A6: Multimedia presentation about the labour market

1. The labour market in Germany
By Alexandra and Ina
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2. Content
• The working population
– The labour market in general
– Facts and figures of different parameters
• The unemployed population
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3. THE WORKING POPULATION
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http://www.canstockphoto.de/karikat
ur-arbeiter-ikone-6543703.html

4. The working population- general information
• Since many years number of employees rose
• Every year there was a new record
• Reason: Many immigrants
• Immigrants are good for the labour market
• In the moment the Germans are very career-
orientated
• Family gets more unimportant
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The working population- general information
But:
• Many of the employees only have part-time-jobs
• Number of full-time-jobs decreased
• Some people have many part-time-jobs
– So the statistics are not exact!

6. Different sectors
• Service sector
• Manufacturing/Construction industry
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing
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7. Facts and figures of different parameters
Population of Germany
Employed People
Unemployed People
Others (Students,
retired people…)
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8. Number of employees in Germany
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9. Number of workers in the different sectors in
Germany
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20%
40%
60%
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100%
Kategorie 1
Third sector- 73,7%
Secundary sector-
24,7%
Primary sector- 1,6%
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10. Different sectors
• Most people work in the service sector
– In 2014 plus 324000 people
• Fewest people work in agrigulture, forestry and
fishing
– In 2014 plus 10000 people
• Increase of the number in each sector!
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11. Situation of women at the labour market
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• 68% of women between 15 and 64 years work
• From these women 45% in part-time-jobs
because of their family
• Their wage is 20% less than the wage of men
• Only 20% of women are in leadership

12. • https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/
• http://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/soziale-
situation-in-deutschland/61694/erwerbstaetige-nach-
wirtschaftszweigen
• https://www.google.de/search?q=einwohnerzahl+deutschland&ie=ut
f-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=ReWTVvKeEoepUbvjpJAL
• http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/arbeitsmarkt-in-deutschland-
zahl-der-erwerbstaetigen-steigt-auf-rekordhoch-1.2291718
• http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1376/umfrage/anzahl-der-
erwerbstaetigen-mit-wohnort-in-deutschland/
• http://de.statista.com/infografik/969/berufstaetige-frauen-in-
deutschland/
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Sources

13. Unemployment Population

14. The development of the unemployement
rate

15. The reasons for this changes
• Germany´s education and employment system
for young workers
• German policies (during a crisis): encourage
employers to reduce working hours rather than
fire workers.

16. Unemployment rate in Germany from
November 2014-November 2015

17. Unemployment rate in 2015
• Unemployment rate hit the record low in June 2015
(6,2%)
 Lowest level since December 1991
• In October many young people aren´t registered as
unemployed anymore (school starts again)
• Unemployment will probably increase in 2016 again

18. Sources:
• http://www.thelocal.de/jobs/article/german-unemployment-steady-at-
historic-low-in-june
• https://promedes.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/unemployment-rate-
and-trends-germany/
• http://de.statista.com/graphic/1/1239/aktuelle-arbeitslosenquote-in-
deutschland-monatsdurchschnittswerte.jpg
• https://promedes.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/unemployment-rate-
and-trends-germany/
• http://www.gironto.de/images/girokonto-fuer-arbeitslose.png