Germany discouraging foreign job-seekers

Germany discouraging foreign job-seekers
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Summary Germany needs to fill a looming shortage of high-skilled workers.

 

BERLIN: Germany needs to improve its sales pitch to foreign job-seekers if the country wants to fill a looming shortage of high-skilled workers.


The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says Germany lags behind other countries such as Australia, Denmark, Canada and Britain in attracting top candidates from abroad.


The Paris-based think tank said in a report published Monday that the immigration process in Europe s biggest economy has a poor reputation among foreign job-seekers and German companies despite the fact that the system is comparatively open and efficient.  

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