RTL Group - Careers - Career development

careers

Why RTL Group?

We are committed to the professional development of our employees and aim to provide long-term employment. We have a wide range of training and development opportunities across the Group to help you to progress at all levels, but we also expect you to take charge of your career in an “entrepreneurial” way. So… it is up to you to make the most of what we offer!

We support you professional development from the moment you join us

Starting a new position is not easy. Starting a new position in such a diverse company as RTL Group is even harder. Providing the right introduction to our organization is therefore a key priority. In addition to the induction days organized by our local companies, RTL Group organizes a Welcome Day for newly recruited managers and executives around the Group: it gives you an opportunity to meet with RTL Group's senior management at the Corporate Center in Luxembourg and gain deeper insights into our mission, strategy, challenges, and diversity. It is also a chance to meet with peers from other RTL Group companies and to begin building a business network in a friendly and casual atmosphere.

Your supervisor, partner in your development

Each employee is given the chance to build a truly individual career. We invest in a broad range of training, development programmes, career coaching and more to enable our people to grow both personally and professionally.

Your annual personal appraisal and/or target-setting sessions as well as regular follow-up meetings give you many occasions to identify and discuss your strengths and areas for development with your supervisor. Together with your manager and with the support of the HR Teams, you can identify the qualifications needed to advance your career.

Learning organization

First and foremost, training occurs on the job, and at RTL Group you can be sure that you’re learning from the best in the media industry. But training is not the only learning opportunity you will find at RTL Group; external congresses and conferences, informal lunchtime discussions with executives, and opportunities for sharing ideas and know-how across borders and businesses make RTL Group a real learning organisation.

Fast career paths

Our flat management structures as well as dedicated learning and development professionals enable us to rapidly identify talented, entrepreneurial individuals and give them responsibility early in their career.

We have put in place a systematic tracking of high-potential employees, key position holders and most senior-level executives. Career development is discussed between Corporate HR, the local HR teams and our CEOs, as well as with our main shareholder Bertelsmann.

As you advance to higher professional and executive positions within RTL Group, you will access advanced world-class programmes that support and challenge you. In cooperation with Harvard Business School, INSEAD, HEC and HHL, to name just a few, we design specific in-house programmes for our executives, to spur strategic dialogue among top management and to foster cross-divisional cooperation inside Bertelsmann.

Get the most from a global team

RTL Group benefits from the constant exchange of knowledge and experience amongst a mobile workforce. We therefore actively support all types of career mobility by providing transparency on internal vacancies worldwide and by having our HR Professionals regularly discuss placement solutions across the Group.

Another advantage of being part of a global team: where appropriate, our companies share, their training catalogues with all the employees of the Group worldwide. Taking a course at a sister company gives you the opportunity to meet your peers and to build your professional network!

Testimonies

		"I highly value my internship at RTL, which for me was the stepping stone into the working world." Nicolas De Labeau Marketing Research and Development, RTL, Mediapannel - Paris

		"I was keen to stay within the company due to their emphasis on the personal development of employees." David Falzon Sponsorship Coordinator, FremantleMedia - London

		“I would like to develop my career within the Group and acquire still greater expertise as a corporate lawyer and maybe … heading a team someday.” Claire Riffard Lawyer in the field of intellectual property, M6 - Paris

		"Having such a wide range of duties makes my job truly interesting on a number of levels." Dr. Martin Schneider Head of Controlling, RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH und Co KG - Cologne