Economic and social situation of youth in Germany

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION OF

YOUTHin Germany

•Germany •Federal States

• Europe•Chances of the Labour Market• Training opportunities • Foreigners

Agenda

German

y BA = Bundesagentur für Arbeit Major service provider on Germany’s job market

6.8 % unemployme

nt in Germany

• Large gap between Bavaria and Berlin (8 %)• High unemployment in East Germany • A lot of vacancies for training in West Germany

Federal States

Berlin : few apprentices, many dropouts, many people without a school certificate • Companies want a high certificate• No role-model for the socially disadvantaged young people• No belief in success• overstrained youth spend their time on games and watching TV: no care about their future

Reasons

lowest level since the German reunification and

also one of the lowest levels of unemployment in

Europe

Europe

•Every year, approx. half a million young people start an apprenticeship•Many companies can’t find trainees•Companies stop offering trainings

Situation on the apprenticeship market

•10 applications•Apprenticeship industrial clerk•8 applications were refused•Conclusion: luck needed

Anna-Lena, 18

•Working at a company + going to a vocational school•Training regulations can work everywhere in Germany•Final exam at the Chamber of Commerce

The Dual System of Vocational Training

•Curriculum is well done•Easier to start working•Good combination of school and company

Joana, 25

•New alternative•Working in a company + study at a university•Very expensive for enterprises

Dual Study

•Feasible, but a lot of work•Good alternative, but not for me

Florian, 20

• Great opportunity• No debts• Takes longer than the prescribed time• 4 years: apprenticeship, bachelor and job- related qualification

Alex, 23

• A lot of welfare recipients (Hartz IV) are people with foreign roots• Berlin: most unemployed people with a

migration background• Reason : insufficient school education

and trainingoften, people with migration

background haven’t done an apprenticeship

Situation of the Foreigners on the labor market

There is a change of the situation because many above-average qualified workers come to Germany

• High-school graduate• Well integrated• Same opportunities and chances• Feels comfortable

Rayan, 17, Lebanese

• http://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.420953.de/themen_nachrichten/jugendarbeitslosigkeit_in_deutschland_deutlich_gesunken_vor_allem_aus_demografischen_gruenden.html

• http://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/• http://

de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/240450/umfrage/regionen-mit-der-niedrigsten-jugendarbeitslosenquote-in-der-eu/

• http://www.wirtschaftundschule.de/aktuelle-themen/arbeitsmarkt-berufsorientierung/der-arbeitsmarkt-fuer-jugendliche/jugendarbeitslosigkeit-in-europa-und-warum-deutschland-besser-dasteht/

• Public opinion pool

sources

Thank you for your attention

Beatrice & Jana