NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
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1.3.4.Personnel
The AMS has 4,180 employees in 1998, some of whom have retained their civil servant status since its foundation.
Under the terms of the AMSG, the executive board of the federal authority is obliged to devise and carry out training measures which will yield suitably qualified personnel.
All new recruits undergo a basic training course encompassing theory and practice. The duration of the modular courses depends on the particular requirements of the job in question. The courses are taught in a training facility created specifically for this purpose by the AMS.
The further training offered to the employees is continually adjusted in accordance with changing requirements. Thus, different priority areas derived from the objectives of the organisation are offered to specific target groups. The internal further training courses currently give priority to the further development of professional counselling skills, to rendering the service for enterprises more professional and to providing comprehensive training and further training for all AMS managers in management skills and controlling. The promotion of trainee managers is also linked to special training courses.
In addition, the AMS offers special facilities to employees with children requiring care who are participating in basic or further training measures (e.g. child care at the location of the training course) in order to guarantee all employees with the equality of opportunity pursued in general by the organisation.
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