November 2, 2015
DEMAND FOR IMMIGRANTS WILL MEAN THEY CAN WRITE THEIR OWN TICKETS:
Young refugees in high demand in Germany : German companies are desperately looking for new junior staff. Apprentices are hard to find particularly in eastern Germany. Could refugees fill the gap? (Sabine Kinkartz, 11/02/15, Deutsche-Welle)
Cobbled streets, a small roundabout, an ice cream parlor - and right next to it the local funeral home. Woods and meadows all around, plus a lake - you could easily call this a natural paradise. We're in Hennickendorf in eastern Brandenburg, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) away from downtown Berlin. Many young people have been leaving this region to study elsewhere, for example, among other reasons."This year, as of October 29, we have 719 apprentices, that is there are still 250 vacancies," said the managing director of the Frankfurt an-der-Oder-based Chamber of Crafts, Uwe Hoppe. "We are in a position to train more people, and our local factories are also willing to do just that."The lack of skilled workers has long ceased to be merely a theoretical problem. Small handicraft businesses in particular are desperately looking for young talent.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 2, 2015 4:26 PM