One third of German employees think that they are unfairly paid 4. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot One third of employees in Germany consider their salaries to be unfair. The percentage of dissatisfied employees is particularly high among people of the middle and higher-income segments. People in the west of Germany have become more dissatisfied recently than employees in the east. However, employees in the east are still by far more dissatisfied …
Cologne has most popular shopping street 1. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot The German paradise for retailers is in Cologne: the Schildergasse. Each hour 12.585 potential buyers are strolling by the shops in this shopping street. In the Kaufingerstrasse in Munich this figure is 12.580 and 11.420 in Frankfurt in the Frankfurt Zeil.
Germany still lacking engineers 1. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot In June 2008 the number of vacancies for engineers was once again enormous: about 95.500 jobs could not be staffed. This is an increase by 100 percent as compared to the year 2004, reports the Association of German Engineers (VDI). At the same time the number of unemployed engineers has decreased and amounted to 21.000 …
Slightly smaller order intake by mechanical engineering 1. August 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to the German Association for mechanical and plant engineering (VDMA) orders received in this field were down by 5% in real terms in June this year as compared to June 2007. Even though the number of orders received from within Germany increased by 1%, that of foreign orders fell by 7% as compared to …
Unemployment rate in Eurozone at 7.3% 31. July 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to Eurostat, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Eurozone amounted to 7.3% in June 2008 which is the same rate as in May. One year earlier, in June 2007, it had been 7.4%. In the EU27 the rate was 6.8% in June 2008. One year earlier there were 7.1% unemployed people in the …
Project for SMEs called “Theseus SME 2009” launched 31. July 2008 by Thomas Jannot “Theseus” is a research project by the German ministry for economic affairs which is to lead to products, tools, services and business models for the internet. In the course of this project the German Ministry for economic affairs has now launched the technology competition called “Theseus SME 2009” which gives small and medium-sized entities in …
Germany once again leading exporting country 30. July 2008 by Thomas Jannot The Association of German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) predicts that even though the growth of German imports and exports will somewhat slow down in 2008 and 2009, Germany will nevertheless kepp its leading global position. Experts by the DIHK assume that German exports may surpass the magic barrier of 1 trillion Euros, German …
More and more people with internet access 30. July 2008 by Thomas Jannot An ever increasing number of Germans want to go online. This is confirmed by significant growth rates in the number of private households having internet access. Thus, experts at the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) predict that by the end of 2008 turnover generated in the business with internet access …
Database containing information on vocational training and further education modernized 29. July 2008 by Thomas Jannot The “Kursnet” database by the Federal Employment Agency has been developped into a comprehensive and useful portal for information on professional training and further education. Among the new features are the target group-oriented categories “citizens”, and “businesses” and “institutions”. Thus, it is possible for those seeking training and education, companies and those providing training and …
20% of companies do not care about customer relation management 28. July 2008 by Thomas Jannot A study by the Association of German Engineers (VDI) showed that half of all German companies do not make use of customer relationship management systems (CRM-systems). In most companies there is not a systematic controlling of the bidding process. 75% of companies said that bid proposal management is a usual everyday process which is not …