Secure the future: Apprenticeship-InfoTag in Man delights countless visitors!

Secure the future: Apprenticeship-InfoTag in Man delights countless visitors!

There is an enormous interest in teaching professions at this year's teaching profession in Footag in Mank, where 37 local businesses had the opportunity to present their training opportunities. Several students and their parents flocked to the event to get first -hand information. Project manager Lisi Steinacher emphasized how important the training of apprentices is to guarantee the competitiveness of the regional economy. "Six years ago we created the teaching profession. Mayor Martin Leonhardsberger assessed the large number of the trainee craft businesses as the strength of the city of Mank. "Apprentices are our specialists of tomorrow, with such events we want to further strengthen it," says Werner Stadtmarketing Mank, as on meinzirk.at reported.

While the number of apprentices in Austria, fortunately grows, the number of teaching companies has been in a decline for years, as the current apprenticeship statistics of the Austria Chamber of Commerce shows. In 2022, 108,085 apprentices followed an apprenticeship, which corresponds to an increase of 6.1 percent compared to 2021. Nevertheless, the number of training companies from 33,595 fell to only 28,553 in 2013. Martin Mayerl from the Austrian Institute for Vocational Training Research explains this trend with the growing requirements for training companies on the labor market and demographic change. In addition, expectations of young people have increased to their working conditions, which presents many companies with challenges. "The companies themselves have to design the working and training conditions accordingly", as also on kurier.at

attractive training offers crucial

In order to counter the falling number of teaching companies, it is crucial to create attractive training opportunities. Many companies recognize that they can win the best talents through attractive working conditions. Innovative approaches such as support in “teaching with Matura” or team building activities help companies to position themselves as particularly attractive for apprentices. Funding is also an incentive for companies to support their own apprentices and thus also to raise the quality of the training, as the reports show.