ICT Campus
The participants in the brainstorming session note their ideas directly on the white wall. Two apprentices in the lounge area are having an animated discussion about the Swiss Post Employee Fund Foundation rebranding order, while the team leader gets a Coke from the huge red refrigerator. The scene plays out at the ICT Campus, opened by Swiss Post at the Engehalde data center in Berne in August 2015. The idea behind this talent pool is to defuse the ICT skills shortage by doubling the number of apprenticeships in this field in the coming years. There are currently around 50 informatics, mediamatics and commercial apprentices working and studying here. There's a whiff of the Google atmosphere in the way they work. It's casual and easy-going. The young people are encouraged to work creatively in networks. There are currently 38 apprentices completing their basic training here and deepening their knowledge in the field of informatics. There are also trainees from different years in their apprenticeship working together in a PostFinance PowerTeam processing orders from the units and from other clients.