Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The new head of the Federal Employment Agency, Andrea Nahles, sees an important focus of the future work of the agency in the further qualification of employees before they become unemployed. At her first press conference in the new function, Nahles said on Wednesday in Düsseldorf that the digital and ecological restructuring of the economy is having an increasing impact on the labor market. As a result, job descriptions have changed significantly. That is why there is a growing need for further qualifications on the job. Not enough is known that the employment agency can also help here, stressed Nahles. In NRW alone there are 1000 employees for this.
The employment agency in North Rhine-Westphalia started theme days on "Qualification in the transformation" on Wednesday. On the occasion of the kick-off event, Arndt Kirchhoff, President of the employers' association of entrepreneurs in North Rhine-Westphalia, emphasized that well-qualified employees are the central building block for the future ability to innovate and compete in North Rhine-Westphalia. The chairwoman of the DGB NRW, Anja Weber, emphasized that the companies must work with the works councils to promote more further training. But the state is also required.
NRW Minister of Labor Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) emphasized: "We need hands that mount solar systems on roofs, install heat pumps, build electric cars or lay fiber optic cables. And here there is a lack of personnel everywhere." Companies would have to train applicants, and the state would have to provide a modern training infrastructure.
In order to curb the shortage of skilled workers, it is also necessary to facilitate the immigration of skilled workers from abroad, said Nahles. Here, Germany still has too high hurdles - for example, when attending German courses in the country of origin is required. The recognition of foreign qualifications is also unnecessarily complicated.
