Tag: Profession engineer
How to land a well-paying job in the chip industry
Working in a chip factory The shortage of skilled workers is becoming a massive problem for the industry – this helps applicants. (Photo: IMAGO/ANP) Dusseldorf The goals for the European…
More than 170,000 vacancies: shortage of engineers is getting worse
engineers The German Economic Institute (IW), which compiles the Engineer Monitor together with the VDI, assumes an annual requirement of 130,500 engineers. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Berlin The shortage of engineers…
This is how studying at the toughest hotel management school in the world works
EHL Lausanne The campus is not far from Lake Geneva. (Photo: EHL Group) Lausanne Their parents pay tuition fees of up to 40,000 francs a year – but for the…
Ford Europe plays with the future
Ford factory The number of Ford employees in Cologne could fall below the 10,000 mark for the first time. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Dusseldorf The development department is the heart…
Ford Europe plays with the future
Ford employees in Cologne fear for their jobs Ford employees on Monday in Cologne: Several thousand jobs could fall victim to a new austerity program. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The development…
The biggest hurdle is the German language
I was recently a guest on a discussion show. The moderator explained that there are currently only 70,000 people with a Blue Card in the country. Their conclusion: The Skilled…
MINT professions affected despite above-average funds
Fitter in wind turbine construction There is currently a shortage of 326,000 workers with scientific and technical qualifications. (Photo: dpa) Berlin They are particularly scarce and at the same time…
In this way, more women can be attracted to MINT professions
Apprentices in a metal company There is a shortage of hundreds of thousands of skilled workers in the STEM field. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin “I didn’t even know that…
Naturalization: The coalition should put its energy into fighting the shortage of skilled workers
Skills shortage in retail Germany needs around 400,000 qualified immigrants every year. (Photo: imago images/bodenseebilder.de) Berlin Restaurants can no longer find service staff, bakeries have to close not only because…
Naturalization: The coalition should put its energy into fighting the shortage of skilled workers
Skills shortage in retail Germany needs around 400,000 qualified immigrants every year. (Photo: imago images/bodenseebilder.de) Berlin Restaurants can no longer find service staff, bakeries have to close not only because…
Discrimination against women increases shortages
Educator with daycare children The shortage of skilled workers is particularly great in female-dominated professions. (Photo: dpa) In August, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) published a list of…
Germany needs more foreign students
Lecture Hall in Hanover According to the IW, there is no distinctive scholarship system at German universities that could attract foreign students. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany should pave the way…
Solar & Co. – jobs with high salaries
solar panel system Job offers around alternative energy sources are booming. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Dusseldorf “Green” jobs are on the rise. On the online job board Indeed, offers with the…
In these sectors, you earn more with a bachelor’s or master’s degree
Dusseldorf Parents have always known that if you pay attention at school and at university, you have the best chance of earning well above the average in your professional life.…
Job postings at record level, but trend is flattening out
HR, IT expert Fundamentally in-demand occupational fields with slightly declining demand in August. (Photo: Getty (2)) Dusseldorf The good news should be treated with caution: The job advertisements in the…
Start-up digitizes engineering knowledge for BMW, Airbus & Lego
founding trio Daniel Siegel, Moritz Maier, Sebastian Moeller (from left to right) want to shorten production processes in engineering. Your Elise software was designed for this. Dusseldorf The Bremen start-up…
How medium-sized companies attract skilled workers from non-EU countries
skilled worker Recruit employees from abroad via social media. (Photo: dpa) Cologne Youssef El Gorch has made it: He is doing an apprenticeship as an industrial electrician at HBS Elektrobau…
Infineon, Bosch & Globalfoundries: Lack of engineers at chip manufacturers
Clean room at Globalfoundries in Dresden (archive image) Search for industrial electricians and process engineers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Munich Germany needs chip experts – and not just since Intel has…
So many trainees are missing in Germany
apprenticeships In Germany there is a lack of trainees. Dusseldorf The new training year is just around the corner – and once again there are too few young people in…
How we can attract more foreign skilled workers
the authors Nancy Faeser is Federal Minister of the Interior and Homeland (SPD). Hubertus Heil is Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and Deputy Party Chairman of the SPD.…