Very focused she looks at her screen, shakes her head and frowns. This sentence for the next press release on the Science Based Targets initiative is still missing some fine tuning. She tries out alternative wording – the keyboard of her laptop clatters. "Now I've got it," she thinks to herself satisfied. Then the notification for the next Teams… READ MORE

Matilde Cabral is a trainee in the Pharmaceutical Communications for Key Therapeutic Areas & Markets. Read here how she gained confidence in her role and in the field of ophthalmology, even without having a science background, and what she has learned from the traineeship program. “If someone offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not… READ MORE

The famous German mathematician Adam Ries would dispute this calculation, but it’s been my guiding principle over the past few months. My name is Jessica Masik and I’m a trainee in the Digital Engagement team of Bayer’s Crop Science Division. The purpose of my post in the careers blog today is to explain why a head for figures plays a key role in… READ MORE

It all started with a vacancy notice in a job portal. Bayer had a strong presence and my attention was constantly drawn to its advert. It grabbed my attention, not least because of the employer branding image (what do a swarm of fish and a diver have to do with Bayer?) So I clicked on Bayer’s career site and what I read made me think: I want to be… READ MORE

Don’t worry – this isn’t an advertisement for Hornbach hardware stores. I had to smirk, however, when my mentor brought up this ad slogan during one of my recent performance reviews. I am very thankful that I’ve been granted so much trust and freedom to experiment here. I’m happy to use this opportunity for further development.Internship at Bayer… READ MORE

29-year-old Mathias Scheithauer from Cologne is a trainee in the Communications Coordination, Issues Management & Site Communications unit at Bayer AG headquarters. His duties include planning and performing a range of PR strategies relating to Leverkusen and the other 20 sites in Germany. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to… READ MORE