STUTTGART, Germany -

Daimler shared an aggressive strategy to beef up its worldwide work force this year.

Executives explained Thursday that Daimler plans to recruit more than 10,000 professionals, with 4,000 coming from Germany and 6,700 skilled workers and approximately 700 graduates from elsewhere around the globe.

Furthermore, Daimler wants to train more skilled workers, so it plans to bring on approximately 1,900 apprentices as well as 600 trainees into its CAReer trainee program and more than 200 students at the Duale Hochschule education program in Germany.

“As the inventor of the automobile, we intend to be at the forefront of shaping the transformation of our industry. That’s why we are making enormous investment not only in research and development, but also in the recruitment and training of the best young talent and skilled workers,” stated Wilfried Porth, Daimler’s board of management member for human resources and labor relations director.

The company offered a further breakdown of where it needs those 6,700 skilled workers outside of Germany. Daimler indicated direct new recruitment is geared toward new or expanded plants in Hungary, India and Mexico.

In the United States, the company said 1,300 new employees will be recruited for the plants of Daimler Trucks North America.

In addition, executives noted approximately 700 engineers and informatics experts will be added this year. They mentioned these professionals will be working in departments for alternative drive systems, lightweight construction, driver assistance systems and worldwide IT management. More than half Daimler’s engineering recruitment will be in Germany as the company is mainly seeking mechanical, electrical and informatics engineers for these positions.

In regard to its group-wide trainee program, Daimler explained more than 65 percent of the recruitment for CAReer is in technical areas. During the program, the company said university graduates and career starters with some work experience pass through a total of three national and international project deployments in various parts of Daimler.

Against the backdrop of ongoing technological changes in the industry, Daimler pointed out recruitment for the engineering courses at the Duale Hochschule has increased continuously in recent years. In 2011, official think more than 200 of those students will start work at Daimler.

“Daimler has been involved with great success in these university courses combining academic education with practical training since 1972, and was one of the founders of the so called Stuttgart Model, which was the predecessor of the former Berufsakademie and today’s Duale Hochschule,” Daimler officials highlighted.

In addition to the new permanent jobs, Daimler asserted that it provides 37 percent of the apprenticeships of the German automobile manufacturers and trains young people in 21 technical and 13 commercial occupations.

“Daimler can look back on a tradition of more than 100 years in the field of occupational training,” the company declared.

As of Dec. 31, Daimler determined that it employed 260,100 people worldwide with 164,000 workers in Germany. That’s 3,700 more workers worldwide and 1,500 more in Germany than the company employed a year earlier.

With regard to the overall work force development this year, Daimler is assuming the number of employees worldwide will increase slightly.

“We can only deliver top performance with the help of a first-class work force,” Porth insisted. “Our human resources policy stands on two pillars: the continuous encouragement and support of young talent along with the recruitment of highly qualified skilled workers and graduates with work experience.

“With a presence in nearly 200 countries, hardly any other German company is as international as Daimler,” Porth went on to say. “We are growing in many regions of the world and want to compete for the best personnel everywhere.”

More information for job applicants and details of specific vacant positions can be accessed at www.career.daimler.com.