Tag: unemployment
The new office for Andrea Nahles: Start with an empty till
Andrea Nahles The former SPD leader and Minister of Labor is taking on a difficult position. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin When Detlef Scheele became head of the Federal Employment Agency (BA)…
The new office for Andrea Nahles: Start with an empty till
Andrea Nahles The former SPD leader and Minister of Labor is taking on a difficult position. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin When Detlef Scheele became head of the Federal Employment Agency (BA)…
Unemployment rises to 2.47 million in July
Employment Agency Unemployment figures usually rise during the holiday month. (Photo: ddp) Nuremberg The number of unemployed in Germany rose by 107,000 to 2.47 million in July. The main reason…
Lean times: lower growth for Germany
economic growth The Handelsblatt Research Institute is correcting its forecasts. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The German economy initially got off to a good start in 2022. Supply chain problems appeared to…
The “Big Quit” can turn Germany into a service desert
Restaurant looking for staff Is Germany on the way to the service desert? (Photo: dpa) Berlin The pandemic is acting as a catalyst in several respects, for example for digitization,…
Unemployment falls to 2.260 million in May
Employment Agency Around 45.3 million people with a place of work in Germany were employed – that is a seasonally adjusted 53,000 or 0.1 percent more than in the previous…
Robot sales break record: Could unemployment crisis be at the door?
With the advancement of technology and the use of robots in factories, many jobs done by humans will disappear. The article, published in the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) journal,…
Unemployment – What companies have to consider and how applicants can use this as an opportunity
In our new format Handelsblatt Live Plus exclusively for subscribers, we discuss current topics with experts. In our first episode, we deal with a very pressing problem for companies: unemployment.…
Unemployment in Germany is falling
Employment Agency The Federal Employment Agency publishes the unemployment rate every month. (Photo: imago images / Future Image) Nuremberg Despite the economic consequences of the Ukraine war, the German labor…
Unemployment in the US falls surprisingly sharp
Job offer in front of a Target market Unemployment figures in the US continue to fall. (Photo: AP) Washington In the US, unemployment fell again in March. The unemployment rate…
465,000 fewer unemployed than a year ago
Waitress in Heidelberg The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 points to 5.1 percent in the spring. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin The war in Ukraine has not yet had an…
Number of unemployed falls by 66,000 in March
Waitress in Heidelberg The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 points to 5.1 percent in the spring. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin The war in Ukraine has not yet had an…
What Powell is hiding about the interest rate turnaround
Jerome Powell Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had to change his strategy. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Frankfurt In the pandemic, Jerome Powell has positioned himself as an advocate for a strong job…
Unemployment among University Graduates More Than Primary School Graduates
While Turkey will transition to a university system where there is no threshold score, Eurostat’s 2020 data reveal a rather pessimistic outlook for Turkey’s future. Even before this system has…
Number of unemployed falls by 34,000 in February
Employment Agency The unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent. (Photo: dpa) Nuremberg The number of unemployed in Germany fell to 2.428 million in February. That is 34,000 fewer than in…
More than 25,000 specialists wanted
Specialists wanted Most DAX companies give jobs for experts, among others medical staff, IT specialists and engineers are in demand. (Photo: Imago (2), dpa) Dusseldorf The number of job advertisements…
US job market starts the year with 467,000 new jobs
employment office in the United States The separately determined unemployment rate rose to 4.0 from the previous 3.9 percent. (Photo: dpa) Washington In the USA, unemployment rose again at the…
US job market starts the year with 467,000 new jobs
employment office in the United States The separately determined unemployment rate rose to 4.0 from the previous 3.9 percent. (Photo: dpa) Washington Despite the omicron wave at the beginning of…
How Europe is fighting the shortage of skilled workers
Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Rome It is actually good news that Europe’s statistical office published on Tuesday: Unemployment in the euro zone has fallen to a new record low of…
Number of unemployed rises by 133,000 in January
Workers at a construction site The Federal Agency has presented its statistics for January. (Photo: dpa) Nuremberg The number of unemployed in Germany rose to 2.462 million in January, as…