"International experience is a positive criterion for recruitment."

Münster University sees itself not only as being rooted in the local region, but also as having an international orientation - in teaching, in research, among students and among its administrative staff. Using reports, background information, portraits, facts and s, we will be showing just how wide-ranging the issue is. On the basis of discussions with students, we know that they often wonder whether, and to what extent, international experience is an advantage for their later careers. In this series of s, personnel managers from various companies located in the Münsterland provide answers to these questions. Gerd Hartwig gets the ball rolling. Hartwig is the Personnel Director at Claas, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery located in Harsewinkel, near Gütersloh, in eastern Westphalia. What are the three most important criteria for your company when it selects new staff? We attach great importance to specialist knowledge, commitment and curiosity.