The employment situation in Germany

Content• Employment situation in Germany

▫ unemployment rate▫ available jobs ▫ Job situation western and eastern

Germany

• Employment situation in Bavaria

• Possibilities for teenagers in Germany▫ different school types▫ after leaving school

Employment situation in Germanyunemployment rate

• Unemployment rate: 3 mio. -> 6,5 %

• Western Germany: -> 5,7 %

• Eastern Germany: -> 9,9 %

• available jobs: 1 mio.

Employment situation Germanyavailable jobs• Primary sector: farming, forestry, waterpower, animal breeding...

• Industrial sector: industry, energy industry, building industry…

• Service sector: trading, logistics, tourism, staates…

Employment situation in GermanyJob situation in Western and Eastern Germany

Mecklenburg – Vorpommern 10,8 %

Berlin 11,7%

Bayern3,4 %

Bremen11,0 %

Baden - Württemberg

3,8 %

Employment situation in GermanyJob situation in Western and Eastern Germany

•eastern Germany:▫−a higher unemployment rate▫−not enough qualified workers▫+unemployment rate decreases

•western Germany:▫−big consequences of the economic crisis▫+higher industrial production

Employment situation in Bavaria• Possible reasons for the extremely low unemployment

rate

Employment situation in Bavaria

our hometown Amberg

Above – mentioned companies

Possibilities for teenagers in Germanydifferent kinds of school

• After the first four yearsof Grundschule (elementary school),the pupils can choose between MittelschuleRealschule andGymnasium dependingon their interests andabilities

Possibilities for teenagers in Germanyafter leaving school

• When the pupils graduate they have many possibilities.

▫ start an apprenticeship (office job or trade)(working and also visiting school twice a week)3 - 3.5 years

▫ start studying(visiting a university)4 years and more

▫ start a dual educatioin(visiting a university and working in a company)

Possibilities for teenagers in Germanyafter leaving school

• How to get a higher school education

Mittelschule: just 9 years of school, the pupils have to do a tenth year if they want to→visit the Fachoberschule (FOS) for two or three years→get theire Abitur (the same education as Grundschule + Gymnasium)→studying

Realschule: 10 years of school→FOS→Abitur→studying

Possibilities for teenagers in Germanyafter leaving school

• Mittelschule: an apprenticeship for 3 - 3.5 years→ visit the Berufsoberschule (BOS) →Abitur→studying

• Realschule: apprenticeship for 3 - 3.5 years → visit the Berufsoberschule (BOS) →Abitur→studying

• Gymnasium: the teenager can choose between an apprenticeship, university and a dual education