Tag: Vocational training
We must save vocational training
Peter Klotzki and Astrid Mannes Dual training is currently undergoing a massive collapse. We lose something that the whole world envies us for, and we stand idly by. What happened?…
This is how you can become a manager even without a university degree
career and university A successful career in Germany often starts with a degree. Five managers show that there is another way. (Photo: Getty Images [M]) Dusseldorf A degree is one…
This is how you can become a manager even without a university degree
career and university A successful career in Germany often starts with a degree. Five managers show that there is another way. (Photo: Getty Images [M]) Dusseldorf A degree is one…
There are far too few training places in IT
Training in the IT industry Skilled workers are scarce in IT professions such as software development – but so are training positions. (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin Germany’s companies are desperately looking…
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…
Traffic light must fundamentally improve on citizens’ income
Markus Soder “The traffic light must be fundamentally improved,” says the CSU boss. (Photo: dpa) Berlin One day before the Bundestag deliberations on the new citizens’ allowance, Bavaria’s Prime Minister…
This is how German corporations advertise for American skilled workers
German companies in the USA It is becoming increasingly difficult for many companies to find qualified employees. (Photo: AP Photo, Reuters, BMW, BASF [M]) new York The Woodruff High School…
This is how German corporations advertise for American skilled workers
German companies in the USA It is becoming increasingly difficult for many companies to find qualified employees. (Photo: AP Photo, Reuters, BMW, BASF [M]) new York The Woodruff High School…
How a boarding school in Freiburg makes tolerance a compulsory subject
International understanding begins in the bedroom: light on or off? window closed or open? Can you listen to music late into the night? Or make loud phone calls to distant…
BA boss Nahles welcomes plans for a training allocation
Andrea Nahles The BA boss demanded that companies also give interested parties a chance “who are not among the best candidates”. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin The President of the Federal…
Unemployment rate falls to 5.3 percent
Federal agency for work In October there were a good 2.4 million unemployed in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Despite the economic impact of the energy crisis, the number of unemployed…
Companies in Berlin and Bremen should pay a contribution for the apprenticeship
Apprentices at a machine tool Across Germany, just under a fifth of the companies train themselves. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin Companies in Berlin and Bremen are to pay a…
How Germany loses potential skilled workers
icon image 19-year-old Mohammad from Afghanistan works on the wiring of a control cabinet at the Siemens Professional Education training center. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Less than half of the school…
Micro degrees & further training make an impression
Learning in online courses With additional certificates, applicants show that they can always develop further. (Photo: Unsplash Wes Hicks) Dusseldorf It is an experience that career starters have again and…
Shortage of skilled workers: training, immigration & Co.
Training in a metal trade Employers and trade unions agree that the vocational orientation of young people must be strengthened. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin The federal government wants to…
The Dax companies offer that
remote training In order to survive in the working world of the future, employees need the opportunity to continue their education. Photo: LinkedIn Sales Solutions/ Unsplash Berlin The automation of…
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…
Number of unemployed rises by 77,000 in August
gastronomy Above all, company-related service providers, the hospitality and hotel industry and the information and telecommunications industry are looking for staff. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Despite the uncertainty about the economic…
Number of unemployed rises by 77,000 in August
Job centre The number of unemployed rose to 2.547 million. (Photo: ddp) Berlin Despite the uncertainty about the economic impact of the Ukraine war, despite concerns about energy shortages and…
Number of unemployed rises by 77,000 in August
Job centre The number of unemployed rose to 2.547 million. (Photo: ddp) The number of unemployed in Germany rose by 77,000 to 2.547 million in August compared to the previous…