With the corona pandemic, the training market in Germany has also collapsed. He is recovering only slowly – especially since, according to a study, young people and companies are finding it increasingly difficult to find each other.
The training market, which collapsed in the Corona years, is slowly recovering, but still does not reach the values of the last pre-pandemic year of 2019. This year, 489,200 new dual training contracts were concluded nationwide – 14,000 or 3.0 percent more than in the previous year , as the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB) in Bonn announced. Since 2020, the number of new training contracts has increased by around 21,700 or 4.6 percent. Overall, the number of new contracts concluded is still 35,900 contracts or 6.8 percent below the 2019 level.
After the declines of previous years, demand for dual training rose this year by 17,300 to 552,900. And the supply of training positions also increased by 18,600 to 562,600 – meaning that for the second time in a row, the supply exceeded the demand from young people. According to BIBB, the data comes from its own survey of newly concluded training contracts as of September 30th and from the Federal Employment Agency’s training market statistics.
Aside from the pure job numbers, the experts also noted that it is becoming increasingly difficult for young people and companies to find each other. The proportion of unfilled training positions and of young people searching unsuccessfully have increased. According to the information, a total of around 73,400 or 13.4 percent of training positions remained unfilled this year. This is a new high. On the other hand, 63,700 or 11.5 percent of young people were unsuccessful in their search for training.
In order to reduce these rates, BIBB President Friedrich Hubert Esser believes that career orientation must better reach young people and the mobility of trainees must be better supported. “Small and micro-enterprises also need more support when it comes to youth-friendly acquisition of school leavers, especially with digital communication in social networks,” said Esser.
According to another BIBB study based on information from around 1,600 training companies, companies used an average of five to six recruiting channels to get trainees last year. Indirect channels such as employment agencies (75 percent) or social media are at the forefront. The study comes to the conclusion: Many indirect recruitment channels led to many applications. However, this does not reduce the risk of not being able to fill training positions. “Direct, personal methods for finding future trainees are proving to be more promising,” explained the BIBB.
Source: Stern
