Tag: Workers
Healthcare Workers Decided to Strike for 2 Days
After the doctor killed in the line of duty in Konya, the Turkish Medical Association announced that the doctors will leave work for the next 2 days. In the past…
Shortage of skilled workers: Invest in unskilled workers too!
Job fair for Ukrainian refugees Germany should train more refugees and unskilled workers. (Photo: dpa) At airports, in hospitals and in the IT departments – everywhere there is currently a…
Norwegian government ends strike by oil and gas workers
Stockholm The strike by oil and gas workers fighting for higher wages in Norway has ended. The government intervened, union leader Audun Ingvartsen told Reuters on Tuesday evening. Staff would…
Video of Sex Workers in Turkey Created Controversy
A documentary video broadcast by the +90 YouTube channel, in which individuals representing sex workers in Turkey were interviewed, created serious debates on Twitter. According to some users, video normalizes…
Why the 42-hour week is not a solution
Protest against the extension of working hours During traffic light coalition negotiations last fall, trade unionists warned of changes in working hours. (Photo: imago images/Mike Schmidt) In Douglas Adams’ science…
Application via Tiktok: This is how medium-sized companies attract skilled workers
draughtsman A current study shows that there is a particular lack of skilled workers from the construction trades in medium-sized companies. (Photo: Unspolash) Dusseldorf Kai Schröder needs electricians – many…
Application & feedback: Recruiting fuels a shortage of skilled workers
Dusseldorf Maren Möller* also thought that speed in the application process is a matter of course. Until she applied to Lufthansa Technik. Even the first steps in the career portal…
Workaholism is more complicated than alcoholism
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. Ten percent of the workforce is said to be workaholic. There are already self-help groups for this, such…
These are the true desires of young professionals
18-25 year olds at work Your bosses attest that Generation Z has a lot of catching up to do in many areas. (Photo: Jason Goodman / Unsplash) Berlin The career…
Microsoft Russia laid off more than 400 workers!
Russia is paying the price of the war against Ukraine with economic and technological sanctions. On the other hand, the world’s leading technology, banking and digital publishing companies apply various…
Companies also like to take “half skilled workers”
major construction site The construction industry is urgently looking for workers. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In Germany, the following applies to vocational training: all or nothing. A completed apprenticeship is seen…
Germany has too few workers – shortage is heading for record levels
Programming of robots (Photo: picture alliance/dpa/dpa-Zentralbild) Berlin Axel Gedaschko worries when he looks at the baby boomer generation that is about to retire. This gap alone needs to be filled…
Shortage of skilled workers particularly acute in East Germany
Berlin The German Economic Institute (IW) warns of an acute shortage of skilled workers in digitization professions in East Germany: “The new federal states are at risk of being left…
“Anyone who fails the headhunter question is not mature”
Sabine Votteler The expert on the path to self-employment worked for 25 years as a manager in various companies – and then gave up herself. (Photo: Christian Kasper) Dusseldorf Sabine…
Flat rate for educators & social workers rejected
Rally in Gelsenkirchen The municipal employers rule out a flat-rate financial revaluation of the social and educational professions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Most recently, the Verdi union in Gelsenkirchen put pressure…
These reasons speak for fewer conferences
After the meeting Meetings distributed throughout the day disrupt concentrated work. (Photo: IMAGO/MASKOT) Dusseldorf SAP is turning its meetings upside down: Europe’s largest software company wants to do without conferences…
Does money make you happy? From which monthly salary satisfaction stops growing
Martin Schroeder Schröder is a professor of sociology at the University of Marburg. He summarized the most important conclusions of his satisfaction research in the book “When are we really…
Does money make you happy? Satisfaction decreases from 2200 euros net per month
Martin Schroeder Schröder is a professor of sociology at the University of Marburg. He summarized the most important conclusions of his satisfaction research in the book “When are we really…
Coach on the alternative to the purpose hype
Klaus Eidenschink Company coach and psychologist Klaus Eidenschink in the podcast Handelsblatt Rethink Work. Dusseldorf “Purpose”, i.e. charging one’s own work with meaning, is currently a big topic in many…
Siemens workers protest against splitting off large drives
Siemens headquarters in Munich On Monday, workers in Munich demonstrate against the possible sale of the business with large drives. (Photo: dpa) Munich After the spin-off of energy technology last…