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STEM Spring Report 2022

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STEM Spring Report 2022


BDA AGENDA 10/22 | Topic of the week | May 25, 2022

STEM gap higher than ever in April. There is a shortage of skilled workers in the future-oriented fields of energy/electronics and IT in particular.

The latest STEM Spring Report, compiled by the German Economic Institute on behalf of the BDA, Gesamtmetall and the "MINT Zukunft schaffen" initiative, shows the increasing shortage of skilled workers in the fields of mathematics, IT, natural sciences and technology (STEM). Across all skill levels, almost 320,000 registered vacancies in STEM professions were unfilled nationwide in April. This is the highest STEM skills gap measured in April since the survey began in 2011, with the largest shortage in the skilled worker segment (just under 150,000). The largest shortages are in the energy/electrical (82,500) and IT (60,600) sectors.

Demographics, decarbonization and digitalization are already having an impact on the STEM labour market and are expected to further intensify this trend. Added to this are the challenges of the future energy supply. The current demographic replacement demand for STEM specialists is around 274,000 and will rise to almost 292,000 in the next five years. The annual new supply of professionally qualified STEM specialists (approx. 140,000) will therefore be significantly lower than the replacement demand in the coming years. The effects of digitalization can already be seen in the rising demand in IT professions: Employment there rose by 68.6% between the end of 2012 and the end of the third quarter of 2021. In comparison, there was only a 3.6% increase in all STEM skilled occupations.

These rising needs are offset by a declining supply of STEM talent, which has been further reduced by the coronavirus pandemic. It is to be feared that the learning gaps created during the school closures in particular will have a negative impact on the STEM skills of school leavers. The general decline in applicants on the training market is also having an impact on training in STEM professions, and the pandemic has not been without consequences at universities either: in 2016/2017, 198,000 students began their studies in a STEM subject. Most recently, this figure was down to 172,000, which is due in particular to the sharp decline in foreign students.

It is therefore more important than ever to leverage all potential for STEM, especially among girls and young women. At 15%, the proportion of women in STEM professions is still far too low. Even if all domestic potential is exploited, immigration into STEM professions has a significant role to play. Without the strong increase in the employment of foreign workers, the STEM gap would already be almost twice as high today. In addition, the importance of STEM in the entire education system must be further strengthened. Initiatives such as the BMBF-funded STEM Networking Office, in which the National STEM Forum is involved, can make an important contribution to this.

STEM Spring Report 2022

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On the occasion of the refugee summit, Employers’ President Dr. Rainer Dulger explains: Set the course for successful integration now Berlin, February 16, 2023: “We employers are ready to continue making our contribution to integration into the labor market and training. In recent years, Europe has experienced the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War. This is a task for society as a whole, in which politics and business are successfully pulling together. For us entrepreneurs, it is clear that a pragmatic and efficient approach is needed above all to be able to help quickly and unbureaucratically. It is therefore right that all those responsible should now sit down together to set the course for successful integration. It is good that the German government has promised that the earthquake victims from Turkey will be given refuge quickly. This will be a major feat that we can only achieve if everyone works together. The German economy is ready to provide support where it is needed. Politicians must not forget this: The future of Germany as a business location depends to a decisive extent on well-qualified skilled workers. We need immigration for employment. The federal government should therefore quickly move forward with the legislative process to implement the key points on skilled labor immigration. This is the only way we can solve the shortage of skilled workers and labor that is holding back growth.”

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