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Labour Market Germany – with a special view on construction workers

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Index

• Facts about Germany

• Labour Market

• Construction Workers

• European Service and EURES

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Surface Area: 357.000 km²

Population: 82.6 Million(east 20, west 60 million +/-)

Capital: Berlin With 4.3 million inhabitants

16 Federal States (Bundesländer)

Facts about Germany

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Unemployment Rate: 11.4%West Germany: 9.6% East Germany: 18.2%

About 5 Million unemployed persons (Aug. 05: 4.73 Million)

Employed: 39 Million (+/-)

About 464.000 job vacancies

Labour Market

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• Practical work in a company

(3-4 days / week) • Theoretical education at school

(1-2 days / week)• Apprentice wages

(200 - 500€ / month)

Typical field of work• Handycraft• Industrial work• Business

• Administration

Labour Market - Education in the Dual System

Dual System

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East West Total

• Masons 72.111 36.946 109.057• Locksmiths 13.332 8.904 22.236• Painters 24.623 35.807 60.430• Carpenters 10.392 9.381 19.773• Construction Engineers 1.506 880 2.386• Joiners 16.094 34.200 50.294• Concrete workers 6.100 4.434 10.534• Roofers 6.285 7.733 14.018• Tilers 4.767 3.687 8.454

Aug. 05

Labour Market – Unemployed in the Building Industry

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The Structure of the European Service

Job placement and employment advice within the European

Employment Services (EURES) network

Career Guidance within the EUROGUIDANCE network

Advice on mobility (for migrant workers who want

to return to their home countries)

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European Service

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The Structure of the European Service (ES-BA)

15 regional ES-BA Centres throughout Germany with a Headquarter in Bonn

BerlinBremen

DortmundErfurt

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Köln

Magdeburg

München

Nürnberg

Rostock

Saarbrücken

Stuttgart

Trier

Pirna

Rastatt

Bonn

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