Martin Wehrle
Martin Wehrle is a German journalist, career advisor and non-fiction author. He is also known as an advocate of universal basic income.
Life
Martin Wehrle was born on 17 March 1970 in Löffingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.He attended the Academy for Journalism in Hamburg and was deputy editor-in-chief of Blinker, a magazine for anglers. During this time he also won the European championship in pike fishing. He later headed two departments in an MDAX group and began to look at the management culture of German companies. In the early 2000s, Wehrle started his own career as a career consultant and in 2003 published the book Geheime Tricks für mehr Gehalt: ein Chef verrät, wie Sie Chefs überzeugen! in which he gives recommendations for academics, employees, workers and young professionals who want to be better paid for their work. In the following years, he wrote more books about topics like career and salary. Today he heads the Karriereberater-Akademie in Hamburg, Germany, and, according to his own statement, has implemented the first training course for career counselors in Germany.
Reception
According to German magazine Focus and Austrian magazine Kurier, Martin Wehrle is „Deutschlands bekanntester Karriere- und Gehaltscoach“.Awards
- 1993: Reportagepreis of the Akademie für Publizistik Hamburg
- 2016: Coaching-Award