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    Shortage of engineers in Germany set to continue

    2010-12-06T15:31:33Z

    Germany fails to train and retain enough electrical engineers, despite high status, solid pay and good career opportunitiesAt first glance, a 7.5 percent increase in the number of new electronics and IT students in Germany doesn’t look too bad.But when compared with the growth in demand for engineers in these ...

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    Association: Germany faces shortage of engineers for electro-mobility

    2010-11-08T16:29:26Z

    Germany’s electronics and IT industry association, the VDE, fears a shortage of qualified engineers will hurt the country’s efforts to play a leading role in developing electric vehicles.Eight out of 10 electronics and IT companies are worried that they won’t be able to recruit enough electrical engineers, said Hanz Heinz ...