New Trainees Begin Training Programs

BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 01: A mechanical engineering trainee learns the basics of precision filing at the Siemens training center on September 1, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Approximately 320 trainees are beginning this year's program at Siemens, which is a dual program that offers a Bachelor's degree as well as hands-on work training. Though a Siemens spokesman said the company has sufficient trainees this year, demographic change is making it harder for many German companies to find enough new young trainees to meet the needs of the industry-based German economy. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)