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IG Metall at CeBIT 2017 From pay to employment contracts

Earning potential, remote work, tips on job applications, salary negotiations, and employment contracts—these are just a few of the topics we’ll be covering at our booth at CeBIT in Hanover from March 20 to 24.

Arbeiter in Metallfabrikationsanlage.
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IG Metall has been a fixture at CeBIT, the world’s leading trade fair for information technology, for more than 16 years. This year, our booth is in a new location: In Hall 11 “job and career,” Booth D10-1, our experts will advise employees and career starters on current topics in the ICT industry, including earning potential, employment contracts, and collective bargaining agreements.

Our survey“Compensation in the ICT Industry,”which is being released in an updated edition for CeBIT, is always in high demand among trade show visitors: As an extra service for our members, we analyze earnings in the IT and telecommunications industries every year. With more than 37,000 salary data points from 152 companies, the survey has the broadest coverage of any relevant salary study.

The brochure provides in-depth information on salaries and their trends across various job categories, broken down by typical occupations and roles within the industry. This makes it easy to determine: Am I being paid a fair salary? It’s worth taking a look—the pay gaps in the ICT industry can be drastic in some cases. A few copies of the analysis are available at our booth for you to browse.

In addition to one-on-one consultations, our experts will also be giving presentations. These presentations also focus on the interests of employees—and offer plenty of valuable tips:

Monday, March 20, 2017
  • 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – “Digital Summit: Digital Work Environments” (conference): The new opportunities, challenges, and solutions brought about by digitalization are also transforming the world of work. This transformation can only succeed through close collaboration with unions and with employee participation. The conference will highlight new approaches, best practices, and challenges.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
  • 12:25 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. – “Crowdworking – Work on Digital Platforms” (panel discussion)
    Working whenever and wherever you want—what’s happening on digital platforms? What kinds of work are being done there? What are the opportunities and risks of this new form of employment? How can you tell if a platform is “good”?

Friday, March 24, 2017
  • 10:55 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. – “Earning Potential in the ICT Industry,” stage in the Job & Career area

 


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