TWOLADIES,TWOGENERATIONS, FROMTITANPADLOCKTOENIQLOQ® When26-year-oldFabianEngelswas ONEIDENTICALROLE RudiVrtačnik,HeadoftheR&Dand firstlookingforanapprenticeship,he “Serendipity”,or“theoccurrenceand QualityManagementDepartment heardaboutajobvacancyatDOM developmentofeventsbychance”, atDOMTitan,alsohasadifferent fromanacquaintance.Hestartedhis mustbetheonlywaytoexplainhow employmenthistorycomparedtohis apprenticeshipasaMechatronics IldikóKristálynéandVikiCzunyimet. colleague,ITdepartmentapprentice TechnicianinSeptember2010,andbe- BothstartedworkingatDOMElzett SašaPožunVukan. cameaMechatronicsEngineerin2014. straightaftergraduating,andboth HeiscurrentlyworkingasaService womenareexceptionalTechnologists. Rudijoinedthecompanyin1989, TechnicianintheElectronicsdepart- Theonlydifference?Ittook40yearsfor whenTitanwasfamousforitstin mentofDOMGermany. IlditomeetViki. padlock.Atthattime,Titanemployed approximately1,600workersandwas oneofthelargeststate-ownedcompa- niesinYugoslavia. Onthecontrary,Sašahashadadiffe- rentexperiencewiththecompany.She startedherjoblessthanayearago, soshejoinedDOMTitanafterithad establisheditselfasacompanywitha FABIANENGELS ILDIKÓKRISTÁLYNÉANDVIKICZUNYI richSlovenianbackground. DOMGermany TechnologistsatDOMElzett In1979,youngIldiwasreadytostart NETWORKINGISKEY InDOMUK,16-year-oldAlexRobb hercareeratElzettMuvek,theformer ForGeorgSchweyen,1993wasthe startedhisjourneyjustlikeFabian nameofDOMElzett.Atthattime,it yearhearrivedattheDOMproduction Engels.In2019,hejoinedthecompany wasoneofthelargeststate-owned siteinBruhl.Georgstartedasaworker onanapprenticeshipprogrammeas companiesinHungary,producing inthebrasssectorafterreceivingnews aprerequisitetograduatefromhis locks,knivesandrivets.Shestarted aboutajobopeningfromhisfriend. institute.Hewasoneoftheyoungest hercareerasaMaintenanceAdminis- Afewyearslater,hebecameQuality employeesatthecompany,andafter trator.In1985shebecameaProduc- RepresentativeforPlantI IinHall- 17monthsofhisapprenticeship,he tionTechnologist,apositionshestill schlag.NowheispartoftheQuality isnowbecomingpartoftheDOMUK holdstothisday. AssuranceTeamintheBruhloffice. familyasaWarehouseAssistant. Fastforwardto2019.Newly-graduated Vikiwaslookingforanengineering jobontheinternetwhenshefound ajobvacancypostedbyDOMElzett. Knowingthatshefittedthejob description,sheimmediatelysentan application.Afewmonthslatershe startedherjobasaTechnologist,and thatwaswhenshemetIldi. GEORGSCHWEYEN ALEXROBB DOMGermany DOMUK BestofDOM|9