Number of training contracts fell significantly
After two years of upward trend, the number of closed training contracts for the past 2024 has declined significantly. It is the second lowest stand in three decades, only in the Corona year 2021 even fewer young people had started training in the IHK district of Darmstadt. The cause is not the training position.
"Even if the weakening economy now hits the job market, the training numbers have nothing to do with it," says Dr. Marcel Walter, Head of Department for the training and further education of the IHK Darmstadt, clear. The number of training contracts concluded by the previous year (2,703) in the IHK district of Darmstadt decreased by 3.1 percent (cut -off date 31.12.2024). The districts of Bergstraße, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Groß-Gerau, Odenwald and the city of Darmstadt are part of the IHK district of Darmstadt.
“We have significantly more free training positions than applicants. Our companies want to train unchecked. ”As the cause, Dr. Walter exploits the insufficient professional orientation in secondary schools. "At high schools there is often only one study but not sufficient professional orientation." “There are 250 IHK apprenticeships in the commercial and commercial area. We know what they appreciate about the training of our graduates: the practical training, in which you earn money immediately and good opportunities for promotion in the event of performance. And if you subsequently become a part -time training with the degree or master, you have a degree in your pocket equivalent to the Bachelor. ”The figures show that the proportion of high school students has returned to the training. The proportion of 28.59 percent of trainees with technical college and university entrance qualification has been at the lowest level in ten years. In 2014 the proportion was 31.06 percent, 2023 at 30.30 percent.
Professional orientation has to be better
"In dual training, we also need the very good students who can directly climb the career ladder to the manager through programs such as in retail" 3 degrees in 3 years ", says business area manager Dr. Walter and demands from the Hessian state government to expand professional and study orientation in further executives and to weight at least the same. “Many trainees were previously dropouts. If you had enjoyed a comprehensive professional orientation at school, you would have come to mind earlier that you can do more with an apprenticeship, ”Walter is convinced. “Our economy no longer needs graduates, but specialists from dual training. If the birth of the labor market is leaving the labor market in the next few years, retrospective specialists in companies will have the best chances. You have to convey this to the young people so that they can make good decisions for themselves. ”According to Dr. Walter can now be tackled so that dual training arrives as a good alternative compared to studying with young people: “Vocational schools have to be equipped so that they do not have to shy away from comparison with modern universities. The federal government, the federal states and municipalities are required to set up a modern vocational school infrastructure. ”
The decline in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg is the strongest
Most of the training contracts were concluded in Darmstadt (766) and then in the Groß-Gerau district (653 / minus 2.2 percent). While Darmstadt was able to keep the number of contracts largely stable with a minus of 1.7 percent, the training contracts in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district decreased by 7.2 percent. In the Odenwaldkreis, the losses were the second strongest in percentage (minus 6.3 percent). The Bergstrasse district is in midfield with minus 3.3 percent.
Most of the training contracts were closed over the entire IHK district in retail (609), in metal technology (396) and in chemistry (161). The most elected apprenticeships are merchant for office management (235, previous year: 3rd place), merchant in retail (229, previous year: 2nd place), seller (227, previous year: 2nd place). As in the previous year, the IT specialist (136) is in fourth place.
Many trainees from the group of refugees
As in previous years, the trainees with foreign origin - as in previous years - come from Turkey (105). 2nd place is shared by trainees with Syrian (62) and with Polish passport (62). With 22 trainees, Ukrainian citizens take 11th place. "Our companies from the group of refugees are recruiting a considerable part of the trainees with Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan and Ukraine," says Torsten Heinzmann, team leader training at the Darmstadt IHK. "Without immigration, we would have massive problems to fill apprenticeships and thus win the specialists of tomorrow," says Heinzmann.
(IHK)
