Why Germany Is So Much Better At Training Its Workers

Why Germany Is Much Better At Training Its Workers Than The U.S.
KIRCHLENGERN, GERMANY - JULY 08: Apprentice as electronics technician for operating technologies at Hettich Holding GmbH & Co KG working on July 08, 2014, in Kirchlengern, Germany. Hettich Holding is a manufacturer of furniture fittings with 38 subsidiaries and 6000 employees worldwide. (Photo by Ute Grabowsky/Photothek via Getty Images)***Local Caption***
KIRCHLENGERN, GERMANY - JULY 08: Apprentice as electronics technician for operating technologies at Hettich Holding GmbH & Co KG working on July 08, 2014, in Kirchlengern, Germany. Hettich Holding is a manufacturer of furniture fittings with 38 subsidiaries and 6000 employees worldwide. (Photo by Ute Grabowsky/Photothek via Getty Images)***Local Caption***

At last, unemployment is easing. But the latest low rate—hovering below 6 percent–obscures a deeper, longer-term problem: “skills mismatches” in the labor force, which will only worsen in years to come. According to the most recent figures, 9.3 million Americans are unemployed, but 4.8 million jobs stand empty because employers can’t find people to fill them. With new technology transforming work across a range of sectors, more and more businesses are struggling to find workers with the skills to man new machines and manage new processes.

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