Use of coaching to improve the skills of young engineers and improve the company’s image
Professional group, which is most difficult in our country to recruit are besides manual workers – engineers. The organization of vocational training during higher education does not guarantee future engineers proper practical preparation. When graduating from universities they are trained only in theory for future responsibilities. There are opportunities to use the experience of 50+ occupational group for the implementation of future engineers to work providing opportunities for development as well as ensuring the improvement of wages of employees in retirement age. An additional benefit is the improvement of company’s image. The article presents the statistics of the conditions on the labor market and the ability to complete the project which is to create a dual study program for first degree full-time students of the Silesian University of Technology with the use of practical knowledge of 50+ workers as internal coaches (trainers) in companies interested in acquiring and developing talents.