The federal government adopted, on January 9, 2008, a series of measures to improve training and vocational training in Germany. According to Annette Schavan, German Secretary of State for Education, this "training offensive" (Qualifizierungsoffensive) should notably enable some 100.000 young people "with difficulties" finding an apprenticeship position. (Ref. 080020)
According to the conservative Minister (CDU), these measures aim at fighting the growing shortage in skilled workforce, especially engineers, which already concerns three in ten of companies in the country. One of the measures is especially aimed at young people who have been unsuccessfully looking for a job for two years or longer (Altbewerber). Indeed, according to Annette Schavan, the number of these young people has been constantly increasing and, in 2006/2007, they represented about 50% of
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