Dusseldorf The online job platform Stepstone may be on the verge of an IPO. “We are examining all options,” said CEO Sebastian Dettmers in the podcast “Handelsblatt Disrupt”. The Handelsblatt had already reported on corresponding plans.
The subsidiary of the Axel Springer publishing group was founded 26 years ago in Oslo and is now active in more than 20 countries. In an interview with Handelsblatt Editor-in-Chief Sebastian Matthes, Dettmers drafts a future model of work – and makes clear demands.
“We no longer discuss unemployment, but unemployment,” he says. In the US, “recruiters are willing to spend more money to find applicants for a truck driver job than they do for software developers in Silicon Valley.” According to BA boss Detlef Scheele, Germany relies on 400,000 employable immigrants per year in order to maintain the current number of employed persons in the long term. Automation helps companies get by with fewer employees, says Dettmers.
According to the Federal Ministry of Labor’s draft bill, the minimum wage is to rise to twelve euros from October. Dettmers calls for a bigger jump: Politicians should decide today to increase the minimum wage to 20 euros in ten years. With the lead time, companies would have the chance to optimize their work processes.
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According to a study by the auditing company EY, every second employee in Germany is willing to change jobs. Dettmers attributes the fact that many remain in their jobs to “rigid labor market structures”, such as notice periods of six months. More flexibility lowers the inhibition threshold to reorientate oneself. “If you make frequent changes, you have the chance to find the team that suits you perfectly,” he says.
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More: The previous episode of Handelsblatt Disrupt can be found here