O c t o b e r 2 The Future of Jobs

Germany
Working Age Population
62,281,725
1 / 2
62.5%
96.3%
64.7%
25.7%
69.6%
60.8%
1.8%
7.5%
5.4%
63.3%
5.6%
41.6%
2.9%
Unemployment rate
—
4.2%
Unemployment rate change
—
Unemployment rate change, women
—
Unemployment rate change, men
—
92%
90%
90%
90%
83%
81%
76%
73%
71%
60%
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Current skills in focus of existing reskilling/upskilling
programmes
Share of companies surveyed identifying this skill as being in focus
across their reskilling or upskilling programmes
1.
Analytical thinking and innovation
2.
Leadership and social influence
3.
Active learning and learning strategies
4.
Critical thinking and analysis
5.
Technology design and programming
6.
Creativity, originality and initiative
7.
Emotional intelligence
8.
Complex problem-solving
9.
Service orientation
10.
Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility
Responses to shifting skill needs
Share of companies surveyed
Expect existing employees to pick up skills on
the job
Hire new permanent staff with skills relevant to
new technologies
Retrain existing employees
Look to automate the work
Hire new temporary staff with skills relevant to
new technologies
Hire freelancers with skills relevant to new
technologies
Outsource some business functions to external
contractors
Average reskilling needs
Share of workforce of companies surveyed within this data
Projected use of training providers
Share of companies surveyed
42.5%
Internal learning and development
19.4%
External online training
19.1%
Private training providers
7.2%
Private educational institutions
6.7%
Public training providers
5%
Public educational institutions