Looking for cheap applicants thanks to the economic crisis: Skilled workers and executives ahead of {Trend! Study}

The global economic crisis has a paradoxical impact Companys: On the one hand, jobs are being cut and Costs lowered. But apparently companies are still looking for qualified employees Employees. critic have long been rumored that this is just for show and actually mostly cheap Candidate be searched.

Too few skilled workers

Apparently, despite the financial and economic crisis, there are not enough well-trained specialists and Executives. And this is exactly where the economic situation becomes Problem: Because companies that are doing poorly economically can no longer keep up when bidding for the salaries of the best employees. But it could also be completely different.

The common narrative: Good employees are always latently willing to change and are increasingly willing to be poached away. Therefore, they must get new ones Strategies come up with to get the top employees. But what if that's not true? When companies actually have enough applicants available, and when employers naturally try to keep wages as low as possible during the economic crisis?

What studies reveal

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A study from the year 2009 by StepStone and the Economist Intelligence Unit, in which around 484 executives from 19 were interviewed in various economic areas around the world, shows:

• Only 18 percent of the surveyed companies look positively into the future. 43 percent do not expect an improvement in the economic situation until one to two years, a quarter even in two to five years.
• But: Only eleven percent of companies want to actively reduce staff in the next twelve months. The competition for the best minds is getting tougher. 27 percent of the companies want to attract their competitors in the future specifically skilled workers. A year ago, this value was still at 21 percent. 42 percent also want to hire qualified people who have been freed up in other companies.
• Against the background of falling budgets, companies are changing their strategy of attracting and retaining skilled workers. High compensation plays an increasingly unimportant role. For example, 58 percent of respondents believe that flexible working conditions will be crucial in the next three years to convince good people. 50 percent want to focus more on recruiting graduates. 33 percent push the hiring of older employees.
• In order to retain existing employees, many companies will in the future focus on improving their continuing education programs (47 percent) and on expanding internal career opportunities (58 percent)

Number of unemployed engineers first dropped again

In June 2009, the number of unemployed engineers fell again for the first time in six months. Compared to the previous month, the number increased light by 0,2 percent to around 25.000 nationwide. In June, around 59.000 engineering positions could not be filled. The engineer gap amounted to 35.000 people during the observation period.

With regard to the individual occupational groups, the largest gap with scarcely 16.000 remained with the machine and vehicle engineers, while with the electrical engineers it stagnated at 8.700. From a regional point of view, as in the previous month, Baden-Württemberg had the largest gap with 7.600 engineers - followed by North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria.

Women in MINT professions

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Auch Women should be funded more in the future: The VDI hopes that the 2008 started Projects MINT Role Models, which shows role models in engineering disciplines and the female offspring in the study and Career choice should support a boost for women in engineering professions.

Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, there is an increase in vacancies

June's engineering monitor focuses on the federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Here is one again since April positive Development of open engineering positions – in June 2009 there were 4.000 and thus 76 percent more than the low in March of this year. Due to the increase in vacancies and falling unemployment figures, the engineer gap in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland has grown contrary to the general trend and amounted to 3.100 people in June.

The need for mechanical and vehicle construction engineers (1.757) is also greatest in these federal states, because both Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate are important locations for the automotive and automotive supplier industry. The most profitable Industry in Rhineland-Palatinate is the chemical industry. Here, too, mechanical engineers are primarily sought after.

Monthly current data: engineer monitor of the VDI and IW Cologne

The “Ingenieurmonitor” provides extensive data and facts on the engineering job market on a monthly basis and highlights a federal state or region. The macroeconomic job vacancies in the engineering segment, unemployment figures and skilled labor gaps as well as the comparison with the previous month are considered.

In addition, the engineer monitor focuses on the engineering job market in one region and shows developments over the past nine years. The compilation is made by the VDI in cooperation with the Institute of the German Economy offered in Cologne.

Conclusion

Shortage of skilled workers or not is a constant discussion in professional circles. It is clear what is logical: every employer wants to recruit skilled workers as cheaply as possible.

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