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In Germany, skilled workers are desperately needed; 1.8 million positions are currently unfilled. There is a shortage of workers, particularly in social work, childcare and nursing, as well as in the skilled trades. The alarm bells are ringing red; if nothing is done to counteract this, everyone will be affected sooner or later. Is the strained German labor market running out of staff? Is prosperity in danger? More exciting documentaries & reports in the media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/dokus Suemeye Arslan is a nurse and would like to go back to work, but her son has a rare disease and needs round-the-clock care. Otherwise he would suffocate. The nursing services have too few staff. As long as her son Berzan does not have a place in a kindergarten with special care, Suemeye cannot go to work either. Finally, someone has applied for a job at Sandra Mayer-Wörner's roller shutter business. Is the applicant a good fit for her company near Reutlingen? Will he accept the job? Because fewer and fewer people want to go into skilled trades. Sandra Mayer-Wörner is fighting against the bad image of her profession and is recruiting young talent in schools: the job is future-proof, varied and well paid. But young people are demanding and would rather study, she says. Joachim Lederer is a butcher in Weil am Rhein. In a project that is unique in Germany, he has recruited young Indians to do an apprenticeship here. This SWR documentary has the original title: Lots of jobs, no applicants - skilled workers desperately sought. We uploaded the documentary to the ARD Mediathek in the summer, but due to a program postponement, the broadcast date was September 14th, 2023. #swrdoku #swrz All statements and facts correspond to the status at the time and have not been updated since then. Subscribe to the channel: / swrdoku You can find more documentaries on our channel or in the ARD Mediathek at https://www.ardmediathek.de/dokus