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Career Guidance for Low-Qualified Workers in Germany

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In Germany, the three ‘Ds’ – Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Demographic change – are dominating the headlines. Countless studies analyse the impact of these megatrends on the world of work and document how job profiles are changing. The growing demand for high-level cognitive skills and complex social interaction skills is challenging particularly low-qualified workers. In response to these trends, many countries have developed career guidance programmes to support individuals and companies in navigating career options and sustainable job transitions. However, low-qualified workers are less likely to receive career guidance than those with higher qualifications and even those who are unemployed due to a range of multi-layered and interconnected barriers. The report first gives an overview of career guidance provision at the federal level in Germany and then describes career guidance needs and provision in the states of Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). It reviews the support that low-qualified workers have access to, where learnings could serve in other regions and at the national level and provides recommendations on how provision for this group can be strengthened.

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Low-qualified workers in Berlin and their career guidance options

Berlin’s large service sector offers diverse employment opportunities and employs a workforce that is comparatively polarised by education. This creates particular challenges for the adult learning system and its support structures. Career guidance in Berlin is organised as a state‑wide publicly funded network of private providers and is complemented by specialised offers, including advice for companies, to address these divergent needs. The chapter i) examines the labour market situation of low-qualified workers in Berlin; ii) gives an overview of the career guidance offers available to them; and iii) presents the characteristics of adults using career guidance as well as the main reasons for using these services.

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