Viennese companies scream for IT and technology specialists!

Viennese companies scream for IT and technology specialists!

Wien, Österreich - Viennese companies are under pressure! The need for specialists is still enormous, as the latest educational needs analysis shows, which was presented by Walter Ruck, the President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, and Christoph Return, the City of Education. Around 1,000 companies were interviewed, which together employ 15 percent of Vienna's workers. In particular, graduates from higher technical institutions (HTL) and universities of applied sciences are urgently sought, since 33 percent of the companies surveyed want to hire more of them in the coming years. This primarily affects the areas of computer science, electrical engineering and engineering, with a third of the companies complain about an acute lack of suitable specialists. According to the analysis, the training in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is particularly important for the future: 35 percent of companies already consider AI applications to be relevant, and this proportion should increase to 50 percent in the near future, reported Vienna.at .

key qualifications for the labor market

"Good education is the key to a successful, successful life," said return. However, the situation in the field of teaching is currently worrying. More than 21 percent of the companies could not fill open currents. The educational needs analysis also shows that the academic requirement remains high: A quarter of the companies want to hire more university graduates, with computer science and engineering at the top of the list. At the same time, 20 percent of the companies report that they want to train more apprentices, while the inventory of apprentices in Vienna continues to be high with almost 15,000, reported ots.at .

The results of the educational needs analysis illustrate that there is an urgent need for action in the education system in order to better prepare young people for the requirements of the economy. In particular, the educational standards must be increased to ensure that the young people have the necessary knowledge in order to meet the challenges of the labor market. Both the economy and the educational authorities are faced with the challenge of improving the quality of the training and at the same time react to the changing requirements of the market.