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How can Germany be short of workers while millions remain unemployed? Skilled workers are in high demand, yet millions of people are out of work. We explain why this mismatch exists and which workers Germany is urgently?
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00:00How can Germany have millions of people without jobs and be short on workers at the same time?
00:05Yeah, it's frustrating. We're at 136 applications now. This is the diploma for mechanical engineering.
00:14I'm searching for over a year now. Here's the thing, some German industries aren't as promising
00:19as they used to be. Car manufacturing, for example, used to be a fairly safe bet,
00:23but now the industry is struggling. Everybody told us, mechanical engineering,
00:27you will always get a job. Yeah, it doesn't seem like that now.
00:32Right now, there's high demand for nurses, teachers, child care workers, skilled creative people,
00:36and also physiotherapists, hospitality staff and retail employees.
00:49That's why on one hand, millions are unemployed. And on the other hand,
00:53the labor market is in desperate need of skilled workers.
00:55And the German economy isn't doing job seekers any favors.
00:59Companies are hesitant to hire because economic growth is sluggish.
01:02There are tariffs, trade conflicts, supply chain issues, high labor and energy costs.
01:06Recent graduates are finding it especially hard to get hired,
01:09as AI is taking over many tasks, once integral to entry-level jobs.
01:13Though, there is something that's increasingly valued by companies.
01:24Now you know why Germany has this mismatch in its labor market.
01:27Have you had a similar experience applying for jobs?
01:29Jahren, schools, private sector, popular industry, shops.
01:30How do you know why makes making races will be done?
01:30Three years in Israel.
01:32Angels, people unseen their jobs,
01:32never been done,
01:33we're not feeling clean.
01:33Since 8 years in Daniel,
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