Integrating refugees into the fabric of Germany’s economy is becoming more generalized whereas until a short time ago this had been limited to just a handful of job offers. On 17 September, Deutsche Post (DPDHL) presented its refugee integration initiative, and a few days earlier the chemical’s sector social partners also presented their initiative. As time passes business appears to more fully comprehend what is actually involved if companies want to benefit from this wave of migrant labor. Similarly employment experts are getting a better handle on the profiles of those arriving into the country, with 50% being under the age of 25 and only about 10% of all refugees holding high level education diplomas. Important information affecting the nature of integration strategies and the length of time integration will take.
Broader initiatives. After having studied the new labor market landscape Germany’s big companies are starting to understand the dimensions of the challenge they are facing. Aside from an underlying current evoking programmed refugee exploitation one thing is certainly clear: companies will have to get seriously involved in integrating refugees and as far as is possible and manage to align their business objectives both with refugees’ interests as well as the overall well being of the country. A
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