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Foreign trade president Dirk Jandura has called for a targeted immigration policy from the Ampel government.
To this end, he suggested financial incentives for foreign skilled workers in Germany.
"I could imagine that in order to make Germany attractive for them, skilled workers would be given a tax discount for the first two or three years as an incentive," Jandura told the Rheinische Post.
The shortage of skilled workers is already a decisive competitive disadvantage.
The traffic light government must therefore quickly increase the attractiveness of the location through a targeted immigration policy.
Jandura said the formulations in the coalition agreement were too vague for him.
»I would like a systematic approach with crystal clear rules about who should come to us with which professional qualifications, and appropriate incentives for these people.
The global battle for the best minds is in full swing.
We threaten to oversleep him. "
The head of the Federal Employment Agency, Detlef Scheele, also points out the importance of skilled workers from abroad.
In an interview with the dpa news agency, he mentioned the area of care, where people from countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Indonesia also come to the country.
These people from the EU and from third countries are urgently needed in Germany, said Scheele.
If they did not come in sufficient numbers, Germany could face a growth problem.
A lack of immigration could itself act as a brake on growth.
BA boss calls for targeted further training for the less qualified
At the same time, Scheele called for as many people as possible to be kept in working life - including the less qualified.
"It is important that we win as many potential workers in Germany as possible and certainly not lose anyone," said the BA boss.
In the future, just as many new jobs would be created as automation and transformation processes would eliminate - albeit with a different requirement profile.
Those people who are threatened with unemployment due to the loss of low-skilled jobs should by no means retire from working life, said Scheele.
"You have to train them."
The Federal Agency has around 900 million euros in the fund for the further training of employees for the year 2022.
"They should be used because the money is used to cope with structural change and transformation and to keep people in work," said Scheele.
Above all, employers are also called upon because they have to define where the qualification should go.
The Federal Agency sees one of its main tasks for the next ten years to take on the role of moderator.
There are already model tests with industry and craft.
"We are learning to be the hub in the transformation," said Scheele.
According to Scheele, the number of economically active people in Germany who are subject to social security contributions is already at a record high at 34.3 million.
The Federal Employment Agency assumes that - without any countermeasures - there would be a shortage of seven million workers in Germany by 2035.
mmq / Reuters / dpa
