Company-based initial and continuing vocational education and training as strategies to secure a supply of skilled workers

Coverbild: Company-based initial and continuing vocational education and training as strategies to secure a supply of skilled workers
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Issue/Year (Volume) 1/2025 (54)
Page(s) 8-12
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A bundle of measures is being discussed in a bid to counter skilled worker shortages. This article uses data from the IAB Establishment Panel to investigate the degree of importance accorded by companies to individual strategies aimed at meeting the need for qualified staff. Particular attention is directed at initial and continuing VET and at the question of which companies are particularly likely to use the opportunities this affords to ensure availability of a skilled workforce.