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Skilled Workforce
Approaches to Securing a Skilled Workforce in Kiel: Opportunities and Options for Business Owners
Across Germany, many companies view the shortage of skilled workers as the biggest obstacle to growth and prosperity; in many sectors and regions, there are significant difficulties in recruiting skilled staff. According to a representative business survey conducted in 2023, more than half (56.2 percent) of companies in Kiel operating in the industrial and industry-related services sectors regard the shortage of skilled workers as a key challenge to success of their business.
Kathrin Reinicke
Contact for Skilled Workforce
Challenges and the Need for Skilled Workers
One of the key challenges in filling vacant positions is finding talents and skilled workers with the skills and qualifications that match the company and the offered role. Additionally, competition for qualified staff in the region, as well as meeting applicants' salary expectations arise as challenges. As Kiel’s economic development agency, we support companies in tackling skill shortages by boosting their capacity for innovation and facilitating successful matching in order to attract skilled workers.
Spotlight: Skills Shortages in Kiel’s Business Community
How can businesses get support?
INQA Coaching for Businesses
Since the spring of 2023, the INQA-Coaching program – funded by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the European Social Fund – has been gaining momentum as the successor to the program "unternehmensWert:Mensch." INQA-Coaching promotes the development of an agile corporate culture against the backdrop of the digital transformation and other rapidly changing development themes.
During an initial free consultation, the business's current situation is analyzed, possible courses of action are identified, and eligibility criteria are clarified. Companies can make use of twelve days of consultancy. 80 percent of the certified management consultant’s fee is funded by the federal government. This is available to companies in almost all sectors with fewer than 250 employees. This initiativeis also a joint project with the KielRegion and the economic development agencies from the districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde and Plön.