Germany requires 400,000 skilled new workers yearly- Report - Businessday NG

.…..rural districts face an unfilled vacancy rate of over 61 percent compared to 41 percent in major cities

Germany will require 400,000 new skilled workers every single year.

The analysis is based on estimates by The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) which indicates that 4.7 million employees will retire from the German workforce by 2028.

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Consequently, the country is rapidly shifting its economic survival strategy toward non-EU talent. As of late last year, over half (55.7 percent) of the 5.7 million foreign nationals employed in Germany hailed from outside the EU.