Skilled labor shortage? Since 2004, the proportion of companies with recruitment difficulties has more than doubled.
The statistics capture the proportion of companies reporting recruitment difficulties at least at one of the qualified education levels. These education levels include vocational training, higher vocational education, and university degrees. Another perspective emerges when looking not at companies but at employees. In 2004, 16.4% of all positions to be filled were difficult to recruit for, corresponding to 4.1% of companies. In 2024, 38.6% of all positions to be filled were hard or impossib…
The statistics capture the proportion of companies reporting recruitment difficulties at least at one of the qualified education levels. These education levels include vocational training, higher vocational education, and university degrees. Another perspective emerges when looking not at companies but at employees. In 2004, 16.4% of all positions to be filled were difficult to recruit for, corresponding to 4.1% of companies. In 2024, 38.6% of all positions to be filled were hard or impossib…