Tag: Workers
How do I know if you’re a workaholic?
Exhausted woman Anyone who works overtime on a long-term basis can slip into a work addiction. Photo: Elisa Ventur/ Unsplash Berlin Do you sometimes get a bad conscience when you’re…
When working remotely becomes a nightmare
With a laptop by the pool Vacation and work at the same time looks tempting, but it’s uncomfortable and too hot. (Photo: Private) Dusseldorf Patrick Mester has his laptop on…
How do employers become attractive to Generation Z?
Tobias Jost Tiktok’s “career guru” Tobias Jost in the podcast Rethink Work. Dusseldorf “Number 1 mistake in the CV”, “Font in the application” and “Salary negotiation – avoid these sentences”…
Applications for good jobs: Dax companies are looking for 28,000 skilled workers
Jobs in demand As a nurse, parcel deliverer or battery researcher in the automotive industry, skilled workers currently have good chances of finding a job in a DAX company. (Photo:…
There are better solutions than a 42-hour week
Waiter in a restaurant Full tables, but few staff: Many companies in Germany are struggling with the shortage of skilled workers. But there are ways to overcome the problem. (Photo:…
Eight tips for getting back to work after vacation
holidays on the beach Many employees find it difficult to return to work after vacation. (Photo: Frank Mckenna/Unsplash) Dusseldorf The beach is gone, the stress is back: work is hard…
Eight tips to help against post-holiday syndrome
Beach Many employees find it difficult to start after their vacation. (Photo: Frank Mckenna/Unsplash) Dusseldorf Home office instead of a hotel, suit shoes instead of flip-flops, blazers instead of bikinis.…
The self-employed worry less than employees
Dentist at work The self-employed who are insured in professional pension schemes have an average monthly income of more than 3100 euros in old age. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Berlin The federal…
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…
Six people report about the job change
people who have quit These six people changed jobs. Dusseldorf Rarely was the will to resign Germany as big as it is now. Experts in this country are not yet…
DIHK: Concern about the shortage of skilled workers
Handyman In order to solve the permit backlog for foreign skilled workers, the DIHK proposes, among other things, training courses for employees of the responsible authorities in Germany and abroad.…
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.…
Shortage of skilled workers: Why Innogames publishes salary bands
Entrance area of Innogames in Hamburg The company discloses its salaries. But not only financial incentives are needed in the industry. (Photo: Innogames) Dusseldorf The Hamburg-based computer game manufacturer Innogames…
“Hardcore gamers are the workers of the future”
Johannes Ehrenwerth, co-founder of the meme site “Agentur Boomer” Johannes Ehrenwerth in the Handelsblatt Rethink Work podcast Dusseldorf As so often, it started with funny pictures on the Internet. Sebastian…
Roka: Food truck manufacturer works against shortage of skilled workers
Merenberg Get a pizza in three minutes at the touch of a button: Volker Beck sells pizza machines to large catering providers who want to automate the catering industry. The…
Temporary workers at airports? Plan meets with mixed echo in Turkey
Queue at the airport in Dusseldorf There is a lack of staff at German airports. (Photo: IMAGO/Kirchner Media) Istanbul The federal government’s plans to use workers from Turkey at German…
No claim in office or home office
fan in the office Occupational health and safety provides for such measures from as little as 26 degrees. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A heat wave is rolling towards Germany. Meteorologists predict…
Defense industry & jobs: shortage of skilled workers could slow down the turn of the century
Guns by Heckler & Koch In the competition for talent, the arms industry must become more flexible. (Photo: Reuters) In the armaments industry, the world of work seemed fine recently.…
Amazon and its employees face to face: Workers are rioting!
Even though Amazon, one of the biggest companies in the world, is appreciated with the service it provides to its customers, it does not fall off the agenda with what…
If you want to fly, you have to be friendly
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. If you want to get out of Germany these days, you have serious problems. Unfortunately, there are not…