German labour force is well-trained
Availability of labour
The German labour force is well-trained and well-educated, and is used to high
standards of efficiency and of organisation. It is also used to high standards of
protection and to generous fringe benefits and remuneration. In a nutshell,
German labour is of a high standard, but is also expensive.
Despite the 6.7% unemployment level, finding skilled employees at short notice
is often difficult. Partly, this is because of a certain geographic imbalance in the
unemployment rate – it is higher in the east than in the west of the country –
and partly it is because many of the unemployed are, for one reason or another,
unable to retrain.
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