Abstract
Industry 4.0, demographic change, integration of migrants, and shortage of skilled workers—these keywords are ubiquitous in the German media. Moreover, they are central to the guidance services offered by the Federal Employment Agency, which faces several key challenges in its special status amongst guidance actors in Germany. But what do they mean in concrete terms for career guidance in the employment agencies and job centres? The legal mandate of the Federal Employment Agency and thus of career guidance comes with the responsibility to accompany and support changes in the world of work and to offer people orientation when they enter or re-enter working life. What demands will they face, and what skills should they invest in? What are tomorrow’s opportunities, and what is necessary to seize them? Expert career guidance also plays an important role against the threatening backdrop of an increasing shortage of skilled workers. As the central career guidance organisation in Germany, the Federal Employment Agency is confronted with all these issues at different points. In this chapter, the authors give an insight into three areas of work and their focus, which are influenced by the topics just mentioned.
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The Zukunftsinstitut was founded in 1998 and has played a major role in shaping trend and future research in Germany from its inception. Today, the company is considered a leading international contact for questions on social and economic developments. In its work, the team of researchers and consultants explores the question of which changes—which trends and megatrends—shape our present and what conclusions can be drawn from them for the future of the economy and society. The primary goal is to make change comprehensible and to understand the future as an opportunity.
On the basis of trend analyses and studies as well as specially developed methods, the Zukunftsinstitut reveals potentials that result from change processes in order to help companies and decision-makers develop forward-looking strategies and innovations. For further information, visit: www.zukunftsinstitut.de/ueber-uns/
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For more information, see: https://job-futuromat.iab.de/
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Further information on the German vocational training system can be found at https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/EN/Downloads/duales-ausbildungsprogram.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3
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The proportion of school students with university entrance qualifications has increased continuously from 36.4% (1995) through 44.4% (2007) up to 52.8% (2014). The percentage of male graduates (48.3%) is lower than that of female graduates (67.5%).
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For more information, please visit http://www.aus-und-weiterbildungsallianz.de
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For more information, see https://www.bmas.de/DE/Service/Publikationen/a883-weissbuch.html
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The Policy Lab Digital, Work & Society is a new organisational unit within the “Digitalisation and the Labour Market Department” at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs; for more information please visit: https://www.denkfabrik-bmas.de/en/
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For more information, please visit: https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/en/welcome
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For more information, please visit: https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/bildung
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For more information, please visit: https://www.volkshochschule.de/
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For further information, see the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD).
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Hutterer, T., Kurianowski, K., Schorp, A. (2022). Germany: The Challenges of Career Counselling in Germany. In: Enoch, C., Krause, C., Garcia-Murias, R., Porath, J. (eds) Vocational Guidance in Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06592-7_4
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