Mechanics, plumbers, electricians and nurses: the Netherlands needs you

1 week, 1 day ago

Dutch healthcare system expected to face a shortage of 266,000 workers by 2035

NL Times

The shortage of healthcare workers in the Netherlands is set to grow at an alarming rate in the coming years, with projections indicating a deficit of 266,000 workers by 2035. The largest shortages are expected in nursing and care homes, with the most significant gaps in staffing found among healthcare assistants, caregivers with vocational training, nurses with MBO and HBO …

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Healthcare worker shortage to reach 266,000 by 2034

NL Times

The shortage of healthcare workers in the Netherlands is set to grow at an alarming rate in the coming years, with projections indicating a deficit of 266,000 workers by 2034. We need to take action now to avoid even greater shortages in the future.” However, Agema faces a significant setback in her efforts to negotiate a solution to the crisis …

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2 weeks ago

Labour shortage may encourage some Dutch firms to go abroad

Dutch News

The Netherlands is at the bottom of a ranking of the world’s 89 most important economies when it comes to labour shortages, according to the latest report on the Dutch business climate by the University of Amsterdam and research agency SEO. The shortage of staff is one of the reasons why one in five companies are considering partly or completely …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Qualified teachers in other jobs far exceed shortage: research

Dutch News

Tens of thousands of teachers, qualified nurses, and classroom assistants are not working in the professions for which they are trained, an investigation by the education and labour market research centre ROA has shown. The “hidden reserve” includes some 62,000 teachers, about four times the number of secondary school teachers currently needed. Much can also be done to lower the …

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1 month ago

OECD sounds alarm over health systems

China Daily

A report published on Monday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, has warned that European health systems must address severe healthcare worker shortages that have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The OECD's Health at a Glance: Europe 2024 study calls for immediate measures to address staffing gaps, and for a boost to healthy-aging programs. Based …

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1 month ago

OECD sounds alarm over health systems

China Daily

By JONATHAN POWELL in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-19 11:16 A report published on Monday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, has warned that European health systems must address severe healthcare worker shortages that have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The OECD's Health at a Glance: Europe 2024 study calls for immediate …

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1 month ago

OECD sounds alarm over health systems

China Daily

A report published on Monday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, has warned that European health systems must address severe healthcare worker shortages that have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The OECD's Health at a Glance: Europe 2024 study calls for immediate measures to address staffing gaps, and for a boost to healthy-aging programs. Based …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Upskilling India's Workforce: A Roadmap for the Future Economy

Hindustan Times

The article highlights the need for India to invest in skill development and upskilling its workforce to address the challenges of a rapidly changing job market. The government's recent policy aims to enhance skill development for its youth through various initiatives, including the Skill India Mission and the launch of a new scheme focused on collaborative efforts between state and …

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5 months ago

Jobs, Skills and Wages: Has the Union budget got the JSW factor right?

Hindustan Times

Alive to the SOS call of the youth across the country for employment, and renewing focus on skill development, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the first Union Budget of the new NDA government, has provided succour to students, first-time job-seekers, women, and encouraged participation of private sector to generate more jobs, greater security and respect for young adults …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Skills mismatch, tech disconnect hit youngsters

China Daily

Civil service candidates take a test in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Sept 14, 2021. Dewa added that a shortage of soft skills, including basic tasks such as presenting and communicating within teams, further eroded the young Indonesians' employability. Their socioeconomic status sometimes keeps the young Indonesians from developing skills, including soft skills, Dewa said. Since Gen Z members are fast …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Skills mismatch, tech disconnect hit youngsters

China Daily

Updated: 2024-07-02 09:50 Civil service candidates take a test in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Sept 14, 2021. Dewa added that a shortage of soft skills, including basic tasks such as presenting and communicating within teams, further eroded the young Indonesians' employability. Their socioeconomic status sometimes keeps the young Indonesians from developing skills, including soft skills, Dewa said. Since Gen Z …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Aviation industry stares at an engineering talent bottleneck amid big expansion move

Hindustan Times

India’s aviation industry faces a critical shortage of aircraft maintenance engineers as airlines expand their fleets, industry experts have warned, pointing to what they said has been an overlooked aspect of an industry that otherwise has a steadier pipeline of feeding pilots and cabin crew. “After Covid, air traffic is booming again and major airlines like IndiGo, Air India, Akasa …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Fitness instructors and shoemakers are most likely to find a new job in current market

NL Times

Job seekers have a better chance of finding a job as a fitness instructor, travel advisor, shoemaker, or teacher of geography or social studies. According to the UWV, the pressure on the job market decreased slightly in the first quarter of the year. According to the organization, sales employees of household and gift items have less chance of finding a …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Dutch News

Almost a third of employers in the Netherlands are being hampered in their business activities by staff shortages, a labour market update from staffing agency Randstad Groep Nederland has shown. The number of businesses struggling with a lack of staff has increased compared to the previous quarter for the first time in two years, Randstad said. The tight labour market …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Dutch News

Almost a third of employers in the Netherlands are being hampered in their business activities by staff shortages, a labour market update from staffing agency Randstad Groep Nederland has shown. The number of businesses struggling with a lack of staff has increased compared to the previous quarter for the first time in two years, Randstad said. The tight labour market …

Work Randstad

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hospitality sector expects busier terraces but staff shortage continues

NL Times

Now that the first officially warm day of the year has arrived, cafés and restaurants expect busier terraces. Although turnover in the hospitality sector grew strongly last year, profit margins were under pressure, partly due to higher energy and wage costs. KHN president Marijke Vuik said in January that the hospitality sector would have to charge more for food, drinks …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Number of freelancers in Netherlands increased 85% in ten years

NL Times

The number of self-employed people without employees has increased by 85 percent over the past ten years. “We often think that female self-employed people only work in personal services and the healthcare and welfare sectors, but most still work in business services. The KvK suspects that the increase in the number of young entrepreneurs “is probably related to a lot …

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1 year, 2 months ago

More Ukrainians are working, but well below their skill set

Dutch News

More Ukrainian refugees who fled to the Netherlands after the Russian invasion have a job but most work part time or on temporary contracts, according to research by national statistics agency CBS. According to preliminary research by hbo college InHolland, the majority have jobs in factories, cleaning, the hospitality industry and picking fruit and veg. Some two-thirds of the Ukrainians …

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1 year, 2 months ago

More Ukrainians are working, but well below their skill set

Dutch News

More Ukrainian refugees who fled to the Netherlands after the Russian invasion have a job but most work part time or on temporary contracts, according to research by national statistics agency CBS. According to preliminary research by hbo college InHolland, the majority have jobs in factories, cleaning, the hospitality industry and picking fruit and veg. Some two-thirds of the Ukrainians …

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1 year, 3 months ago

64% of tech firms find poor skills as biggest recruitment challenge: Study

Business Standard

Around 64 per cent of global technology companies consider poor skills as the biggest challenge in recruiting employees, says a new report. Almost 56 per cent of executives at such companies said there is a shortage of candidates, according to the report called 'New approaches to the tech talent shortage' conducted by MIT Technology Review, the American digital magazine, in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The $150k jobs that Aussies are snubbing: 'Thousands' of high-paying roles available - but recruiters are struggling to fill them

Daily Mail

Thousands of mining jobs paying over $150,000 a year are available across Australia, but employers are struggling to fill them partly because of negative views of the industry. 'There are over 7,000 jobs advertised for the mining sector across Australia right now on Seek and the average earnings are $148,000 per year, the highest across all industries. Despite uncertainty over …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Visas for foreign construction workers in bid to fill UK job shortages

The Independent

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Bricklayers Masons Roofers …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Large staff shortages lingering everywhere in the Netherlands

NL Times

The extremely overheated labor market cooled down slightly in the first quarter of this year, but is still "particularly tight," benefits agency UWV said after conducting a study. In most regions and professions there are still large staff shortages, the agency concluded this week. "There are currently shortages in almost all segments within the retail sector, such as hardware stores, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

German lawmakers approve a plan to attract skilled workers to plug the country’s labor gap

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany’s parliament on Friday approved plans to attract more skilled workers to Europe’s biggest economy and help address labor shortages in a growing number of professions. The national labor agency said earlier this month that an annual analysis showed 200 out of about 1,200 professions it surveyed had labor shortages last year, up from 148 the previous year. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Germany reports labor shortage in one-sixth of professions

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany has labor shortages in one-sixth of professions and the number is growing, the national labor agency said Friday as ministers prepare to travel to Brazil to encourage the recruitment of caregivers. The Federal Labor Agency said its annual analysis showed that 200 out of about 1,200 professions it surveyed had labor shortages last year, up from 148 …

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1 year, 7 months ago

The jobs AI won’t take yet

BBC

The jobs AI won’t take yet Amid the talk of artificial intelligence replacing workers, experts say there are some jobs computers aren’t taking – at least for a while. “The first would be jobs that are genuinely creative: you’re not doing formulaic work or just rearranging things, but you're genuinely coming up with new ideas and building something new.” Getty …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Travis Perkins sets out plan to train 10,000 apprentices

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The building materials firm said …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Job seekers more often want roles with social impact, says Indeed

NL Times

Those on the hunt for a career change are increasingly looking for a job with social impact, especially positions that involve working with refugees. Over the past 12 months, there were three times more job searches with the word “refugees” on the job site Indeed than the year before. “The increase seems to be an indication that some job seekers …

Netherlands Search Job Seekers

1 year, 9 months ago

Programme to upskill construction workers

The Hindu

The Union Budget 2023 pushed for a focus on upskilling programmes as the Central government announced that PMKVY 4.0 will be launched to skill lakhs of youth and set up 30 Skill India International centres across different Sates. Skilled labour force is imperative for the real estate industry to grow and CREDAI, the apex body of private real estate developers …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Indeed: job vacancies on the rise in the Netherlands

NL Times

The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands continues to increase steadily and has almost returned to the record level of November last year, reported the job board Indeed after a survey. In the defense sector, the number of vacancies is now 170 percentage points higher than it was in February 2020, when the coronavirus crisis had not yet broken …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Another Schiphol Airport staff shortage looming as engineer union sounds alarm

NL Times

Schiphol Airport may soon face another staff shortage. Due to aging and a lack of enthusiasm among young people for technical professions, there will soon not be enough aviation technicians and ground engineers to keep airplanes maintained and flying, the aviation engineers’ union NVLT warned. “The NVLT is deeply concerned about the increasing shortage of aviation technicians in the Netherlands,” …

Aviation Work Young People Shortage Engineer Nvlt Sounds Alarm

1 year, 10 months ago

Upskilling, jobs face challenges

Live Mint

The Union budget’s focus on job creation as well as skill development will need more incentives to attract the private sector, said recruitment experts. One needs to simplify compliance structures at the ground level,” said Aditya Narayan Mishra, chief executive officer, Ciel HR Services. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 aimed at skilling “lakhs …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Union Budget 2023-24 Should Spur ‘Ready to Hire’ Skills - News18

News 18

The Central government recently rolled out a new integrated food security scheme, beginning 1 January 2023, under which free food grains would be provided to 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. I wish the Union Budget 2023-24, which Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would table in Parliament on February 1, focusses on imparting employable and …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Netherlands struggles to find qualified teachers; Shortage hits Amsterdam hard

NL Times

More and more students are entering teacher training with a too-low language level. The Universities of Applied Sciences are trying to catch the students up but don’t want to hold teachers back due to the teacher shortage, AD reports. In Amsterdam, the teacher shortage is getting so bad that primary schools in the capital are considering dramatic changes to how …

Dutch School Teachers Teacher Shortage

1 year, 10 months ago

Labor market shortage can prevent wave of layoffs in the Netherlands

NL Times

Residents should not expect that the wave of layoffs announced by large American companies will lead to that trend continuing in the Netherlands. "After all that effort in recruiting employees, you don't just let them leave," said Wilthagen, who is a professor at Tilburg University with expertise on the labor market. And although "each individual dismissal is of course annoying" …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands residents massively switching jobs

NL Times

The Great Resignation spilled over from the United States to the Netherlands. That is 404,000 people who switched jobs, a quarter more than before the pandemic and double compared to 10 years ago, the UWV said. According to UWV labor market analyst Michel van Smoorenburg, this has to do with the massive staff shortages that have emerged in the Dutch …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Companies stop investing in own employees as focus turns to urgent recruitment needs

NL Times

Employers are scrambling so much to find new workers in the tight Dutch labor market that many are forgetting about their existing employees. “They are a source of knowledge and must remain motivated.” According to Schott, there is a lot to gain by investing in existing staff. And the last thing companies should want in such a tight labor market …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Why India Needs to Expand Export Quality Skilled Manpower - News18

News 18

Managing an ever-burgeoning population is a Herculean task. As per the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, the target was to impart various types of skills to 40 crore people by 2022. The major challenges to skill development, as also pointed out by the NITI Aayog, involve mapping skill requirements sector-wise and geographically; making vocational training in school …

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2 years ago

Shortage on the Dutch labor market seems to have reached its peak

NL Times

The tightness on the Dutch labor market seems to have reached its peak, reported the benefits agency UWV on the basis of its labor shortage model. According to the UWV, the tension on the labor market eased slightly in the third quarter. Tension on the labor market has increased for six consecutive quarters since the end of 2020. For example, …

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2 years ago

Dutch employers worried about staff shortages, higher work pressure in 2023

NL Times

Many employers are worried abou the tight labor market and high work pressure, benefits agency UWV reported after surveying 2,000 employers. Two-thirds of employers indicate that they fill vacancies with more difficulty, and half of them also believe that this problem will become even worse next year. But employers must be aware of the potential still available among people who …

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2 years, 2 months ago

53% IT Employees Likely to Find New Job in Next 12 Months: Survey

News 18

As many as 53 per cent of all respondents are extremely or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next 12 months, revealed Skillsoft in its 2022 IT skills and salary report. The report further stated 80 per cent say skills gaps pose high or medium risk to their team’s ability to meet objectives. Around 59 per …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands could give bonuses to full time workers to fight staff shortages

NL Times

The Cabinet can take big steps towards solving the staff shortages that now affect all sectors of the Dutch labor market by making it worth it for people to work more, according to coalition parties VVD and D66. Give people a bonus for working full time, faction leaders Sophie Hermans and Jan Paternotte said in the budget debate on Thursday. …

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2 years, 3 months ago

How to enter Web3 jobs space where there is a lot of talent shortage

Live Mint

Want to earn lakhs every month? A recent analysis by the job search website Indeed found that between April 2020 and April 2022, job posts for cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and NFTs increased by a staggering 804%. Global businesses joining the sector Multinational corporations Adidas, Visa, Louis Vuitton, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Pringles spend a lot of money on digital …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Unions and businesses unite on TAFE and training ahead of Jobs and Skills Summit

ABC

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "energised" by unions and business groups uniting to tackle problems in the training sector, despite being at loggerheads about whether multi-employer bargaining should make a comeback. Key points: Unions and business groups have called for higher wage subsidies and training changes But they are still divided on the issue of multi-employer bargaining The Jobs …

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2 years, 4 months ago

1.7 million in Dutch workforce not linked to pension, raising retirement fears

NL Times

About 1.7 million Netherlands residents received an income from work in 2020 but did not contribute to a pension fund. A large part of this group also does not make up for that with other pension savings, De Nederlandsche Bank reported based on research into Statistics Netherlands data on pension accrual. Of the self-employed people who didn’t build up a …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Skills shortage in automotive industry reaches 'crisis' levels, as businesses close

ABC

Clinton Godde gets enough work at his WA garage for more than half a dozen staff but an "abysmal" skills shortage in the car industry has meant he has been unable to get enough skilled workers to turn a profit. Key points: Clinton Godde is one of many garage owners struggling to find skilled workers The WA Motor Trades Association …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Almost half the workforce in NL have a part-time job

Dutch News

The Netherlands may have a record 9.4 million people in work at present, but one third of them work no more than 20 hours a week, and almost half work less than 38 hours, news website Nu.nl reported on Monday. In total, 4.9 million people in the Netherlands work full time and 4.5 million work less, Nu.nl said, based on …

Dutch Work Hours

2 years, 4 months ago

Almost half the workforce in NL have a part-time job

Dutch News

The Netherlands may have a record 9.4 million people in work at present, but one third of them work no more than 20 hours a week, and almost half work less than 38 hours, news website Nu.nl reported on Monday. In total, 4.9 million people in the Netherlands work full time and 4.5 million work less, Nu.nl said, based on …

Dutch Work Hours

2 years, 5 months ago

More Netherlands residents switching jobs due to staff shortages

NL Times

The number of people starting a new job increased significantly in the past year, likely pushed by staff shortages. In the first quarter of 2022, over 1.9 million workers started their job less than 12 months ago. While the number of workers with a new job increased, there were fewer people who had their current job for between one and …

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