DAAD president Joybrato Mukherjee claims that Germany is experiencing a skills gap even as it continues to draw more and more international students. “We need to think about both developments together and show international students the path to a professional career in Germany more effectively and in greater numbers,” he said.They are highly qualified and integrated, and we ought to
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Lack of skilled people is preventing the EU from investing more in green technologies, according to a European Investment Bank survey of more than 12,500 enterprises and 685 authorities. The warning comes as the EU gears up to raise funding for green investments despite growing US competition. According to the EIB’s annual investment report, which was released later on Tuesday,
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Participants in a symposium on vocational orientation on Thursday (4 May) emphasised the need to lessen gender bias in professional choices and noted that the skills deficit in Germany is particularly acute in professions that are generally subject to gender clichés. The government is attempting to address the severe labour shortages that exist in Germany, notably in industries like IT
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India’s Bengaluru, May 4, 2023: The world’s top professional services firm, EY, and the leading skills intelligence and assessment platform, iMocha, today issued a research titled “Tech skills transformation – Navigating the future of work in 2025 and beyond.” The research is an in-depth investigation into how technology skills are becoming more prevalent outside of traditional IT roles in all
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Representatives of EU regions and cities cautioned Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, today at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), “The green and digital transitions will fail without massive plans for skills upgrade and social cohesion.” Local and regional leaders emphasised that the development of training, upskilling, and reskilling programmes that are tailored to the needs
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The European Year of Skills presents an opportunity to step up initiatives to address the shortfall of bus and truck drivers.The shortage of skilled labour in the EU is the reason for this year’s Europe Day’s emphasis on reskilling and upskilling, youth, and talented foreign workers. Approximately 600,000 bus and truck drivers are needed in Europe’s road transport industry, a
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There has never been a better time to relocate to Europe if you’ve always wanted to. Because of the widespread labour shortages on the continent, it is simpler for non-EU workers to find employment. In an effort to draw in foreign talent, Denmark is the most recent nation to relax its immigration laws. The Scandinavian country is making it simpler
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According to Germany’s labour minister, the country will establish one of “Europe’s most modern immigration regimes” to solve a growing skills gap that may become a “real brake on economic growth.” Hubertus Heil claimed that the immigration reform was a component of a larger initiative by Olaf Scholz’s administration to lure top talent to Germany, stop the country’s demographic loss,
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According to a lofty declaration of intent released in April by nine bordering countries, the North Sea will soon be home to the largest green energy power plant in the world. The Ostend Declaration envisions new linking cables zipping between the UK and continental Europe, doubling offshore wind capacity by 2050, fueling green hydrogen generation. Its lofty language, however, was
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There is a labour shortage in developed countries. The demand for products and services has increased as pandemic restrictions have been eased, but the labour supply has remained constant. The number of openings has expanded in the US, the EU, and the UK to match or exceed the number of available workers. The public sector in Britain is where this
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