The number of unemployed in the district of the Freiburg Employment Agency fell in February. On the reporting date, a total of 13,110 women and men were unemployed in the city of Freiburg and the districts of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Emmendingen. That is 423 fewer than a month earlier. The unemployment rate is now 3.5 percent. For women and men under the age of 25, the rate remains unchanged at 2.2 percent. It was the largest drop in a month in February in the past 20 years.
“The labor market is still on the upswing. I’m surprised at the extent of the decline. He turned out stronger than usual. I’m happy about that,” says Andreas Finke, CEO of the Freiburg Employment Agency. It is also pleasing that the long-term unemployed have again benefited from the positive development. “The upswing is finally reaching them too,” says Finke, considering that their number has fallen by more than eleven percent within a year. The positive trend on the labor market is also confirmed by the demand for labour. The manufacturing industry reported job vacancies at a record level. Demand also increased in other areas, above all in health and social services, in trade and in public administration. Filling them becomes a challenge because they are almost exclusively looking for skilled workers (87 percent). “We must do everything we can to make people more willing to learn and help them to put learning into practice. In doing so, we not only keep an eye on the unemployed, but also employees as a preventative measure,” says Finke, pointing out that one in five employees in the agency district does not have a professional qualification or at least cannot prove it. From month to month it is becoming more and more apparent that shortages of skilled workers will dominate the challenges on the labor market.
short-time work
According to preliminary figures, the Freiburg Employment Agency registered 114 advertisements for a total of 1,258 people in February.
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The first projections for the short-time work actually used in October 2021 are now available for the agency district. According to this, 711 companies accounted for short-time work for a total of 4,694 employees. The rate of short-time work was 1.7 percent in October after 1.6 percent in September
(see also graphic in the PDF version of the press release)
Dynamics in the labor market
In the reporting period, 3,051 people registered as unemployed. In the same period, 3,454 people ended their unemployment.
structure of the unemployed
Over the course of a year, the number of unemployed has fallen in all target groups. This also applies to the long-term unemployed. Their number had risen sharply during the Corona crisis. For a long time they had not benefited from the economic recovery. According to legal groups, the following picture emerges: SGB III: 5,915 unemployed (share 45.1 percent), SGB II: 7,195 unemployed (share 54.9 percent).
labor demand
The demand for labor is at a high level. The companies reported 1,561 job vacancies. That is 575 or 58.3 percent more than in January and 425 or 37.4 percent more than a year ago. The greatest need by sector: manufacturing (284 jobs), business-related services (282, including 221 from temporary work), health and social services (239), trade (137), public administration (137), freelance, scientific and technical services (118), hospitality (104). In mid-February, the Freiburg Employment Agency had received 5,679 job vacancies (87 percent for skilled workers, experts and specialists, 13 percent for helpers).
Development by region
With the exception of the Upper Black Forest, unemployment has fallen in all regions of the agency district.
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(Federal Employment Agency | Freiburg Employment Agency, March 2nd, 2022)
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