Lack of new and skilled workers Germany 2022

In 2022, around 44 percent of companies in Germany felt that there was a shortage of skilled workers. As to the question if there was a shortage of new recruits, 32 percent of companies agreed. This survey asked companies in Germany how they were developing despite the lack of skilled workers and new recruits.

How is your company developing in relation to the lack of new recruits and skilled workers?

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

978 respondents¹

Special properties

Operational managers nad employees in surveyed companies

Supplementary notes

Companies in German-speaking countries.

¹ According to the source, 978 employed decision-makers (among others management development) from the service field, the industry sector and the public sector were surveyed. Of these, 67 percent came from Germany, 17 percent from Austria and 16 percent from Switzerland. Information on the methodology can be found on pages 6 and 7 of the source.

² According to the source: shortage of skilled workers in one part of the company with simultaneous staff adjustments in another part of the company.

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.

Multiple answers were possible.

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