CareerConcept AG

Entrepreneur of the Year (2006)
CareerConcept was a finalist in the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" competition in the "Start-Up" category. Ernst & Young organised the corporate competition worldwide in 50 countries. The prize was awarded in Germany for the tenth time in 2006. The competition was successfully conducted again for the thirteenth time in 2009. A neutral jury selects the "Entrepreneur of the Year" in five categories. Outstanding achievements are identified and honoured with the award. The competition is supported by well-known companies and media including: BMW, American Express, DZ BANK, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Manager Magazin.

Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2006)
CareerConcept was a finalist in the "Social Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Schwab Foundation. Along with various partners in Germany with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), The Schwab Foundation awards, the prize for social entrepreneurship around the world several times a year and promotes projects to implement social economic ideas. Particular attention is paid to these three criteria: innovation, sustainability, direct social action. Thanks to CareerConcept's education funds, young people are encouraged to study who otherwise would not dare to have studied at all. Thus, the education fund concept opens the opportunity for individuals investing in their own future and thereby achieve appropriate social consequences.

Germany - Land of Ideas (2010) 

The "Germany - Land of Ideas" stands for ingenuity, creative passion and visionary thinking. The world’s first company-owned education funds which were initiated by Fest and managed by CareerConcept were awarded in 2010 as the “Place in the Land of Ideas”. Festo education funds are the answer to the shortage of engineers. Engineering and technology students receive financing according to the proven principle of income-contingent repayment as well as a great deal of occupation-oriented qualification measures. A network of partner companies and universities creates an "Alliance for Education" from which  more than 300 finance recipients have benefitted so far. The partnership of Festo and CareerConcept has thus produced a unique lighthouse project based on how businesses can invest in improving the educational situation which was honored with the award in 2010.