A recent study revealed that Health care sector It is most affected by the shortage of skilled workers in Germany. The study carried out by the Center for Insurance of Skilled Workers (COVA) of the German Institute for Economic Research IW stated that approximately 47,400 jobs could not be filled by suitably qualified candidates in this sector on average for the year 2023/2024.
Most of the shortages in this sector are in approximately 11,600 jobs for physical therapists, 7,350 dental assistant jobs, and 7,100 jobs in health care and nursing.
According to the study, the aging of the population can lead to an increase in the shortage of skilled workers in this sector. The authors of the study wrote: German: “An aging population is leading to an increased need for health care services.
The health care sector was already in first place in the ranking of sectors suffering from a lack of skilled workers in Germany in previous years. The second largest skilled labor gap is in the areas of site preparation work, construction sites, and other finishing work.
According to the study, 42,000 jobs could not be filled here, including 10,350 jobs in engineering Electrical construction, and 8,700 jobs in plumbing, heating and air conditioning technologies. According to the study, this lack of skilled workers is contributing to the slow pace of house building in Germany.
The “Public Administration, Defense and Social Security” sector came in third with an inability to fill 41,250 jobs, especially in public administration, social work and education, as well as child care and education. In fourth and fifth place were the sales sector (29,800 jobs) and social services (28,000 jobs).
Philip Herzer, an expert at the Cova Center, believes that the lack of skilled workers in social and health services is a particular problem.
Herzer explained that this could have a negative impact on the lack of skilled workers in other professions, as the lack of public care services – for example in day care centers and nursing homes – must be compensated by personal efforts, which meaning parents and carers. they have to reduce their weekly working hours.
The skilled labor gap has generally decreased somewhat recently. From July 2023 to June 2024, on average, approximately 532,000 jobs could not be filled by suitably qualified applicants.
This represented a decrease of approximately 13% compared to the previous year. However, there is still a shortage Skilled workers At a “historically high level,” he said the study.
KS/AH (dpa)
2024-11-16 12:02:00
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