A shortage of skilled workers in the Vogelsberg district: alarming forecasts by 2030!

A shortage of skilled workers in the Vogelsberg district: alarming forecasts by 2030!

In the Vogelsberg district, it gets serious until 2030: According to the current forecasts of the Hessian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the region lacks around 6,480 specialists and 610 workers without a degree or degree. These alarming numbers were recently presented as part of the second future workshop in Vogelsbergkreis, the district administrator Dr. Jens Mischak opened. Among those present were Claudia Wesner from the "Staff Office specialists for Hesse" and Dr. Christa Larsen, head of the IWAK at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, as well as around 50 representatives from companies and schools.

The age -related decline in the available workers is identified as the main cause of this shortage of skilled workers. Companies face major challenges, including the lack of economic growth, bureaucratic hurdles and the pressure of digitization. The lack of specialists is not a short-term appearance, but is considered a long-term task until the 2050s, as Wesner emphasized. The participants already discussed possible solutions to close the skills and to strengthen the binding of specialist knowledge.

Recognize urgent challenges

A key topic in the future workshop was the transition from school to work and the compatibility of family, care and work. The ensuring of skilled workers by immigration and local initiatives for the skilled worker acquisition were also highly examined. Dr. Larsen praised the Vogelsbergkreis as active and well positioned to meet the challenges, while at the same time predicted that age -related fluctuation reached its peak in 2027.

Developments in the region call for immediate measures. On the one hand, digitization can offer support to alleviate the lack of specialists in some sectors. On the other hand, there is hardly any to no relief in the area of ​​social professions, where the need is still urgent. The discussions in the working groups of the future workshop therefore also included central industries such as craft, industry, logistics and public administration.

specialist monitoring: A look into the future

A helpful instrument for analyzing the situation offers the specialist monitoring of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. It pursues labor market flows by 2028 and identifies bottlenecks and surpluses in various professional groups. Challenges such as digitization, climate change and geopolitical conflicts such as the Ukraine War flow into the analyzes. Regional differences in demographic change can also increase skilled workers, especially in structurally weak areas. The study showed that 618,000 people will flock to the labor market without a degree in the next five years, only 396,000 helper positions are available.

In the coming years, both private households and companies will have to act quickly to compensate for the loss of specialists and maintain economic growth. The challenge is growing, but solutions can be developed with joint efforts. Data on the development of the labor markets in Hessen are available online at hessische-berufsprognosen.de .

The Vogelsbergkreis is required to expand its initiatives on the subject of securing skilled workers. The cohesion and cooperation of all those involved are crucial to avert the impending shortage of skilled workers, which could not only influence the local economy, but also social life.

For further information on the specialist monitoring results and the general development on the labor market, the website of the Federal Employment Agency is offered: Statistik.arbeitsagentur.de .

When asked how the Vogelsbergkreis can master this challenge, it only remains to be said: There is a lot of potential here - but it takes a good hand to set the right course. Further measures are required to secure the economic future of the district.