Skills shortage: a solution in sight?!

Moderation: Volker Müller, UVN e.V., Managing Director

Barth, Sparkasse Hannover, Deputy Chairwoman of the Management Board

Doris Petersen, hannoverimpuls GmbH, Managing Director

Silke Richter, IHK Hanover, Head of Vocational Training Department

"The shortage of skilled workers in companies will increase in the future. It is therefore important to leverage domestic potential and at the same time make use of the opportunities offered by skilled immigration. In practice, companies are encountering various obstacles to the urgently needed immigration, which need to be addressed now. These include a simplification and acceleration of bureaucratic procedural rules, a support structure for all immigration issues and opportunities for language support. Above all, there is the issue of a welcoming culture. After all, it is a prerequisite for genuine integration and reduces numerous follow-up costs."

Silke Richter, IHK Hanover, Head of Vocational Training Department

"The shortage of skilled workers in companies will increase in the future. It is therefore important to leverage domestic potential and at the same time make use of the opportunities offered by skilled immigration. In practice, companies are encountering various obstacles to the urgently needed immigration, which need to be addressed now. These include simplifying and speeding up bureaucratic procedures, a support structure for all immigration issues and opportunities for language training. Above all, there is the issue of a welcoming culture. After all, it is a prerequisite for genuine integration and reduces numerous follow-up costs."

Dr. Yazid Shammout - DANA Senioreneinrichtung GmbH, Managing Director

"It will not be possible to continue without skilled workers from abroad. DANA Senioreneinrichtungen GmbH has shown and proven how and that it can be done."

Umut Kus, CEH Gastro GmbH, Managing Partner

"Attracting workers from abroad is worth considering..."

Katrin Stumpenhausen

Katrin Stumpenhausen, UVN e.V., Head of Labor Market, Education, Integration and Social Policy Department

"Everyone has potential, you just have to recognize it, convey an appreciation of that potential and find the right position to exploit it."

Martin Huch

Jasmin Arbabian-Vogel - Interkultureller Sozialdienst GmbH, Managing Director

"There is no "one" solution to combating the shortage of skilled workers. Rather, we have to turn many "screws". The good news is that we are not powerless, we have options for action. And that's exactly what we should use!"

LV construction industry

Cornelia Höltkemeier, Landesvereinigung Bauwirtschaft Niedersachsen e.V., Managing Director

"New potential can be found if you have the energy to build new bridges to employment."

© Sparkasse Hannover

Moderation: Iris Heymann, Sparkasse Hannover, Head of Human Resources and Administration

"The companies that succeed in convincing and retaining employees or winning them over will be one step ahead of the competition."

Martin Mirbizaval

Nadine Otto, Gundlach Bau und Immobilien GmbH, Managing Director

"The best incentive is a strong corporate culture: freedom to take on responsibility, clear goals and the definition of opportunities - all in an attractive working environment"

Susanne Varga, BRAINHOUSE247, CEO

"BRAINHOUSE247 understands New Work as Better Work with an interpretation of working, living and learning under one roof - a work-life space in which informal and spontaneous encounters trigger innovation processes and in which staged worlds of experience "work and play" playfully lead to a spatial and mental blending of work and leisure."

Ayten Berse, Hannover Region, Head of the Coordination Office for Women and Work

Tornike Murtskhvaladze, Hannover Region, Project Manager "Welcome to Hannover Region"