Tag: Craft
RWI study: handicraft develops weaker than economy
As of: 07/11/2023 4:43 p.m German handicrafts are not keeping up with overall economic developments. Experts are forecasting lower sales and falling employment for this year as well. The German…
Matias Enard’s novel "The perfect shot": The craft of killing
In his debut novel, the French author Mathias Énard told about a sniper who likes to go to work. Now this book appears for the first time in German –…
How the heating industry reacts to the stop of the heating law
Status: 06.07.2023 4:25 p.m Fitters or manufacturers of heating systems and heat pumps are now facing an even longer phase of uncertainty. The craft calls for a “reliable overall package”…
Shortage of craftsmen reaches record level – economy
According to a study, the shortage of craftsmen in Germany reached a new record level last year. In total, there were an average of 236,818 vacancies in mostly manual trades…
Chamber of Crafts helps with career orientation at Munich schools – Munich
Recognizing your own interests and abilities is difficult. It is even more difficult to derive the right training from this. Visiting a middle school where Serkan Engin from the Chamber…
Selb: What’s left of the porcelain city
For decades, Selb in Upper Franconia was considered a cosmopolitan city of porcelain and slipped into a fatal dependency. Today the place oscillates between pride in ceramics, melancholy and a…
Dying craft: hardly any rickshaw construction in Malaysia
report Status: 05/29/2023 08:13 a.m Rickshaws are hardly ever used for transport in Malaysia – and the production of bicycle taxis has also become a rarity. A traditional craft is…
The trade lacks almost 40,000 trainees
Status: 05/18/2023 10:48 a.m The skilled trades in Germany are faced with a massive shortage of apprentices. Almost 40,000 training positions are currently unfilled. The need for “climate-related jobs” is…
One extreme shark, please – Munich
Germans, says Irina Filichkina, “have a shoulder angle of 22 degrees.” So straight shoulders. In northern Europeans, the shoulders are even straighter, in southern Italians it’s more like 24 degrees.…
Shortage of skilled workers also exacerbates company succession | tagesschau.de
Status: 05/10/2023 4:29 p.m The shortage of skilled workers is a threat to prosperity in Germany and it is getting worse. Where there are no specialists, there are no successors…