The ÖBB urgently needs new employees and reported records regarding their apprentices on Thursday. There have never been more new apprentices and such a high proportion of female trainees in the entire group, according to a press release. There are 760 new apprentices, of which a quarter (25 percent) are young women. There were over 9,000 applications. In total, the state-owned group has 2,300 apprentices in 26 training professions.
