60,000 professionals are invited to work in Germany to fill 2 million job vacancies

Highlights: 60,000 professionals were invited to work in Germany

• The German government brings a new migration policy to help the country’s economic success.
• In 2022, the job vacancies in Germany were close to 2 million.
• As per the new draft law, 60,000 people will be invited from outside EU countries every year.
• The draft law will offer three pathways for foreign workers to enter Germany.
• The German cabinet has also approved an education law entitling your people to paid off-the-job training.

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Labor Shortage in Germany

Germany revealed its draft reforms on immigration, skills training, and promoting immigration from outside the EU. This was done by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to plug labor shortages in the country. The German Labour Ministry said that, the number of job vacancies in Germany was close to 2 million in 2022.

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New migration policy of Germany

The German government has brought a new migration policy to help the country's economic success. As per the new draft law, 60,000 people will be invited from outside EU countries every year to work in Germany.

Pathways offered by the new draft law

The draft law will offer the following three pathways to enter the country its foreign workers:

• The foreign worker in the first pathway will require an employment contract and a German-recognized professional or university degree.
• In the second pathway, the worker must have a degree or vocational training and at least two years of experience in any relevant sector.
• The third pathway will offer the worker a new opportunity card if they don’t have a job offer but is eligible to find work in the country. The opportunity card will be provided based on a point system considering the worker’s connection to Germany, professional experience, age, language skills, and qualifications.

Education Law

The German cabinet has also approved an education law entitling young people to paid off-the-job training. Up to 67% of the net salary will be paid by the Federal Labour Agency of Germany for the training duration.

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