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Career orientation in Diepholz: Students shine with creative projects!
Diepholz organizes a project week for career orientation at the GFS and promotes school-business cooperation with digital learning alliances.
Career orientation in Diepholz: Students shine with creative projects!
Today the Graf Friedrich School (GFS) in Diepholz looks back on an exciting career orientation project week. Eleventh grade students took the opportunity to present their creative results in the cafeteria. In this way, they give viewers an insight into practical cooperation with business.
A total of 19 regional companies and institutions from a wide range of industries took part in the so-called “digital learning alliances”. This project, which was initiated by the Hanover Chamber of Crafts, aims to build a bridge between school and business and to give students authentic insights into various professional fields. Project leader Eva Tymko highlighted the committed cooperation of the JRC staff and noted how important such initiatives are for the young people's professional future. Funding comes from the European Social Fund and the Employment Agency to support this.
A look back and forward
The current project week marks the ninth round of this initiative in the Diepholz district. The tenth edition will start in August 2025 with new partner schools, including the Bruchhausen-Vilsen high school and the Lukasschule Bassum. Student groups were tasked with taking on tasks from companies, such as creating flyers, videos and Instagram Reels. A pleasant turn of events: some of the students' ideas have already been implemented by the partner companies.
In his speech, Mayor Florian Marré praised the progressive development of career orientation at high schools and pointed out that there are around 9,000 jobs subject to social insurance in Diepholz. This underlines the importance of such projects for students preparing to enter professional life. Headmaster Lars Buse emphasized the great importance of reliability; Particularly unexcused absences could be viewed as negative when applying for a job. Even though some students did not show up for the final event, the focus remains on the positive aspects of the week's activities.
Career orientation rethought
In order to optimally prepare students for their professional future, vocational orientation (BO) is supported from the 7th grade onwards. As part of the competency assessment process used in Hesse, students are given the opportunity to demonstrate their personal, social and methodological skills. This process is more transparent and comprehensible in order to make the benefits clearer to young people and their parents. After completing this process, the students receive detailed feedback about their strengths and support opportunities.
A special point of the BO is the KomPo7 process, which helps young people to recognize their potential and use it sensibly. It sensitizes students, parents and teachers to the career choice phase and includes various elements such as career interest tests and the comparison of self- and external assessments. This means our kids are ideally equipped to gain a foothold in today's working world.
The school and local companies work hand in hand to give students not only theory, but also valuable practical experience. It will be exciting to see what exciting projects and ideas await us in the next round of “Digital Learning Alliances”.