system for training new crafts-people
Why are so many trades apprentices struggling to complete their programs? : Canada has big ambitions to build major infrastructure projects – and those projects ...
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The Jakobs Brothers - | From Craft to Internet Phenomenon: Frank Jakobs has already won several awards for his traditional baked goods. In short sketches filmed ...
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The Green Party will launch its plan to support apprentices and increase apprenticeship rates, at a co-leader stand-up.
Northampton teenager shortlisted for national award after choosing apprenticeship over university
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Why a university degree is no longer a job guarantee: Hundreds of thousands of people in this country have a university degree and still don't have a job ...
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"Serves you right, now you'll be waiting 8 months for the handyman": For years everyone was supposed to study, now academics are supposed to feel the ...
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OpinionEast German Chambers of Skilled Crafts: | "Skilled crafts are a task for society as a whole"
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Carlisle paralegal Jess Wildey earns CILEX distinction: A young paralegal in Carlisle has achieved a distinction in her apprenticeship ...
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Crafts in Schaumburg: Why a young woman (18) is learning the roofing trade: As a woman in a male-dominated profession: Why Sahra Rosenberger (18) is becoming a ...
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For nearly 60 years, Mehmet Karsli has devoted his life to the art of bookbinding. From learning about the craft through a childhood apprenticeship to becoming ... Show more
17-year-old loses apprenticeship – | and waits for 4,500 euros in salary: A 17-year-old from Nienburg lost her apprenticeship after the closure of the Rinne ...
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University’s School of Nursing named as finalist in Portsmouth and Chichester Apprenticeship Awards
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First midwifery apprentices appointed at Humber Health Partnership: It has been described as a 'significant milestone for maternity services' in the region
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"Frontal attack on the future prospects of young people": German Confederation of Skilled Crafts warns of disastrous consequences of AfD plan
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Key FactsCrafts sector warns over AfD school-attendance plans
Sep 2, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
- The AfD Saxony-Anhalt manifesto proposes choosing between school and home instruction with equal standards and twice-yearly examinations.
- At the start of the new training year, ZDH Secretary-General Holger Schwannecke warns amid roughly 20,000 vacant apprenticeships of consequences for training and skilled-labor supply.
- Changing Article 25(2) of Saxony-Anhalt’s constitution would require a two-thirds parliamentary majority, which the AfD lacks.
- Polls place AfD roughly 20 percentage points ahead of CDU; no coalition partner is in sight for the party.
Frontal attack on future prospects— As quoted by Deutsches Handwerk (the German crafts association) in the article, describing the AfD plans to abolish the school policy as a 'Frontal attack on future prospects' for young people.
Only 160 apprenticeship starts in eight months on Labour’s flagship scheme: Exclusive: Government warned ‘skills revolution’ at risk amid slow start to project ...
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From the workshop to the state government building: Metall-Auer demands more support for skilled trades - | Governor reacts - | Schä
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Craftsmanship in the region: Starzach carpenter is “Apprentice of the Month”: Jeanette Straub aus Horb macht die Ausbildung zur Schreinerin bei der Schreinerei ...
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"It's sometimes really tough": Yasin (18) starts an apprenticeship that hardly anyone else wants to do anymore
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President of the Confederation of Skilled Crafts sees a "gigantic" problem with apprentices and criticizes young people: "Upbringing is lacking"
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Survey of 15- to 25-year-olds: Trainees cite psychological stress as the main reason for dropping out of their apprenticeships
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From apprentice to boss: Painter Christine Johaé founds a one-woman business and promotes women in the trades.
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Radevormwald company "Krapp & Fellbecker" featured in docu-soap as advertising for the trades
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Church sends foam hearts to heaven for trainees: Hearts made of white foam rise into the sky above Frankfurt, accompanied by good wishes ...
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Anyone who only has their apprentice sweeping is not training a skilled worker: "Apprenticeship years are not years of leisure" - | a saying with tradition that ...
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Around 40 percent fail the German test: Police in Berlin have too few suitable applicants
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Study: Psychological stress jeopardizes apprenticeship success: 90 percent of apprentices are satisfied with their apprenticeship. At the same time ...
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Private equity buys up Germany's bakeries: How investors profit from the decline of bakeries
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Key FactsFSN Capital takes over Der Bäcker Eifler
Aug 24, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- FSN Capital entered Bäcker Görtz in 2022, bought Pappert in 2025 and is now taking over Der Bäcker Eifler.
- Many family-run bakeries face high costs, falling demand and succession problems; industry estimates put the average search and handover period at six to twelve months.
- Insolvencies in the baking trade rose by around 40 percent in the first half of 2026 as more people bought bread in supermarkets.
- Investors can preserve jobs and training positions when succession remains unresolved, but they also seek standardized processes, cost reductions and growth, which may put unprofitable small or rural locations at risk.
BERLIN POLICE: Too many applicants fail the German test! - | Training positions remain vacant
Sculpting lions instead of lectures: How Lena (22) got one of Germany's rarest professions
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Unskilled and unemployed: One in ten young adults is without a job or training: More 20- to 24-year-olds in Germany have neither a job nor training ...
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Key FactsGermany: Ten Percent of Young Adults Without Work or Training
Aug 17, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
- Germany’s Federal Statistical Office reported that 10% of 20- to 24-year-olds were neither working nor in training.
- The EU average was 12.9%, with the Netherlands recording the lowest share at 5.6% and Romania the highest at 22.8%.
- In Germany, young women were more affected than young men, at 10.5% versus 9.6%, while the share was 10.6% in large cities and 7.9% in rural areas; across the EU, it was 15.4% in rural regions.
- Among those affected in Germany, 25% were classified as seeking work, while 66% were unavailable to the labour market; the most frequently cited reasons were care responsibilities at 20%, health limitations at 18% and education-related reasons at 17%.
Apprenticeship numbers hit 15-year low: The number of people in apprenticeships and workplace training hit a 15-year low last year and continued falling in the ...
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Low pay, poor conditions drive apprenticeship dropouts: New research shows apprenticeships are declining, and about half drop out before completing their four ...
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Flensburg's first female bricklayer: Jessica Wilhelmsen breaks Klieschees: Three years ago, despite numerous rejections, Jessica Wilhelmsen began her ...
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Paid articlePaywall How the economic crisis is exacerbating the apprenticeship crisis: The situation on the apprenticeship market remains difficult overall. More and more companies ...
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Affordable living | €350 rent for trainee apartments in Dortmund: In Dortmund, the foundation stone is laid today for a construction project that ...
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At 37, the single mother is starting over: Kateryna Karatsiuba is a single mother who came to Germany from Ukraine four years ago - | and is now training to be a ...
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Young Adults: Ten Percent Without a Job or Training: No job, no vocational training: That’s the reality for one in ten young Germans between the ages of 20 and ...
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I ditched school at 15 with just two GCSEs… now I earn £50k in an AI-proof job that will see me on £100k in 5 years
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The long road to Germany: Frankfurt nursing service relies on skilled workers from abroad
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Key FactsFrankfurt care provider founds school for nursing trainees
Aug 16, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
- The first course at the Goethe-Care-Institut is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2026, and prospective trainees have already registered.
- According to Kumar, only five of ten trainees found places at nursing schools in Hesse, while the others moved to other federal states.
- Kumar aims for half of the school’s participants to come from abroad and half from the local area, with the school also open to trainees from other care providers.
- Kumar identifies recognition of foreign qualifications as a hurdle that can take three months in some cases and proposes provisional recognition so applicants can work during the review.
That is important for building trust. That's how people start talking to each other.— Rahul Kumar, head of an outpatient care service in Höchst, explains the importance of trust and dialogue when working with foreign-trained staff.
Portsmouth school drop-out, 21, earns £50K in AI-proof job - with aim to make £100k in 5 years
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Radevormwald: New class starts their professional lives at Gira: The company Gira has increased the number of apprenticeships this year from eight to ten at ...
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Rising apprenticeship numbers in the skilled trades: Industrial sectors are in crisis. The skilled trades seem to be benefiting from this ...
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Morrisons launches 1,000 new apprenticeships to develop next generation of retails leaders
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Hochtaunusschule bildet als einzige in Hessen staatlich geprüfte Pferdewirte aus: Die Oberurseler Berufsschule bietet seit 2003 die dreijährige duale Ausbildung ...
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I’m so happy, I'm going to Blackpool Sixth and I want to do an apprenticeship in finance to do accounting
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OpinionHow a lack of education is harming Germany's economy: Many young people in Germany have no vocational qualification. This is a declaration of bankruptcy in ...
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Calico launches new apprenticeship programme to open doors for young people: The Calico Group has launched a new apprenticeship programme designed to create ...
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From Apprentice to Boss: With Passion and Heart in Her Own Hair Salon - | Kirchdorf
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Federal Statistical Office: Ten percent of young adults are neither employed nor in education
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New beginning for a confectionery: A breath of fresh air for Alt Völs, Leon Schmollgruber manages a traditional establishment - | Western Central
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One in ten young people not in education or employment: Contrary to the European trend, the proportion of young people starting life without a job or education ...
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The Globe and Mail Aug 12
‘The trades are having a real moment’: As perceptions change, more young workers are choosing this path
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Bad Doberan: 20-year-old leaves high school for nursing home training: Joelina Stern works at the Johanniterhaus in Bad Doberan. The trainee knew early on that ...
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OpinionDespite increased apprenticeships: Only one in ten chooses a trade: 🏗 Vocational training in the trades under pressure: Positive perception ...
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Despite a disability: Bornheim resident fulfills her biggest career wish and becomes a paramedic
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Apprenticeships: Increasing interest in skilled trades - | Stuttgart gains apprenticeship positions
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Paid articlePaywall Everyday banking instead of apprenticeship: Trainees manage branch in Lindlar: 13 trainees are taking over branch operations in Lindlar. After two weeks ...
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OpinionThe obsession with academic degrees is jeopardizing Swiss prosperity: An elite detached from reality is weakening the dual education system, which is admired ...
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OpinionNew training year: There are still opportunities for vocational training in Rhein-Berg
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Andy Burnham new rules for Universal Credit households from August: £4,500 bursaries for parents whose children start an apprenticeship confirmed
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Mail Online Jul 28
Burnham will give £4,500 to parents on benefits if their children start an apprenticeship
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Vertu Motors recognised as top apprenticeship employer: Vertu Motors plc has been recognised as one of the UK’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for 2026 ...
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Driving licence unaffordable for many people: For many young people, a driving licence is the key to education, their first job and their own mobility ...
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Apprenticeship despite high school diploma? Why Samuel chose to train as a hairdresser
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AI companies spending $265 million to train electricians for data centers: Meta, Google, and BlackRock are funding apprenticeship programs and crash courses to ...
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Stuttgart Rebels player duo: "Two hours later it was school" - | The tough double life of ice hockey trainees
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Parents on benefits to get £4,500 a year if child starts apprenticeship: The annual bursary aims to end a ‘benefit trap’ that can leave families worse off when ...
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Paid articlePaywall OpinionThe first day at work is decisive: 👷♂️ A good start to your apprenticeship doesn't have to be complicated! Find out how clear processes help. Read now! 📚
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Olten neighborhood shop Chlyformat survives thanks to training: The shop in the Kleinholz district is also a training center for people with mental disabilities ...
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Some parents on benefits to get up to £4,500 if children take on apprenticeships: Some parents on benefits are incentivised to discourage their kids from taking ...
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The 37 Lancashire employers named in the Top Apprenticeship Employers 2026 list: The Top Apprenticeship Employers 2026 list is officially out and you can take a ...
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Böblingen District: Former Chamber of Commerce Managing Director: Mourning for Walter Vaas
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Internship, apprenticeship, career: How the SBH in Neuruppin helps migrants with the "Job Bridge"
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New Apprenticeship for Former Schnäggliparadies Trainee: After being laid off from the Schnäggliparadies Oftringen daycare center, Eliona Avdylaj has found a new ...
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Why electrician pre-apprenticeship programs are no guarantee of work, or even an apprenticeship
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Rising apprenticeship numbers in the crafts: While industry and the overall economy are struggling with training, the crafts are attracting young people in ...
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