by Synergie | 21 November 2022 | Job market, Training
The German government has just unveiled its masterplan, which is intended to alleviate the shortage of skilled workers. Demand for labour is high; the IAB (Institute for Employment Research) currently reports 1.93 million job vacancies. Politicians are looking for...
by Synergie | 3 February 2022 | Job market, Personal matters, Temporary work
The order books of the German economy are fuller than ever before. According to the ifo Institute, it will take at least 4.5 months to clear the backlog of orders. This is an all-time high. The ifo Institute has been collecting this data since 1969. However...
by Synergie | 20 Dec 2021 | Job market
Economy, society, politics – we've all just experienced two gruelling years: many months of perseverance, hoping for improvement, and constant new regulations. This has left its mark, including on temporary employment. The New York Times already highlighted this in...
by Synergie | 2 December 2021 | Job market
The KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) and the ifo Institute conclude in the recently published Skilled Labour Barometer for the fourth quarter of 2021 that the shortage of skilled and general labour will have an even greater impact on growth in the coming years...
by Synergie | 8 September 2021 | Job market
Entrepreneurial flexibility, including through temporary employment, helped to support the German economy in the pandemic year 2020. The federal government provided assistance to struggling companies with short-time work benefits and Corona aid. The economic consequences...
by Synergie | 3 September 2021 | Job market
Online retail is booming – and not just since the coronavirus crisis. Amazon and the like have been successively reducing the sales of high-street retailers for many years. The pandemic acted as a catalyst, accelerating this trend. The sector is reporting for the first...
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