis or as a working student we are
open to your ideas and will welcome you with open arms.
Graduates A variety of starting opportunities make it possible for you to apply
in practice the knowledge you learnt during your studies, immediately after
graduating. Vacancies or our talent initiatives are your admission ticket to the
world of Continental. We will provide you with the skills you need to master
your job and foster your ability to broaden your horizons.
Experienced professionals Do you know your subject and are you looking for
a new task? Passion, team spirit and company-oriented thinking are in your
blood? Then we can ofer you the opportunity to add your experience to the
mix. We would be happy to explain the various options to you in a personal
meeting. See you there!
Were looking
for you!
Who Were Looking For | Your Profle Students, Graduates, Experienced Professionals | Who Were Looking For
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Open communication
needs open doors
and thats exactly what
I fnd at Continental.
Who Were Looking For
Marcus Lieberum
Internal Communications Ofcer | Corporate Communications
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We are looking for employees who
combine personality with specialized
skills and qualifcations. Communica-
tive people who are open to innovation,
enjoy progress and want to risk thinking
outside the box. Where you come from
is less important than where you want
to go.
Are you self-confdent, team-oriented
and not short of empathy and persua-
siveness?
Then you already have some of the
fundamental soft skills that we ex-
pect from our present and future
employees.
Vision, interactivity, a willingness
to learn, readiness for action, con-
viction and entrepreneurship. Hard
facts that, together with soft skills,
also form the basis for your career at
Continental. Why not take the quick
test and fnd out if you can answer
the questions in the Conti checklist to
your satisfaction?
We look forward to meeting you in
person soon.
Who Were Looking For | Soft Skills
Soft skills?
Hard facts?
Ideally, both!
Hard facts
the Conti checklist
q Are you a visionary?
We are looking for people with inspiring visions of the future. People who like
promoting processes of innovation and change will love Continental. Developing
concepts and making them reality you can expect both working with us, and we
also expect both from you.
q Do you work interactively?
Being able to convince others about ideas and motivate them to implement
these is a major asset. Bring this asset to Continental with you and promote
team spirit, cooperation, networking, intercultural expertise and diversity at the
micro and macro communication levels.
q Do you like learning?
If you like learning, Continental is the perfect training ground for your professional
career: use self-reflection, feedback and coaching as an active learning
opportunity. For yourself and for others.
q Are you ready for action?
If you are not afraid of action and initiate it responsibly and passionately, youre
on the right track with us Continental promotes initiative, leadership and
management, self-determination and commitment.
q Are you good at getting things done?
At Continental, its all about getting the right things done and successfully
solving problems while taking calculated risks into account. If you have these
skills in your repertoire, then we think thats great.
q Can you think and act entrepreneurially?
Then you think and act as you should in your own interests and as far as
Continental is concerned: customer-oriented, proft-oriented, quality-oriented,
environmentally conscious and with integrity.
Hard Facts | Who Were Looking For
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